ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,984, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to PHOENIXDARTS Co. LTD (Seoul, South Korea).
"Dart game apparatus and dart game system providing event effect" was invented by Sang Uk Hong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a dart game apparatus and a dart game system outputting an event effect. The dart game apparatus may include: a dart target having a plurality of score areas; a sensing unit sensing a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target; a display unit providing a display area surrounding the dart target, provided in a body structure of the dart game apparatus, and outputting a variable screen; and a c...