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US 6,619,662 B2Granted
Wager sensor and system thereof
AssigneeGold Coin Gaming Inc.
InventorJohn Raymond Miller
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Abstract
A wager sensor which is employed on the bottom of a gaming table. The sensor identifies when a wager has been placed on the top surface above the sensor and communicates a signal of this occurrence to a controlling computer which monitors the flow of the game. Ideally a number of tables are equipped with the sensors and a single controlling computer is then able to monitor the operation of the entire assembly.
Claims14
A wager sensing system comprising:
- a) an opaque playing table having a first surface with an identified wager location for the placement of a wager, said first surface being uninterrupted at said identified wager location;
- b) a sensor mounted to said opaque playing table on an opposing second side opposite said wager location, said sensor generating a wager signal indicative of a density of a wager on said wager location;
- and,
- c) a computer receiving said wager signal, said computer having means for notifying an operator of an existence of said wager signal.
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A wager sensor comprising:
- a) a mass sensor mounted to a bottom surface of a playing table juxtaposed to awager location, said playing table having a uniform solid thickness at said wager location, said mass sensor generating a signal indicative of a mass above said mass sensor;
- and,
- b) a computer receiving said signal from said mass sensor.
A game table comprising:
- a) a playing table of substantially uniform thickness, said playing table having an upper surface with N wager locations thereon;
- and,
- b) N sensors, each of said N sensors mounted to said playing table on a bottom surface of said playing table, each of said N sensors positioned opposite a single wager location and generating electronic signals indicative of a mass above said sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.