US 12,330,072 B2
Roulette wheel reading apparatus
Nicholas Richard Baker French, Stoke on Trent (GB)
Assigned to TCS JOHN HUXLEY EUROPE LIMITED, Stoke on Trent (GB)
Appl. No. 17/797,390
Filed by TCS JOHN HUXLEY EUROPE LIMITED, Stoke on Trent (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/GB2020/053226
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/156591, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 12, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2001493 (GB), filed on Feb. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0084418 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 5/00 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01); G01S 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 5/0005 (2013.01) [G01S 17/06 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2445 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A roulette wheel reading apparatus for triangulating a roulette ball position in a pocket of a roulette wheel, the apparatus comprising:
a triangulation sensor, a roulette wheel position sensor, and a processor;
wherein the triangulation sensor comprises:
a first signal emitter arranged to emit a first signal toward a location within the pocket of the roulette wheel comprising a plurality of roulette wheel pockets; and
a second signal emitter arranged to emit a second signal toward the location;
wherein the triangulation sensor further comprises:
a signal receiver positioned to receive a first reflection of the first signal at a first receipt time and arranged to output the first receipt time, the signal receiver being further positioned to receive a second reflection of the second signal at a second receipt time and arranged to output the second receipt time; wherein the first reflection and the second reflection originate from said roulette ball;
the roulette wheel position sensor being arranged to detect and output a position of one or more of the plurality of roulette wheel pockets relative to the location;
the processor being arranged to:
receive the first receipt time, the second receipt time and the position of the one or more of the plurality of roulette wheel pockets;
calculate a time difference between the first receipt time and the second receipt time;
identify that the time difference is within a predetermined time difference threshold;
identify, using the position of the one or more of the plurality of roulette wheel pockets, the pocket of the roulette wheel; and
output an identity of the pocket of the roulette wheel as a roulette result.