Scale apparatus and methods of use thereof
AssigneePenguin Magic, Inc.
InventorAcar Altinsel
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Abstract
A scale apparatus is described. The scale apparatus may include a housing sized to fit within a playing card tuck box; a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects; a wireless transmitter; and a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter. The microcontroller may be configured to: continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate; when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter; measure a change in the weight; and when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.
Claims29
A scale apparatus for performing magic tricks comprising:
- a housing sized to be concealed within a playing card tuck box;
- a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects;
- a wireless transmitter;
- and
- a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter, the microcontroller configured to:
- continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate;
- when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter;
- measure a change in the weight;
- and
- when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.
A scale apparatus for performing magic tricks comprising:
- a housing sized to be concealed within a box;
- a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects;
- a wireless transmitter;
- and
- a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter, the microcontroller configured to:
- continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate;
- when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter;
- measure a change in the weight;
- and
- when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.
A method of performing magic tricks using a scale apparatus sized to be concealed by a playing card tuck box, the method comprising:
- continuously measuring a weight of a plurality of objects on the scale apparatus using a pressure plate and microcontroller in the scale apparatus;
- transmitting a first weight measurement via a wireless transmitter in the scale apparatus when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements;
- measuring a change in the weight using the pressure plate;
- and
- transmitting a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter in the scale apparatus when the change in the weight is steady for a sequence of measurements,
- wherein the pressure plate is located inside a housing of the scale apparatus and adjacent a bottom panel of the housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.