Roulette rim tilt detection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11452934-B2
Application number	US-202017063536-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2020
Priority date	Oct 11, 2019
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

A tilt detection system including a roulette wheel, at least one inclination sensor positioned on or within a rim of the roulette wheel, and a display module comprising a plurality of light outputs. The tilt detection system can obtain positional data during operation of the roulette wheel and determine tilt data indicative of the roulette wheel's position relative to a baseline indicative of a leveled state. A roulette wheel tilt status, e.g., level, warning, and error, may be determined based on the tilt data, and a display module can activate the plurality of light outputs based on the tilt status. Two or more stepper motors may lever the roulette wheel in response to the tilt status.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A tilt detection system, comprising:
a roulette wheel;
at least one inclination sensor positioned within a rim of the roulette wheel;
a display module comprising a plurality of light outputs;
a processor communicatively coupled to the at least one inclination sensor and the display module, and a memory comprising instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause the tilt detection system to at least:
obtain positional data from the at least one inclination sensor during operation of the roulette wheel;
determine tilt data based on the positional data, wherein the tilt data is indicative of inclination of the roulette wheel relative to a baseline;
determine a tilt status based on the tilt data; and
activate the plurality of light outputs based on the tilt status.

2. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the inclination sensor is removably placed within the rim of the roulette wheel.

3. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the activated plurality of light outputs are placed within the rim of the roulette wheel and identify a position and an angle of tilt of the roulette wheel.

4. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , further comprising an identification chip associated with each inclination sensor.

5. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of light outputs are LEDs placed within the rim of the roulette wheel.

6. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the light outputs are placed within the rim of the roulette wheel, and wherein the tilt status displays at least one colored LED.

7. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the tilt data is determined in real-time, wherein the light outputs are placed within the rim of the roulette wheel, and wherein the display module continuously outputs the tilt status.

8. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the light outputs are placed within the rim of the roulette wheel, and wherein the positional data is two-dimensional or three-dimensional positional data.

9. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the light outputs are placed within the rim of the roulette wheel, and wherein the positional data is obtained continuously or at periodic intervals during the operation of the roulette wheel.

10. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , wherein the light outputs are placed within the rim of the roulette wheel, and wherein the tilt status indicates a leveled rim, a warning, or an error.

11. The tilt detection system of claim 1 , further comprising two or more stepper motors for leveling the roulette wheel in response to the tilt status.

12. A tilt detection method, comprising:
obtaining positional data from at least one inclination sensor during operation of a roulette wheel, wherein the at least one inclination sensor is positioned within a rim of the roulette wheel;
determining tilt data based on the positional data wherein the tilt data is indicative of inclination of the roulette wheel relative to a baseline;
determining a tilt status based on the tilt data; and
activating a plurality of light outputs based on the tilt status, wherein the plurality of light outputs is positioned within the rim of the roulette wheel.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining one or more of a date, time, cycle length, cycle number, ball speed, and ID number.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising displaying a visual output of at least one of the positional data, the tilt data, and the tilt status on a computing device.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising storing at least one of the positional data, the tilt data, and tilt status in a database.

16. The method of claim 15 , further comprising determining predictability metrics based on the at least one of the positional data, the tilt data, and tilt status stored in the database.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the predictability metrics are determined after a predetermined interval of time.

18. The method of claim 12 , wherein activating the plurality of light outputs comprises illuminating one or more colored LED, each identifying a position and an angle of the tilt of the roulette wheel.

19. The method of claim 12 , further comprising adjusting the roulette wheel to a leveled state, in response to the tilt status.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the tilt status is determined after a defined plurality of game cycles.

21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the tilt status indicates a leveled rim, a warning, or an error.

22. The tilt detection system of claim 12 , further comprising two or more stepper motors for leveling the roulette wheel in response to the tilt status.

Assignees

• Interblock Dd
• Interblock D O O

Inventors

• Bergant Urban

Classifications

• A63F2009/2454

  with LED · CPC title

• A63F2250/1005

  for angles · CPC title

• A63F5/00 Primary

  Roulette games · CPC title

• A63F2250/58

  Antifraud or preventing misuse · CPC title

• G08B5/36

  using visible light sources · CPC title