Digital target spotting system
First Claim
1. A digital target spotting system for scoring projectile shots on a target, comprising:
- a digital image capturing device adapted for capturing digital images of a target;
a computer with a display;
computer software for the computer for processing images from the digital image capturing device and extracting hits on the target image to determine where on the target hits are made and for scoring a shooting session.
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Abstract
A digital target spotting system for scoring projectile shots on a target. The system has a computer with a display, a digital image capturing device (e.g. digital camera or camcorder used with an optical spotting scope) adapted for capturing digital images of a target, an event sensor that detects when a projectile is shot at the target, an anemometer for detecting wind speed and detecting wind direction and a chronograph for detecting the projectile speed of a projectile shot at the target. A communication hub acts as a communication hub between the computer and the input sensor devices. Computer software loaded on the computer processes digital images from the digital image capturing device and extracting hits on the target image to determine where on the target hits are made and scores a shooter'"'"'s performance.
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20 Claims
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1. A digital target spotting system for scoring projectile shots on a target, comprising:
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a digital image capturing device adapted for capturing digital images of a target;
a computer with a display;
computer software for the computer for processing images from the digital image capturing device and extracting hits on the target image to determine where on the target hits are made and for scoring a shooting session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A digital target spotting system for scoring projectile shots on a target, comprising:
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a computer with a display;
a digital image capturing device adapted for capturing digital images of a target;
an event sensor that detects when a projectile is shot at the target; and
computer software for processing digital images from the digital image capturing device and extracting hits on the target image to determine where on the target hits are made and for scoring a shooter'"'"'s performance. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Computer software for digital target spotting for scoring projectile shots on a target, which software performs the following steps:
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(a) taking an initial digital image of the target and storing the starting pixel values of the image;
(b) detecting that a shot has been fired at the target;
(c) taking a new digital image of the target and comparing the new digital image with the initial digital image on a pixel by pixel basis and from differences in the pixels'"'"' characteristics, determining the position where a projectile hit the target;
(d) storing the projectile hit position;
(e) repeating step (b) and taking a further digital image of the target and comparing it to the prior digital image of the target on a pixel by pixel basis, and from differences in the pixels'"'"' characteristics, determining a new projectile hit position on the target;
(f) storing the new projectile hit position;
(g) repeating steps (e) and (f) until no more projectile hits are detected or a user has completed a shooting session; and
(h) processing the projectile hit positions to provide a session score. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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