Sensor-Activated Video Card Dispenser for Casino Fairness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional card dealing systems in casinos, such as card shoes, allow dealers to manipulate cards, potentially leading to collusion and misdeals due to the physical interaction with cards, which can result in unfair gameplay.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for dealing video cards using a physical device with a sensor system and processor that triggers the dealing of video cards based on the movement of an object on the device, ensuring transparent and fair gameplay by eliminating direct physical contact with the cards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a conventional card shoe is used to deal cards, then the dealer can physically manipulate the cards for dealing, but this enables collusion and misdeals due to direct physical contact
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of physical card manipulation with an automated video card dealing system. A sensor-activated mechanism detects when a player requests a card and automatically dispenses the next card from a shuffled deck through a slot, eliminating the dealer's physical contact with cards and preventing collusion while maintaining smooth dealing operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary automated dealing mechanism between the dealer and the cards. The sensor-activated card dispenser acts as a mediator that handles all physical card manipulation, allowing the dealer to focus on game management without direct card contact, thus ensuring fairness while preserving operational efficiency
2Reliability
If a sensor-activated physical device is introduced to deal video cards, then fairness and transparency are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service automated card dealing system where the mechanism automatically detects card requests through sensors and dispenses cards without requiring manual intervention. The system serves itself by using the sensor signals to trigger the dealing mechanism, reducing the need for complex control systems while ensuring fair and transparent card distribution
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the card dealing function from the dealer's manual actions and places it in a dedicated automated device. By separating the dealing mechanism into an independent sensor-activated unit, the system achieves fairness through automation while keeping the overall complexity manageable by focusing the complexity in a single specialized component rather than throughout the entire dealing process
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AI summary
A physical device that triggers a deal of a video card is described. The physical device triggers the deal when a subject moves an object of the subject on the physical device.