Roulette Wheel Smart Cover for Extended Wagering
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Solution Overview
Problem
In roulette games, players face challenges in extending the time for placing wagers due to the inability to conceal the ball's trajectory and outcome until it stops, which can lead to premature betting closure.
Innovation Solution
A roulette wheel with a glass cover that switches between transparent and opaque states in response to electrical signals, allowing the ball to be concealed during its motion and revealed only after it has stopped, thereby extending the wagering period.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Duration of action of moving object
If the glass cover remains transparent throughout the game, then players can continuously view the ball's trajectory and outcome, but the wagering period must be shortened to maintain game integrity and prevent premature betting closure
Solution Approach 1:
The glass cover transitions from a static transparent state to a dynamic system that can switch between transparent and opaque states. This dynamic property allows the cover to adapt its transparency based on the game phase: transparent during ball motion for entertainment, opaque during critical wagering periods for integrity, and transparent again after wagers are closed. This resolves the contradiction by making the information availability flexible rather than fixed.
Solution Approach 2:
The optical parameter (transparency) of the glass cover is changed based on game requirements. By controlling the transparency parameter through electrical signals triggered by game events (ball launch, ball stop, wager closure), the system can extend the wagering period while maintaining game integrity. The parameter change allows the same physical structure to serve multiple functional requirements at different times.
2Reliability
If the glass cover switches to opaque state during ball motion, then the ball cannot be viewed from outside maintaining game integrity, but players cannot see the outcome until it stops
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses feedback from game events to control the glass cover state. When the ball stops or wagers are closed, sensors trigger the glass to switch from opaque to transparent, allowing players to view the outcome. This feedback mechanism ensures game integrity is maintained during critical periods while automatically providing outcome visibility when appropriate, resolving the contradiction between reliability and ease of operation.
3Duration of action of moving object
If the glass cover is made opaque to conceal the ball, then players cannot view the ball's location during motion, but the wagering time is extended
Solution Approach 1:
The glass cover operates in periodic cycles: transparent during ball motion for entertainment, opaque during critical wagering periods for integrity, and transparent again after wagers are closed. This periodic action allows the system to extend wagering time while maintaining game integrity, resolving the contradiction by making information availability temporal rather than permanent.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution allows for an extended period of wager placement and maintains game integrity by ensuring players cannot view the ball's location until it has stopped, enhancing player engagement and casino control over betting timelines.
Implementation Method 1
a glass cover attached to the roulette wheel, the glass cover configured to switch between a transparent state and an opaque state in response to electrical signals
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AI summary
A system and method is provided for delaying an outcome of a roulette game is disclosed. Accordingly, the system includes a roulette wheel and a glass cover attached to the roulette wheel, the glass cover configured to switch between a transparent state and an opaque state in response to electrical signals. Game circuitry is configured to operate a ball release mechanism to launch a ball around an inner circumference of the roulette wheel, and to send electrical signals to the glass cover while the ball is in to change the glass cover from the transparent state to the opaque state so that the ball cannot be viewed from outside the glass cover. After the ball has stopped, signals are sent to change the glass cover from the opaque state to the transparent state, so that the ball and the outcome of the game can be viewed.