Time Delay between periods

[FRC45]

Regarding the answer to this http://forums.usfirst.org/showthread.php?t=125 it says if balls are in the center goal but not counted yet, the photoswitches will detect them and trigger a 5sec wait to allow balls to be counted.

I wanted to confirm if there is going to be a 5sec delay between periods regardless, because based on other answers, a ball in flight before the buzzer (period ending) will still be counted. If that ball is still in flight, and not in the center goal yet, it wouldn't be able to trigger the 5sec wait in order to be counted.
Can you clarify how balls in flight will still be counted when they finally get to the center goal?

Thanks,

[GDC]

With the exception of the end of the autonomous period, there is no delay between game periods. Balls in flight when the period ends will be counted for the period.

[FRC45]

As a followup, can you please clarify how balls in flight will still be counted after period 2 especially, if there is no delay in turning off the counter? Will the scoring counter still be active for a short time after the period ends to allow those balls in flight to be counted once they reach the goal? Otherwise, I am not clear on how balls in flight will be counted.

An answer to a previous question like this (specifically for automode) said if balls were in the center goal, but not yet funneled in the chute, it would trigger a 5sec delay to count them. However, that does not address balls in flight, as they would not yet be in the center goal.

Thanks,

[GDC]

There is no five second delay after the second or third period. If ambiguity in the automated scoring is created by rapidly scoring robots, human intervention will be used to ensure that all balls in flight at the end of the period (and only those balls) are counted.