Bowling Game Playable in Separate, Remote Locations

Abstract

A bowling game including at least two spaced apart bowling lanes, the bowling lanes each including two cameras, a screen and a scoreboard such that a first bowling lane includes a first camera and a third camera, a first screen and a first scoreboard; and a bowling lane includes a second camera and a fourth camera, and a second screen and a second scoreboard, wherein the game further includes at least one controller which controls the images from the cameras such that the first screen displays images from the second camera and the fourth camera and the second screen displays images from the first camera and third camera, and wherein the first camera captures images of the play at the first lane, the second camera captures images of play at the second lane, the third camera captures images of the first scoreboard and the fourth camera captures images of the second scoreboard; such that the first screen displays images of the play and scoreboard at the second lane and the second screen displays images of the play and scoreboard at the first lane.

1 . A bowling game including at least two spaced apart bowling lanes, the bowling lanes each including two cameras, a screen and a scoreboard such that a first bowling lane includes a first camera and a third camera, a first screen and a first scoreboard; and a bowling lane includes a second camera and a fourth camera, and a second screen and a second scoreboard, wherein the game further includes at least one controller which controls the images from the cameras such that the first screen is adapted to display images from the second camera and the fourth camera and the second screen is adapted to display images from the first camera and third camera, and wherein the first camera captures images of the play at the first lane, the second camera captures images of play at the second lane, the third camera captures images of the first scoreboard and the fourth camera captures images of the second scoreboard. 
     
     
         2 . A game according to  claim 1 , wherein the first bowling lane includes a first screen which is adapted to display images from the second camera and images of the first and second scoreboards as captured by respectively the third and fourth cameras, and the second bowling lane includes a second screen which is adapted to display images from the first camera and images of the first and second scoreboards as captured by respectively the third and fourth cameras 
     
     
         3 . A game according to  claim 2 , wherein the first screen is connected to a first controller, the second screen is connected to a second controller and the first and second controllers are connected to each other. 
     
     
         4 . A game according to  claim 1 , wherein the two bowling lanes each include a further camera such that the first bowling lane includes a first screen, a first camera a third camera and a fifth camera, and the second bowling lane includes a second screen, a second camera, a fourth camera and a sixth camera, wherein the fifth camera captures images of the player(s) at the first bowling lane and the sixth camera captures images of the player(s) at the second bowling lane, and wherein the first screen is adapted to display images from the second, fourth and sixth cameras and the second screen is adapted to display images from the first, third and fifth cameras. 
     
     
         5 . A game according to  claim 4 , wherein the fifth and sixth cameras are configured to enable videoconferencing between players at the first and second bowling areas. 
     
     
         6 . A game according to  claim 1 , wherein the first bowling lane further includes a first microphone and a first speaker and the second bowling lane further includes a second microphone and a second speaker, wherein the first microphone is connected to the second speaker such that the second speaker is capable of emitting sounds captured by the first microphone and the second microphone is connected to the first speaker such that the first speaker is capable of emitting sounds captured by the second microphone. 
     
     
         7 . A method of playing a game according to  claim 1 , the method comprising:
 i. a first player at the first bowling lane making a play;   ii. capturing images of the play with a first camera;   iii. determining scoring information generated by the play and displaying the score on the first scoreboard;   iv. capturing images of the scoreboard with a third camera;   v. transmitting the images from the first and third cameras to the second screen;   vi. a second player at the second bowling lane making a play;   vii. capturing images of the play with a second camera;   viii. determining scoring information generated by the play and displaying the score on the second scoreboard;   ix. capturing images of the scoreboard with a fourth camera;   x. transmitting the images from the second and fourth cameras to the first screen; and   xi. repeating steps (i) to (x) until the end of the game.   
     
     
         8 . A method according to  claim 7 , wherein each play includes bowling one or more balls down an alley and the scoring information generated includes the score for that play. 
     
     
         9 . (canceled) 
     
     
         10 . (canceled)