Billiard table lighting and game play monitor
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1. An apparatus for displaying and recording shot clock times in videos of billiard game play, the apparatus comprising:
- one or more video cameras mounted to acquire sequential image frames of a billiard table and the billiard table'"'"'s surface with billiard balls thereupon;
a processing device in operative communication with the one or more video cameras to receive individual streams of sequential image frames acquired by the one or more cameras and configured to combine the individual streams into a single video stream;
wherein the processing device is further configured to effect display of a shot clock in image frames of the single video stream during billiard game play when the billiard balls are in non-motion and to not display the shot clock when the billiard balls are in motion;
wherein the processing device is further configured to generate a top surface video field of view of the billiard table without the shot clock when the billiard balls are in motion, and to generate other oblique video side and end views of the billiard table displaying the shot clock when the billiard balls are in non-motion.
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Abstract
A billiard table top lighting apparatus provides substantially uniform lighting across the surface of a billiard table surface. The frame may support one or more cameras, one or more motion sensors, one or more microphones, and/or one or more computing devices to enable any of a variety of innovative features. Such features could include automatic game play recording from one or more perspectives, merged video track storage for replay, review, and analysis, automatic lighting and dimming control, control of the apparatus from any mobile device, automatic provision of a shot clock, and the like.
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1. An apparatus for displaying and recording shot clock times in videos of billiard game play, the apparatus comprising:
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one or more video cameras mounted to acquire sequential image frames of a billiard table and the billiard table'"'"'s surface with billiard balls thereupon; a processing device in operative communication with the one or more video cameras to receive individual streams of sequential image frames acquired by the one or more cameras and configured to combine the individual streams into a single video stream; wherein the processing device is further configured to effect display of a shot clock in image frames of the single video stream during billiard game play when the billiard balls are in non-motion and to not display the shot clock when the billiard balls are in motion; wherein the processing device is further configured to generate a top surface video field of view of the billiard table without the shot clock when the billiard balls are in motion, and to generate other oblique video side and end views of the billiard table displaying the shot clock when the billiard balls are in non-motion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for displaying and recording shot clock times in videos of billiard game play, the method comprising:
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acquiring with one or more video cameras sequential image frames of a billiard table and the billiard table'"'"'s surface with billiard balls thereupon; receiving at a processing device from the one or more video cameras individual streams of sequential image frames acquired by the one or more cameras; combining the individual streams into a single video stream; effecting display of a shot clock in image frames of the single video stream during billiard game play when the billiard balls are in non-motion and not effecting display the shot clock when the billiard balls are in motion; generating a top surface video field of view of the billiard table without the shot clock when the billiard balls are in motion, and generating other oblique video side and end views of the billiard table displaying the shot clock when the billiard balls are in non-motion. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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