Dart game device interworking with external device, gaming system and method

1. A dart game device for interworking with at least one external device, the dart game device comprising:

a dart target having a plurality of point regions;

a sensing unit configured to sense a hit to the dart target by a dart;

a light source unit configured to output light in a light pattern, wherein the light pattern depends on an occurrence of an event;

a sound source unit configured to output sound in a sound pattern, wherein the sound pattern depends on the occurrence of the event; and

a communication unit configured to

communicate with the external device, and

control the external device, in response to the occurrence of the event, to output light in the light pattern, or to output sound in the sound pattern,

wherein the dart game device further comprising:

two side walls disposed on and extended along both sides of the dart game device; and

at least one additional structure selected from the group consisting of a plate structure laid under a player of the dart game device, a behind structure disposed behind the player, and a roof structure roofing the player,

wherein each of two side walls and the at least one additional structure of the dart game device comprises at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit,

wherein the external device is an external dart game device comprising:

two side walls disposed on and extended along both sides of the external dart game device; and

at least one additional structure selected from the group consisting a plate structure laid under an external player of the external dart game device, a behind structure disposed behind the external player, and a roof structure roofing the external player,

wherein each of the two side walls and the at least one structure of the external dart game device comprises at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit, and

wherein, when the event is the hit to the dart target by the dart, in the case where the dart hits a predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, the communication unit is further configured to:

control the external device to output light or sound in a predetermined pattern, and

control the additional sound source unit and the external sound source unit to output sound in a predetermined pattern, and

control the additional light source unit and the external light source unit to output sound in a predetermined pattern.

2. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit is further configured to

flicker the light in a first light pattern, and

change a color of the light in a second light pattern,

whereint the first and second light patterns depend on the occurrence of the event.

3. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the event includes at least one selected from the group consisting of an identification of a player, the hit to the dart target by the dart, a change of the player, and game ending.

4. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is further configured to download one selected from the group consisting of the light pattern and the sound pattern, from a server which stores the patterns of lighing and sounding.

5. The dart game device of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the light pattern and the sound pattern is downloaded from the server via the communication unit, and the other pattern is stored in a memory unit of the dart game device.

6. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is further configured to enable two or more dart game devices, which are separated from each other, to play a dart game together, through the communication unit.

7. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein, when the event is the hit to the dart target by the dart, in the case where the dart hits a predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, the communication unit is further configured to control a dart target of the external dart game device to flicker.

8. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein, when the event is the hit to the dart target by the dart, in the case where the dart hits a predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, the communication unit is further configured to control a region of a dart target of the external dart game device, which correspondes to the predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, to be deactivated.

9. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein, when the event is the hit to the dart target by the dart, in the case where the dart hits a predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, the communication unit is configured to control the external device to output light or sound in a predetermined pattern.

10. The dart game device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a memory unit configured to store at least one of the light pattern and the sound pattern.

11. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the additional light source unit is configured to output light in synchronization with the light source, and wherein the additional sound source unit is configured to output sound in synchronization with the sound source unit.

12. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the light source unit of the dart game device is further configured to

flicker the light in a first light pattern, and

change a color of the light in a second light pattern,

wherein the first and second light patterns depend on the occurrence of the event, and

wherein the external light source unit of the external dart game device is further configured to

flicker the light of the external light source unit in the first light pattern, and

change a color of the light of the external light source unit in the second light pattern.

13. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the communication unit is configured to control the external device to interwork with the dart game device in real time.

14. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additional structure of the dart game device comprises:

a plate structure comprising at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit and laid under a player of the dart game device; and

one selected from the group consisting of a behind structure comprising at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit and disposed behind the player of the dart game device, and a roof structure comprising at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit and roofing the player of the dart game device, and

wherein the at least one additional structure of the external dart game device comprises:

a plate structure comprising at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit and laid under a player of the external dart game device; and

one selected from the group consisting of a behind structure comprising at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit and disposed behind the player of the external dart game, and a roof structure comprising at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit and roofing the player of the external dart game.

