Electronic Casino Security Shoe With Sloped-Base Card Feeding
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Solution Overview
Problem
Casino games using playing cards require high security to prevent players and dealers from knowing the contents and order of the cards, while ensuring smooth loading of new cards without prolonged interruptions that could bore participants.
Innovation Solution
A security electronic shoe with a housing portion, opening portion, draw guide, and weight mechanism that allows seamless card loading, featuring movable covers and guides to ensure card sequence and concealment, along with sensors for detection and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If playing cards are loaded manually by opening the package and taking out cards, then security is maintained, but the loading process is time-consuming and interrupts the game
Solution Approach 1:
The playing cards are pre-shuffled and packaged in a sealed package before being loaded into the shoe. This preliminary shuffling and packaging ensures that the cards are securely enclosed and their contents remain unknown, while the pre-packaged format enables faster loading by eliminating the need to open individual card sleeves during game interruptions.
Solution Approach 2:
A package opening mechanism serves as an intermediary device that automatically opens the sealed playing card package and feeds cards into the shoe without requiring manual intervention. This mechanism includes a cutting unit that severs the package seal and a feeding unit that delivers cards to the shoe, thereby maintaining security while reducing loading time.
2Reliability
If the package is opened and cards are taken out manually, then security is maintained, but the process requires manual intervention and is complex
Solution Approach 1:
The package opening mechanism is designed to automatically open the sealed playing card package and feed cards into the shoe without requiring manual intervention. The mechanism includes a cutting unit that severs the package seal and a feeding unit that delivers cards to the shoe, making the system self-sufficient and reducing operational complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The package opening mechanism combines multiple functions into a single integrated unit: the cutting unit that severs the package seal, the feeding unit that delivers cards to the shoe, and the control unit that coordinates these operations. This merging of functions simplifies the overall loading process while maintaining security.
3Productivity
If the game is interrupted for card loading, then new cards can be loaded, but player engagement decreases and sales drop
Solution Approach 1:
The automatic package opening mechanism enables continuous card loading without interrupting the game flow. The cutting unit continuously severs the package seal and the feeding unit continuously delivers cards to the shoe, maintaining uninterrupted card supply and eliminating the need for game interruptions, thereby preserving player engagement.
Solution Approach 2:
The manual card loading process is replaced with an automated mechanical system that includes a cutting unit, feeding unit, and control unit. This mechanical automation eliminates manual intervention and game interruptions, enabling seamless card replacement and maintaining continuous player engagement.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Ensures secure and efficient loading of playing cards, maintaining game integrity and reducing player boredom by minimizing interruptions.
Implementation Method 1
a weight configured to push a last playing card of the plurality of playing cards toward the opening portion
Implementation Method 2
the 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
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.