Dart game apparatus and dart game system

Abstract

Disclosed are a dart game apparatus and a dart game system according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. The dart game system includes: a dart game apparatus; and a dart game assistant apparatus which is positioned outside the dart game apparatus and communicates with the dart game apparatus, in which the dart game apparatus includes a dart target having a sensing unit sensing a hit of a thrown dart pin and receiving the dart pin, a body structure including a display area formed to surround an exterior of the dart target and receiving an image projected from an image projector positioned outside the dart target apparatus and outputting the received image to be viewed by a user or outputting the image generated in the display area to be viewed by the user, and a controller controlling operations of the dart game apparatus, in which the dart game assistant apparatus includes a user interface unit outputting information related to execution of a dart game and receiving an input from the user.

1 . A dart game system comprising:
 a dart game apparatus comprising:
 a dart target configured to receive a dart pin, the dart target having a sensor configured to sense a hit of a thrown dart pin; 
 a first image projector positioned outside the dart game apparatus and configured to project an image; 
 a body structure including a display, the display formed to surround an exterior of the dart target and configured to receive an image projected from the first image projector, and the body structure configured to output the image projected from the first image projector to be viewed by a user and output the image generated in the display to be viewed by the user; and 
 a processor configured to control a process of the dart game apparatus; and 
   a dart game assistant apparatus which is positioned outside the dart game apparatus and configured to communicate with the dart game apparatus, the dart game assistant apparatus including a user interface configured to output information related to execution of a dart game and receive an input from the user.   
     
     
         2 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , wherein the dart game assistant apparatus further includes:
 an audio output unit configured to output audio information related to the execution of the dart game,   a user recognition unit configured to receive identification information of the user from a user device or the user, and   a storage configured to store a bill or a coin for performing the dart game.   
     
     
         3 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , wherein the display of the body structure has a shape in which a distance from a virtual surface extending from a throw line upward decreases from a center to a distal portion. 
     
     
         4 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , wherein the dart game assistant apparatus further includes a second image projector configured to protect an image in at least one direction of a dart target direction and a display direction of the dart target. 
     
     
         5 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , further comprising a dart plate connected with the dart game apparatus and extending along a ground in an opposite direction to the dart target. 
     
     
         6 . The dart game system of  claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether the user intends to throw the dart pin depending on whether to touch a touch unit disposed in a part of the dart plate. 
     
     
         7 . The dart game system of  claim 5 , wherein the dart plate further includes:
 a throw-line illuminator configured to display the throw line which is a reference line for throwing the dart pin by the user, and   a dart plate side illuminator formed along at least one side and configured to display a boundary line of the dart plate.   
     
     
         8 . The dart game system of  claim 7 , wherein the touch unit configured by a conductive pressure sensing member is formed adjacent to at least a part of the throw-line illuminator of the dart plate, and
 the processor is further configured to determine whether the user intends to throw the dart pin depending on whether to touch the touch unit disposed in a part of the dart plate.   
     
     
         9 . The dart game system of  claim 5 , further comprising a dart plate input unit formed on at least a part of the dart place and configured to receive an input related to the execution of the dart game from the user,
 wherein the processor is further configured to control the process of the dart game based on the input from the dart plate input unit.   
     
     
         10 . The dart game system of  claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to adjust information which may be input by the user interface partially based on at least one of identification information of the user and pre-stored user designation information. 
     
     
         11 . The dart game system of  claim 9 , wherein the processor is further configured to adjust information which may be input by the dart plate input unit partially based on at least one of identification information of the user and pre-stored user designation information. 
     
     
         12 . The dart game system of  claim 9 , wherein the dart plate input unit includes a plurality of input areas including a leftward input area, a rightward input area, an upward input area, a downward input area, a selection input area, and a cancellation input area. 
     
     
         13 . The dart game system of  claim 12 , wherein the dart plate input unit in the dart plate is formed at a location closer to the dart target than the throw-line illuminator in the dart plate. 
     
     
         14 . The dart game system of  claim 9 , wherein the dart plate input unit is configured by a conductive pressure sensing member, and
 when the user applies force to at least a part of the dart plate input unit, resistance of the conductive pressure sensing member is changed.   
     
     
         15 . The dart game system of  claim 14 , wherein the conductive pressure sensing member is configured by at least one of a pressure sensing conductive film and a pressure sensing conductive cloth. 
     
     
         16 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , wherein the dart game assistant apparatus is connected with the dart game apparatus and is fixedly disposed on the ground while being spaced apart from the dart plate extending along the ground in the opposite direction to the dart target by a predetermined distance. 
     
     
         17 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , further comprising a side cover extending from at least one side of the dart game apparatus in the opposite direction to the dart target,
 wherein the dart game assistant apparatus is fixedly disposed on the ground while being spaced apart from the dart game apparatus in the opposite direction to the dart target by a predetermined distance.   
     
     
         18 . The dart game system of  claim 1 , further comprising a holding unit having a shape to receive an object of the user is formed on the other part of the upper surface of the dart game assistant apparatus,
 wherein the user interface is positioned on at least a part of an upper surface of the dart game assistant apparatus.   
     
     
         19 . The dart game system of  claim 18 , wherein the dart game assistant apparatus further includes:
 a support member configured to support at least one of an area on the upper surface of the dart game assistant apparatus where the user interface is positioned and an area where the holding unit is positioned from the ground, and   an audio output unit installed at a part of the support member toward the outside.   
     
     
         20 . The dart game system of  claim 18 , wherein the dart game assistant apparatus further includes an external camera configured to photograph whether the user throws the dart pin over the throw line.