Casino Security Electronic Shoe With Concealed Card Loading
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing casino card shoes lack security during card loading, allowing players and dealers to potentially glimpse the contents of the cards, leading to decreased game integrity and player boredom due to prolonged interruptions.
Innovation Solution
A security electronic shoe with a housing portion, opening portion, draw guide, and weight mechanism that ensures smooth card loading while maintaining secrecy, featuring a sloping bottom, movable weight, and cover mechanisms to prevent lateral movement and exposure of card contents.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the package is opened and playing cards are loaded into the shoe manually, then the cards can be loaded into the shoe, but the contents of the cards may be glimpsed by players and dealers, compromising security
Solution Approach 1:
A transparent partition wall is introduced as an intermediary structure between the card loading area and the gaming table. This partition allows the dealer to load cards through a card loading hole while preventing players and dealers from glimpsing the card contents, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of card loading and maintenance of card secrecy
Solution Approach 2:
The shoe interior is segmented into a card loading portion and a card storage portion using a partition wall. The card loading hole is positioned in the partition wall, separating the loading operation from the visible gaming area. This segmentation enables secure card loading while maintaining information secrecy about card contents
2Productivity
If the shoe is opened to load new playing cards, then cards can be replaced, but the game must be interrupted for an extended period, causing player boredom and reducing sales
Solution Approach 1:
The shoe is designed with a pre-configured card loading mechanism where the dealer can quickly load cards through the card loading hole in the partition wall. The housing portion and partition wall structure is prepared in advance to enable rapid card replacement, minimizing the time required for interruptions
Solution Approach 2:
The shoe structure is designed to facilitate self-service card loading by the dealer without requiring extensive manual manipulation or complex operations. The card loading hole and housing portion configuration allow the dealer to quickly replace cards independently, reducing the time needed for game interruptions
3Productivity
If the shoe structure is simplified for easy card loading, then card loading becomes faster, but the security against card content exposure is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The partition wall with card loading hole serves as an intermediary structure that enables fast card loading while simultaneously providing security. The transparent or opaque partition material blocks the view of card contents to players and dealers, maintaining reliability while preserving productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The partition wall is positioned strategically at the card loading area, providing localized security only where needed. The housing portion and partition wall configuration ensures that card loading can occur quickly at the designated location while maintaining security against card content exposure in the visible gaming areas
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures secure and efficient loading of cards, maintaining game integrity by preventing unauthorized access to card contents and minimizing game interruptions.
Implementation Method 1
a weight (40) configured to push a last playing card (C) toward the opening portion (20)
Data Source
AI summary
A security electronic shoe for a casino configured to house a plurality of playing cards to be drawn one by one for a game, comprises: a housing portion configured to house a stacked plurality of playing cards; an opening portion configured to expose a leading playing card among the plurality of playing cards housed in the housing portion; a draw guide portion configured to guide draw of the leading playing card from the opening portion; and a weight configured to push a last playing card of the plurality of playing cards toward the opening portion, and a bottom portion of the housing portion slopes so as to descend toward the opening portion, the weight is configured to be movable on the bottom portion of the housing portion toward the opening portion in a state pushing the last playing card toward the opening portion, according to that the last playing card moves toward the opening portion, accompanying that the leading playing card is drawn in sequence, and the housing portion has a structure in which an upper surface and at least one side surface are opened, and the plurality of playing cards can be loaded into the housing portion through the opened portion.