Electronic die shaker device
AssigneeIgt
InventorsAndreas Bean, Martin Oswald, Georg Fabiani-Aimetti
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Abstract
An electronic dice shaker device includes a housing defining an interior cavity, the housing including a transparent window between the interior cavity and an exterior of the housing. The electronic dice shaker device further includes a sensor that detects, in response to an electronic die coming to rest in the interior cavity, a visible face of the electronic die. The electronic dice shaker device further includes a first communication interface that, in response to detection of the visible face of the electronic die, provides an indication of the visible face of the electronic die to a gaming device.
Claims19
An electronic dice shaker device comprising:
- a housing defining an interior cavity, the housing comprising a transparent window between the interior cavity and an exterior of the housing, the interior cavity being shielded to inhibit radio frequency (RF) communication between the interior cavity and an exterior of the housing;
- a sensor that detects, in response to an electronic die coming to rest in the interior cavity, a visible face of the electronic die;
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- a first communication interface that, in response to detection of the visible face of the electronic die, provides an indication of the visible face of the electronic die to a gaming device.
A gaming device comprising:
- a gaming device housing;
- a processor circuit;
- a memory comprising machine-readable instructions;
- a gaming device communication interface;
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- an electronic dice shaker device coupled to the gaming device housing, the electronic dice shaker device comprising:
- a shaker device housing defining an interior cavity, the shaker device housing comprising a transparent window between the interior cavity and an exterior of the shaker device housing;
- a sensor that detects, in response to removal of the shaker device from a holder device and an electronic die coming to rest in the interior cavity, a visible face of the electronic die;
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- a housing communication interface that, in response to detection of the visible face of the electronic die, transmits an indication of the visible face of the electronic die to the gaming device communication interface.
A method comprising:
- detecting, by an inertial measurement device of an electronic dice shaker device, a shaking movement of a housing of the electronic dice shaker device, and a subsequent lack of movement of the housing of the electronic dice shaker device;
- detecting, by a sensor of the electronic dice shaker device, a visible face of an electronic die disposed in an interior cavity of the housing of the electronic dice shaker device;
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- transmitting, by a communication interface of the electronic dice shaker device, an indication of the visible face of the electronic die to a gaming device associated with the electronic dice shaker device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.