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.
Claims22
A scale apparatus for performing magic tricks comprising:
- a housing sized to conceal the presence of the scale apparatus to an observer;
- a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects, wherein the pressure plate is located inside the housing and adjacent a bottom panel of the housing;
- 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 conceal the presence of the scale apparatus to an observer;
- 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 transmitters;
- wherein the pressure plate is located inside the housing and below the wireless transmitter and microcontroller.
A scale system for performing magic tricks comprising:
- a scale apparatus comprising:
- a housing sized to conceal the presence of the scale apparatus to an observer;
- a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects;
- a wireless transmitter;
- 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;
- when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter;
- a control system, the control system comprising a processor configured to:
- receive the first weight measurement;
- receive the second weight measurement;
- receive an input of an initial total number of objects;
- calculate a weight per object based on the first weight measurement;
- and
- estimate the number of objects removed from the scale apparatus based on the second weight measurement and the calculated weight per object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.