Method and device for automatically and randomly detecting the color of hockey pucks to enhance the fun of gaming and scoring

A device for automatically and randomly detecting the color of hockey pucks to enhance the fun of gaming and scoring, comprising:

• a puck serving device, an entrance detection device, a game machine main body, an exit detection device, and a motherboard device;
• the puck serving device is installed in the center of the rear part of the game machine main body;
• on the bottom of the puck serving device, there is a swash plate that can transmit hockey pucks of various colors into the track and continuously push them upward;
• the hockey pucks of various colors will slide down from the track exit to the puck entrance portion;
• when the hockey pucks of various colors continuously slide down from the puck entrance portion, the hockey pucks of various colors will automatically and sequentially go across the hockey puck positioned in the lowest track slot and automatically and sequentially fill up each of the track slots on the left;
• the game machine main body can hold a puck serving device, which is mounted in the center of the rear part of the game machine main body;
• the game machine main body has a tabletop with a puck entrance slot hole respectively on the left and right side;
• in each puck entrance slot hole, an inclined track device is installed, and a track is integrally connected with the inclined track device;
• the tracks respectively extend backward to an appropriate position above the swash plate of the puck serving device, such that the hockey pucks entering the track can automatically fall into the puck serving device;
• in this way, an automatic cycling is enabled;
• the hockey pucks of various colors can enter the track again through the swash plate and move to the puck entrance portion at the track exit;
• the device has the following features:
• the entrance detection device is a device capable of color detection, installed at the puck entrance portion below the track exit of the puck serving device;
• it can detect the color of each of the hockey pucks of various colors passing by;
• it is connected to the motherboard device in series via a signal wire, and can automatically transmit the signal of color detection for each hockey puck to the motherboard device via the signal wire for counting and recording;
• when the hockey pucks of various colors no longer enter the track slots, as the entrance detection device cannot detect the hockey pucks sliding down, the entrance detection device will transmit a no-color signal to the motherboard device;
• the motherboard device will automatically calculate and judge which color is the most, and set this dominant color of hockey puck as the primary color of hockey puck for score multiplication and addition;
• if a hockey puck of any other color scores a goal, the player can only score 1 point;
• the exit detection device is configured at the connecting point between the inclined track device and the track, near the puck exit portion;
• when the hockey pucks of various colors roll through the puck exit portion, the exit detection device can detect the color of each hockey puck entering the puck entrance slot hole, and judge if it is the dominant color for score multiplication or addition set by the motherboard device for this round of the game;
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• the motherboard device is configured inside the game machine main body;
• it can be connected to the entrance detection device and the exit detection device in series via the signal wire, to receive the color detection signals respectively from the entrance detection device and the exit detection device;
• wherein, through the above structural design, after start of the game, all of the hockey pucks of various colors positioned inside the track slots will fall from the puck slide-way to the tabletop of the game machine main body;
• the consumer can start hitting the hockey pucks;
• once a hockey puck is hit into the puck entrance slot hole on the left or right side of the game machine main body, the hockey puck will slide into the inclined track device;
• due to the structural design of the inclined track device, from whatever angle the hockey pucks come in, they will be positioned upright and will roll downward one after another;
• when they roll to the puck exit portion of the track and continuously roll downward, the hockey pucks will pass the exit detection device configured on the track;
• the exit detection device will instantly detect what color is the hockey puck, and immediately transmit the color detection signal via the signal wire to the motherboard device;
• the motherboard device will read the signal and make a judgement;
• if the color detected by the exit detection device is the one set by the motherboard device at the beginning of this round of the game, a score multiplication or addition will be granted, so that the score will be high;
• otherwise, if it is not the color set in this round of the game, the player can only score 1 point.