Automated Dice Shaking System with Mechanical Arm

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Solution Overview

Problem

Manual dice shaking in conventional dice games allows for potential cheating due to manipulation of dice points through skill or muscular control, making it difficult to prevent fraudulent outcomes.

Innovation Solution

An automatic dice shaking system featuring a mechanical arm that moves and rotates a dice cup attached to a set of dice seats, ensuring randomization and preventing manipulation, with a mechanical arm capable of horizontal and vertical movement and rotation, and a digital camera for displaying the results.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual dice shaking is used, then the operation is simple and easy to perform, but the reliability of the game outcome is compromised due to potential cheating

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefairness of dice outcomeVSAvoidcomplexity of shaking mechanism

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical shaking operation with an automated mechanical system. A mechanical arm with gripping mechanism automatically picks up the dice cup, shakes it according to predetermined patterns, and places it back, eliminating human manipulation while maintaining the mechanical nature of the shaking action.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables self-service operation where the automated dice shaking mechanism operates independently without requiring human intervention during the shaking process. The mechanical arm executes the shaking sequence automatically, and the result is captured and displayed without manual opening of the dice cup.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If automated dice shaking is implemented, then cheating is prevented, but the device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveintegrity of game outcomeVSAvoidcomplexity of automated system

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The automated system is divided into distinct functional modules: a dice cup holding mechanism, a mechanical arm with gripping mechanism for picking and placing, and a control unit that coordinates the shaking sequence. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, simplifying the overall design and maintenance while ensuring reliable automated operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS7775522B2Automatic dice shaking system

Publication Date: 2010.08.17 TSENG TZU HSIANG

AI summary

An automatic dice shaking system includes multiple dice seat holders each having two locating grooves, multiple dice seats selectively attachable to the dice seat holders, each dice seat having an inner thread and locating rods attachable to the locating grooves of one dice seat holder to prohibit rotation of the respective dice seat relative to the respective dice seat holder, a dice cup connectable to one dice seat by threading an outer thread thereof into the inner thread of one dice seat and movable with the connected dice seat away from the dice seat holders to shake the respective set of dice, and a mechanical arm controllable to move the dice cup horizontally and vertically and to rotate the device cup.