Ball-trapping device with electronic detection of impact on a target and detection method used therewith
First Claim
1. - Ball-trapping device with electronic detection of the impact on the target of the kind comprising a casing (1) made of a material having impact strength and with a front face having an opening and means for removably fastening a target (2) covering such opening, the target (2) being in the form of a sheet material through which the projectiles can go, on which external face a motive to be shot is depicted, electronic means being provided for detecting the position of at least one impact on said target (2), characterized in that said electronic means comprise an electronic camera (3) having a focusing lens for picking-up images, an image treating unit (4), and a data receiving and/or retransmitting center (6,7) susceptible to be associated with a viewing screen (13, 14), said electronic camera (3) being arranged to encompass in its focal field a face of the target (2) and to obtain after each shot successive images of said face on which new holes or modifications of previous holes produced by successive impacts appear, said image treating unit (4) being adapted for determining the geometric center of the projectile at each successive impact from a treatment of the obtained images, and said data receiving and/or retransmitting center (6,7) being adapted for displaying the results on said viewing screen (13, 14) and/or retransmit them through a telecommunication network.
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Abstract
It comprises an impact resistant casing (1) having a frontal opening and means for removably fastening a target (2) covering such opening, the target (2) being of a sheet material through which projectiles can go and having an external face with a depicted motive to be shot. Electronic means are provided for detecting the position of impact on said target (2), comprising an electronic camera (3) arranged to obtain successive images of a face of target (2) after each shot, an image treating unit (4) for determining the geometric center of the projectile at each impact from a treatment of the obtained images, and a data receiving and/or retransmitting center (6,7) for displaying the results on a viewing screen (13, 14) and/or for retransmit them through a telecommunication network.
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29 Claims
- 1. - Ball-trapping device with electronic detection of the impact on the target of the kind comprising a casing (1) made of a material having impact strength and with a front face having an opening and means for removably fastening a target (2) covering such opening, the target (2) being in the form of a sheet material through which the projectiles can go, on which external face a motive to be shot is depicted, electronic means being provided for detecting the position of at least one impact on said target (2), characterized in that said electronic means comprise an electronic camera (3) having a focusing lens for picking-up images, an image treating unit (4), and a data receiving and/or retransmitting center (6,7) susceptible to be associated with a viewing screen (13, 14), said electronic camera (3) being arranged to encompass in its focal field a face of the target (2) and to obtain after each shot successive images of said face on which new holes or modifications of previous holes produced by successive impacts appear, said image treating unit (4) being adapted for determining the geometric center of the projectile at each successive impact from a treatment of the obtained images, and said data receiving and/or retransmitting center (6,7) being adapted for displaying the results on said viewing screen (13, 14) and/or retransmit them through a telecommunication network.
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19. - Method of detection applicable to a ball-trapping device having electronic detection of the impact on a target, the ball-trapping device being of the type comprising a casing (1) of a material with strength to the impacts, having a front face provided with an opening and means for removably fastening a target (2) covering said opening, the target (2) being in the form of a sheet material through which the projectiles can go, on which external face a motive to be shot is depicted, electronic means being provided for detecting the position of at least an impact on said target (2), characterized in that it comprises following steps:
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a) obtaining, by means of an electronic camera (3) provided with a system of focusing lens arranged within the casing (1), at least one image of one face of the target (2) after each shot, on which face successive new holes or modifications of previous holes produced by successive impacts appear;
b) treating, by means of an image treating unit (4), the images obtained for improving its definition and processing the treated images for determining the geometric center of the projectile at each successive impact from the obtained, handled and processed images; and
c) displaying the results in a viewing screen (13, 14). - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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