METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL SELECTION OF AN ELEMENT FROM A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS

• US 20130319112A1
• Filed: 02/26/2013
• Published: 12/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Game Technologies Spolka Akcyjna
• Original Assignee: GIC S.A.
• Inventors: STREZELEWICZ, PATRYK, BAK, MICHAL, WATOROWSKI, TOMASZ
• Granted Patent: US 9,283,471 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/493
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2447 Motion detector
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/04 Dice dice tops A63F5/04 D; Dice-boxes; Mechanical dice-throwing devices casino or betting games played on boards A63F3/00157
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/0468 Electronic dice; electronic dice simulators

Abstract

A device for electromechanical selection of an element from a plurality of elements, according to present invention has a housing in a form of a body of a regular shape, enabling the device to take N rest positions, where N is a natural number. Each of the rest positions corresponds to one element selected from N elements, wherein the device is adapted to electrically and optically transmit data regarding trajectory of its movement and rest positions, including indications of an accelerometer connected to a position analysis and identification module. At least one proximity sensor and at least one magnetometric sensor is further placed inside the housing, and filters are connected on the signal path between the accelerometer and the sensors and position analysis and identification module. The present invention is also directed to the method of electromechanical selection of an element from a plurality of elements.

Claims

1. A device for electromechanical selection of an element from a plurality of elements, having a housing in a form of a body of a regular shape, enabling the device to take N rest positions, where N is a natural number, and where each of the rest positions corresponds to one element selected from N elements, wherein the device is adapted to electrically and optically transmit data regarding trajectory of its movement and rest positions, including indications of an accelerometer connected to a position analysis and identification module, characterized in that at least one proximity sensor and at least one magnetometric sensor is further placed inside the housing (1), and filters are connected on the signal path between the accelerometer and the sensors and position analysis and identification module.

2. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the signal path between the accelerometer and the position analysis and identification module is split into at least two branches.

3. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that on at least one of the branches of the signal path between the accelerometer and the position analysis and identification module a low-pass filter is connected.

4. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that on at least one of the branches of the signal path between the accelerometer and the position analysis and identification module a high-pass filter is connected.

5. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that on at least one of the branches of the signal path between the accelerometer and the position analysis and identification module a band-pass filter is connected.

6. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that on the signal path between at least one proximity sensor and the position analysis and identification module a low-pass filter is connected.

7. A device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that on the signal path between at least one magnetometric sensor and the position analysis and identification module a low-pass filter is connected.

8. A device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the proximity sensor constitutes a detector of changes of the capacitance.

16. Application of the device as claimed in claim 1 to random selection of elements in computer, TV and communication devices, to computer and board games, and to the purpose of generating random results in training devices.

9. A method of electromechanical selection of an element from a plurality of elements, by means of a device having a housing in a form of a body of a regular shape, enabling the device to take N rest positions, where N is a natural number, and where each of the rest positions corresponds to one element selected from N elements, wherein the device is adapted to electrically and optically transmit data regarding trajectory of its movement and rest positions, including indications of an accelerometer connected to a position analysis and identification module, characterized in that the changes in the magnetic field surrounding the housing of the device are measured by means of at least one magnetometric sensor placed inside the housing, and approach of the housing of the device to the surrounding elements is detected by at least one of the proximity sensors, and electrical filtration is applied to the output signals of at least one accelerometer and at least one magnetometric and proximity sensor prior to transmitting to the position analysis and identification module.

10. A method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the low-pass filtration is applied to the accelerometer output signal.

11. A method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the high-pass filtration is applied to the accelerometer output signal.

12. A method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the band-pass filtration is applied to the accelerometer output signal.

13. A method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the low-pass filtration is applied to the magnetometric sensor output signal.

14. A method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the low-pass filtration is applied to the proximity sensor output signal.

15. A method as claimed in claim 9, characterized in that the approach of the housing of the device to the surrounding elements is detected by means of measuring changes of the capacitance.