Computerized archery aid

• US 5,924,867 A
• Filed: 10/30/1997
• Issued: 07/20/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Deron Lautsbaugh
• Original Assignee: Deron Lautsbaugh
• Inventors: Lautsbaugh, Deron
• Primary Examiner(s): Ricci, John A.
• Application Number:
  US08/961,506
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 73/167, 434/11, 434/247, 473/578
• US Class Current: 434/11
• CPC Class Codes: F41G 1/54 Devices for testing or checking ; Tools for adjustment of sights
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 3/0004 Archery targets

Abstract

An archery teaching aid is provided including a shooting area. A first camera is mounted to a top wall of the shooting area which is capable of viewing and recording an arrow passing thereby. A second camera is mounted to a side of the shooting area. The second camera is capable of viewing and recording a user and the arrow situated adjacent thereto. Finally, a control mechanism is provided having a display. The computer is adapted for playing back the recordings of the user during use of a bow and further of a top and side view of the arrow during flight.

Claims

1. An archery teaching aid comprising, in combination:

a shooting area with a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of vertical side walls and at least one vertical end wall;

a display board with a square configuration mounted to the end wall, a front face of the display board having a circle positioned at a central extent thereof and a central spot situated at a center of the circle;

a first camera mounted to the top wall and focused downwardly and capable of viewing and recording an entirety of the bottom wall for visually recording arrows passing therebeneath;

a second camera mounted to one of the side walls at a central extent thereof, the second camera capable of viewing and recording an entirety of an opposite side wall and further a user and the arrow situated therebetween;

a speed detector including a pair of light emitting posts spacedly situated a predetermined distance on the bottom wall between the user and the display board, the speed detector adapted to calculate a time taken for an arrow to pass between the posts and further calculate a speed of the arrow;

a projector mounted on the top wall of the shooting area adjacent the end wall thereof for projecting a plurality of vertically aligned spots on the display below the central spot upon the actuation thereof;

a computer having a display and connected to the cameras, speed detector and projector, the computer adapted for playing back the visual images of the user during use of a bow and further of a top and side view of the arrow during flight, the computer further adapted to actuate the projector upon the receipt of a speed from the speed detector and calculate the spacing of the vertically aligned spots for manually calibrating a sight of the bow.

2. An archery teaching aid comprising:

a shooting area;

a first camera mounted to a top wall of the shooting area capable of viewing and recording an area therebeneath for visually recording an arrow passing thereby;

a second camera mounted to a side of the shooting area, the second camera capable of viewing and recording a user and the arrow situated adjacent thereto;

control means having a display and connected to the cameras, the control means adapted for playing back the recordings of the user during use of a bow and further of a top and side view of the arrow during flight;

a speed detector adapted for detecting a speed of an arrow moving thereby and a projector for projecting a plurality of vertically aligned spots on a display, wherein the control means includes a computer further adapted to calculate the spacing of the vertically aligned spots from the speed of the arrow and a distance between the display and a point from which the arrow is shot for manually calibrating a sight of the bow.

3. An archery teaching aid as set forth in claim 2 wherein the speed detector includes a pair of ray-emitting posts.

4. An archery teaching aid as set forth in claim 2 wherein the display has a central spot positioned thereon.

5. An archery teaching aid as set forth in claim 2 wherein the control means is adapted to provide the user with instructional information regarding the use of the bow and arrow.

6. An archery teaching aid comprising:

a shooting area;

a speed detector positioned in the shooting area and adapted for detecting a speed of an arrow moving thereby;

a projector for projecting a plurality of vertically aligned spots on a display; and

a computer adapted to calculate spacing of the vertically aligned spots from the speed of the arrow and a distance between the display and a point from which the arrow is shot for manually calibrating a sight of the bow.

7. An archery teaching aid as set forth in claim 6 wherein the speed detector includes a pair of ray-emitting posts.

8. An archery teaching aid as set forth in claim 6 wherein the display has a central spot positioned thereon.