Dart game apparatus and dart game system providing event effect

Abstract

Disclosed are a dart game apparatus and a dart game system outputting an event effect. The dart game apparatus may include: a dart target having a plurality of score areas; a sensing unit sensing a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target; a controller controlling an event effect displayed in a display area at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target; and a display area provided in a body structure of the dart game apparatus, disposed to output a variable screen to a location adjacent to at least a part of an outline of the dart target, and outputting the event effect controlled by the controller.

1 . A dart game apparatus comprising:
 a dart target having a plurality of score areas;   a sensor configured to sense a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target;   a processor configured to control an event effect at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target; and   a body structure including a display, the display configured to provide a variable output to a location adjacent to at least a part of an outline of the dart target and output the event effect controlled by the processor.   
     
     
         2 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a portion adjacent to a point where a line extending from a center of the dart target to the hit location of the dart pin meets the outline of the dart target as a location where the event effect is displayed. 
     
     
         3 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a location where the event effect is displayed based on a score area hit by the dart pin among the plurality of score areas. 
     
     
         4 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein each of he plurality of score areas has a fan shape, and
 the processor is further configured to determine a portion adjacent to an arc of the fan-shaped score area hit by the dart pin among the plurality of fan-shaped score areas as the location where the event effect is displayed.   
     
     
         5 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine at least a part between extension lines of radius of the fan-shaped score area hit by the dart pin as the location where the event effect is displayed. 
     
     
         6 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine at least one of a type of the event effect, duration of the event effect, and a location where the event effect is displayed at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target. 
     
     
         7 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor includes:
 a pre-event occurrence determining unit configured to determine whether a predetermined event occurs at least partially based on progress information of a dart game which is currently in progress before the dart pin is thrown, and   a pre-event effect output location determining unit configured to determine a location to which a pre-event effect displayed in the display is output based on the event which occurs when the predetermined event occurs.   
     
     
         8 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the predetermined event includes a dart pin throwing opportunity to determine a win or loss of a dart game player, and
 the pre-event effect output location determining unit is further configured to determine the location to which the pre-event effect is output based on the plurality of score areas of the dart target to determine the win or loss of the dart game player in the dart target.   
     
     
         9 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 7 , wherein the predetermined event includes a dart pin throwing opportunity when a reversal is available at the time of throwing the dart pin, and
 the pre-event effect output location determining unit is further configured to determine the location to which the pre-event effect is output based on the plurality of score areas of the dart target in which the reversal is available when the dart target is hit by the dart pin.   
     
     
         10 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the display includes a plurality of display units and each of the plurality of display units is controlled by the processor. 
     
     
         11 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising an image projector configured to project the event effect to the display. 
     
     
         12 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 11 , 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. 
     
     
         13 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the body structure further includes:
 a lower support extending in a direction of the throw line from an end contacting a ground of the display along the ground; and   a cover extending from an upper end of the display in an opposite direction to the dart target.   
     
     
         14 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the image projector includes a first image projector disposed toward the display on the lower support and a second image projector disposed toward the display on the cover, and
 the processor is further configured to combine a first image projected from the first image projector and a second image projected from the second image projector and control the combined image of the first and second images to be output through association of the first and second images.   
     
     
         15 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine at least one of the type of an image to be output to the display and a location of the image is to be output in the display based on identification information of a user who throws the dart pin. 
     
     
         16 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 15 , wherein the user includes a first user and a second user, and
 the processor is configured to divide the display into a first user area to which an image related with the first user is to be output and a second user area to which an image related with the second user is to be output and the first and second user areas form separate areas in the display.   
     
     
         17 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a network module configured to communicate with a dart game assistant apparatus positioned outside the dart game apparatus,
 wherein the dart game assistant apparatus includes a user interface configured to output information related with execution of the dart game and receiving the input from a user.   
     
     
         18 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the dart game assistant apparatus further includes:
 an audio output unit configured to output audio information related with the execution of the dart game,   a user recognition unit configured to receive and recognize the identification information of the user from a user device, and   a storage configured to store a bill or a coin for performing the dart game.   
     
     
         19 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein one or more dart target illuminators are arranged on the back of the dart target in a direction facing the outside of the dart game apparatus to transfer a visual output through a gap between segments constituting the dart target. 
     
     
         20 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to provide a dart game match-up mode, which a plurality of players including at least one virtual player and at least one real player is capable of performing and output an image related with the at least one virtual player to the display. 
     
     
         21 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
 determine score information of two or more users,   compare the score information of the two or more users with each other based on the hit location of the dart pin, and   allow the event effect based on a mutual comparison result to be output to the display.   
     
     
         22 . The dart game apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the two or more users include a first user and a second user, and
 the processor is further configured to:
 determine a first user area in which score information depending on dart pin throwing of the first user is to be displayed and a second user area in which score information depending on the dart pin throwing of the second user is to be displayed in the display, 
 compare the score information of the first user and the score information of the second user with each other, and 
 when the superiority between the score information of the first user and the score information of the second user is changed, allow a reversal event effect to be output to at least one of the first user area and the second user area.