15. The dart game device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one additional structure of the dart game device comprises:

a plate structure comprising at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit and laid under a player of the dart game device;

a behind structure comprising at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit and disposed behind the player of the dart game device; and

a roof structure comprising at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit and roofing the player of the dart game device, and

wherein the at least one additional structure of the external dart game device comprises:

a plate structure comprising at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit and laid under a player of the external dart game device;

a behind structure comprising at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit and disposed behind the player of the external dart game device; and

a roof structure comprising at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit and roofing the player of the external dart game device.

16. A gaming system, comprising a plurality of dart game devices interworking with each other, each of the dart game devices comprising:

a dart target having a plurality of point regions;

a sensing unit configured to sense a hit to the dart target by a dart;

a light source unit configured to output light in a light pattern, wherein the light pattern depends on an occurrence of an event;

a sound source unit configured to output sound in a sound pattern, wherein the sound pattern depends on the occurrence of the event; and

a communication unit configured to

communicate with at least one further dart game device among the plurality of dart game devices, and

control the at least one further dart game device, in response to the occurrence of the event, to output light in the light pattern, or to output sound in the sound pattern,

wherein the dart game device further comprising:

two side walls disposed on and extended along both sides of the dart game device; and

at least one additional structure selected from the group consisting of a plate structure laid under a player of the dart game device, a behind structure disposed behind the player, and a roof structure roofing the player,

wherein each of the two side walls and the at least one additional structure of the dart game device comprises at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit,

wherein the external device is an external dart game device comprising:

two side walls disposed on and extended along both sides of the external dart game device; and

at least one additional structure selected from the group consisting: a plate structure laid under an external player of the external dart game device, a behind structure disposed behind the external player, and a roof structure roofing the external player,

wherein each of the two side walls and the at least one structure of the external dart game device comprises at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit, and

wherein, when the event is the hit to the dart target by the dart, in the case where the dart hits a predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, the communication unit is further configured to:

control the external device to output light or sound in a predetermined pattern, and

control the additional sound source unit and the external sound source unit to output sound in a predetermined pattern, and

control the additional light source unit and the external light source unit to output sound in a predetermined pattern.

17. A method of playing a dart game performed by a plurality of dart game devices, the method comprising:

detecting, by one of the plurality of dart game devices, an occurrence of an event;

reading, by the one of the plurality of dart game devices, a light pattern and a sound pattern, which are depend on the occurrence of the event;

outputting, by the one of the plurality of dart game devices, light in a light pattern and sound in a sound pattern;

communicating, by the one of the plurality of dart game devices, with at least one further dart game device among the plurality of dart game devices to output light in the light pattern and to output sound in the sound pattern; and

outputting, by the at least one further dart game device among the plurality of dart game devices, light in the light pattern and sound in the sound pattern,

wherein the dart game device further comprising:

two side walls disposed on and extended along both sides of the dart game device; and

at least one additional structure selected from the group consisting of a plate structure laid under a player of the dart game device, a behind structure disposed behind the player, and a roof structure roofing the player,

wherein each of the two side walls and the at least one structure of the dart game device comprises at least one of an additional light source unit and an additional sound source unit,

wherein the external device is an external dart game device comprising:

two side walls disposed on and extended along both sides of the external dart game device; and

at least one additional structure selected from the group consisting: a plate structure laid under an external player of the external dart game device, a behind structure disposed behind the external player, and a roof structure roofing the external player,

wherein each of the two side walls and the at least one structure of the external dart game device comprises at least one of an external light source unit and an external sound source unit, and

wherein, when the event is the hit to the dart target by the dart, in the case where the dart hits a predetermined region of the dart target of the dart game device, the communication unit is further configured to:

control the external device to output light or sound in a predetermined pattern, and

control the additional sound source unit and the external sound source unit to output sound in a predetermined pattern, and

control the additional light source unit and the external light source unit to output sound in a predetermined pattern.