Method and apparatus for operating a dart game and teaching biblical lessons

Abstract

The dart game includes a target area including a plurality of scoring areas and at least one transducer associated with each scoring area. The dart game also includes an electronic circuit including the transducer, a controller, memory and a speaker. Messages are stored in the memory. When a player throws a dart into the target area, the transducer is activated and a signal is sent to the controller. The controller in turn retrieves a message from the memory and use the speakers to play the message.

1 . A dart game comprising: 
 a target area divided into a plurality of scoring areas;    an electrical circuit including at least one transducer associated with each scoring area, a controller, a memory having a plurality of messages stored therein, and at least one speaker;    wherein said controller is operatively associated with said at least one transducer and said memory is operatively associated with said at least one speaker;    wherein said transducers are activated when a dart enters the scoring area; and    wherein upon activation of said transducer, a signal is provided to said controller and to said memory to retrieve one of said plurality of messages stored therein and to provide said message to said speaker.    
   
   
       2 . A dart game as described in  claim 1 , wherein said messages stored in said memory relate to biblical teachings.  
   
   
       3 . A dart game as described in  claim 1 , wherein each of said messages is associated with one of said plurality of scoring areas.  
   
   
       4 . A dart game as described in  claim 1 , wherein each of said plurality of transducers is a pressure transducer.  
   
   
       5 . A dart game as described in  claim 1 , wherein said electrical circuit further includes a speech synthesizer operatively connected to said memory and to said speakers and wherein said retrieved message is provided to said speech synthesizer for conversion to speech and played by said speakers.  
   
   
       6 . A dart game as described in  claim 1 , wherein said target area is divided into wedge shaped areas.  
   
   
       7 . A dart game as described in  claim 1 , wherein said memory is operatively connected to said speakers and wherein said messages are sent directly to said speakers from said memory.  
   
   
       8 . A method of playing a dart game comprising the steps of: 
 providing a target area divided into a plurality of scoring areas;    providing an electrical circuit including at least one transducer associated with a scoring area of said target area, a controller operatively associated with said transducer, a memory operatively associated with said controller and including a plurality of messages stored therein, and speakers operatively associated with said memory; 
 causing a player to throw a dart into a scoring area of said target area so as to activate said transducer and to cause a signal to be provided to said controller;  
 causing said controller to send a message to said memory to retrieve a message;  
 retrieving a message from said memory; and  
 causing said speakers to play said message.  
   
   
   
       9 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein said plurality of messages include biblically-based messages.  
   
   
       10 . The method of  claim 8 , wherein the step of providing an electrical circuit includes providing a display and wherein when said signal is sent to said controller from said transducer, a signal is sent to said display to provide a total of the points scored by the player.