A system for managing a clay shooting session is provided. The system includes hardware and software control means and a user interface operatively connected to the hardware and software control means. The user interface has a lost clay target button, a second barrel shot button, and a no-target button. In the event of pressing the no-target button, the hardware and software control means are configured to check whether a data set stored before pressing the no-target button includes at least one of data relating to a shot taken signal, data relating to pressing the second barrel shot button, and data relating to pressing the lost clay target button; if so, the data set stored before pressing the no-target button is stored and the data set relating to the shot after the no-target button is pressed is identified as a repeated shot.

A method for automatically computing the position and score for each dart on a dartboard using a single image of the dart and dartboard captured from any camera angle. A computing device with at least one connected camera captures an image of a dartboard. The computing device performs various image processing tasks and computes the landing position of each dart present in the image and the positions of multiple dartboard calibration points. The dartboard calibration points are used to compute a transformation matrix that transforms the detected points in the image plane to corresponding points in the dartboard plane. The score of each dart is computed based on the relative positioning of the transformed points in the dartboard plane. The method may be used to perform automatic scorekeeping in a variety of different dart games, either in a single location or in remote locations.

An optical shooting accuracy indication system, comprising apparatus for generating a single-layer optical screen with alternatingly switching first and second light sources; a control apparatus for distinguishing between the light that is emitted by said first and second light sources during different first and second time domains, respectively, and for identifying an impingement region of a fired projectile through the generated optical screen.

An optical shooting accuracy indication system, comprising apparatus for generating a single-layer optical screen with alternatingly switching first and second light sources; a control apparatus for distinguishing between the light that is emitted by said first and second light sources during different first and second time domains, respectively, and for identifying an impingement region of a fired projectile through the generated optical screen.

A magnetic induction dart and a magnetic induction darting system are provided. The magnetic induction dart includes a barrel, a tip unit, and a magnetic unit. The first terminal and the second terminal of the barrel are oppositely disposed. The first terminal of the barrel has a recess. The tip unit is disposed at the first terminal of the barrel. The magnetic unit is disposed in the recess of the first terminal of the barrel. The tip unit is fixedly disposed in the barrel. The tip unit is in contact with the magnetic unit in the recess. The first terminal of the barrel further includes a first fixing structure. A first end of the tip unit includes a second fixing structure. The tip unit is fixedly connected to the first fixing structure of the barrel through the second fixing structure.

The present invention provides systems and methods for remote competition involving first and second sets of targets at first and second geographically remote locations. Status, hit and game information including game result information is communicated and received from first and second apps at the first and second locations via a cloud resource, and a competition occurs between users at the first and second locations.

Apparatuses, systems and methods for indicating whether a target has been impacted by a projectile are disclosed. Embodiments may include a microcontroller, an impact sensor, and an impact indicator. Apparatus may include an acoustic sensor and a miss indicator. Acoustic information or impact information may be received by the sensors and sent to the microcontroller unit. A determination may be made regarding whether the target has been impacted. An indication of a hit or a miss may be made by the impact indicator based on the determination. A light redirection element, which may include a light pipe, may direct light from the impact indicator around the edge of a target to a viewer.

Apparatuses, systems and methods for indicating whether a target has been impacted by a projectile are disclosed. Embodiments may include a microcontroller, an impact sensor, and an impact indicator. Apparatus may include an acoustic sensor and a miss indicator. Acoustic information or impact information may be received by the sensors and sent to the microcontroller unit. A determination may be made regarding whether the target has been impacted. An indication of a hit or a miss may be made by the impact indicator based on the determination. A light redirection element, which may include a light pipe, may direct light from the impact indicator around the edge of a target to a viewer.

Disclosed is a computer program stored in a computer readable medium according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure. The computer program includes commands which cause a computer to execute steps and the steps include: judging hitting locations of one or more dart pins which stick in a dart target having a plurality of score areas; calculating hitting areas of the dart pin based on the judged hitting locations of the dart pins; and calculating scores based on the hitting areas and a predetermined logic.

The embodied invention is a method and equipment suitable for a shooting game with dynamic shot recognition and automatic scoring among multiple players firing at the same target. Each player's shot is scored based on a difference in the target's image from a prior image as viewed by a camera. The scoring target is aligned with the camera, and the output of the score change is displayed to the multiple shooters.