AUTOMATED ENHANCEMENTS FOR BILLIARDS AND THE LIKE

Patent №

US 8,616,971

Granted

2013-12-31

Filed 2009

Owner

OBSCURA DIGITAL, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

nlp

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

12510253

Position data is generated. The position data describes a respective current position of each of one or more billiard game objects in relation to a billiard table having a playing surface. A state of a billiards game being played is determined based on the position data. One or more perceptible effects associated with the determined state of the billiards game are selected. The one or more perceptible effects are produced in connection with the billiards game.

AI classification

Natural language0.77
Knowledge representation0.25
Machine learning0.05
Planning0.04
AI hardware0.01
Vision0.00
Evolutionary computation0.00
Speech0.00

Ownership

OBSCURA DIGITAL, INC.

assignment · 238400652

Assignors

LUNDBACK, NIKLAS, MASON, STEVE, HARVILLE, MICHAEL, THRELKEL, TRAVIS

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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