ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,861, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KOMUSE Co. Ltd. (Paju-si, South Korea).
"Ball throwing game machine" was invented by Nam Ho Kang (Gimpo-si, South Korea) and Ryeol Baek (Goyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a ball throwing game machine in which, when a ball is hit by a hitting device whose hitting force is controlled by a handle, the ball is thrown to fly toward a game operation part and enters the game operation part, and here, a control device, which has received a light emission color signal and a ball entry signal from the game operation part, outputs a score signal to a score display device t...