Methods for controlling movement of a dice
AssigneeInterblock D.D.
InventorsUrban Bergant, Ivo Zavbi, Peter Kroselj
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Abstract
Methods are described for controlling movement of dice in a gaming system. The gaming system includes an input device controllable by a user and a platform for holding the dice. The platform may be moved up and down by a drive to cause the dice to be moved upward and thrown above the surface of the platform. Data received from the input device may be used to determine the upward motion of the platform. The data may include the distance a user is from the input device. The data may also include how hard, how far and/or how fast a user pushes the input device. Data received from the input device may not be used to determine the upward motion of the platform. The time at which the platform may be moved may be randomly determined.
Claims20
A method for controlling movement of at least one dice, the method comprising:
- receiving data at a drive mechanism from a user controlled input device indicative of a height the at least one dice should move upward;
- causing through the drive mechanism a platform holding the at least one dice to move upward with a first force;
- causing through the drive mechanism the platform to move downward either a first distance or over a first period of time;
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- causing through the drive mechanism the platform to move upward with a second force, wherein the height that the dice moves upward is controlled by selecting at least one of the first force, the first distance, the first period of time, or the second force.
A method for controlling movement of at least one dice, the method comprising:
- receiving data at a drive mechanism from a user controlled input device indicative of a height the user would like the at least one dice to move upward;
- randomly determining a time at which the at least one dice will move upward;
- based on the random determination and not the received data, causing through the drive mechanism a platform holding the at least one dice to move upward with a first force;
- after causing the platform to move upward with the first force, causing through the drive mechanism the platform to move downward either a first distance or over a first period of time;
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- after causing the platform to move downward either the first distance or over the first period of time, causing through the drive mechanism the platform to move upward with a second force, wherein the height that the dice moves upward is controlled by selecting at least one of the first force, the first distance, the first period of time, or the second force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.