TWI799023B - Button system that can control the shuffling of the mahjong table - Google Patents

Abstract

A button system capable of controlling the shuffle of a mahjong table includes: a table top with positions of first to fourth dealers; a processing unit; From one to the fourth banker position, when one of the first to the fourth banker's lowering keys is pressed, the banker's lowering key generates and sends a lowering signal, and the processing unit receives the lowering signal to A banker's position in the first to the fourth banker's positions corresponding to the locked banker's descending key is a current banker's position, and the rest of the banker's descending keys are invalidated; a rising plate key, after being pressed, Generate and send out an upsell signal, and the processing unit receives the upsell signal to unlock the current dealer position, so that the first to the fourth dealers down keys are all enabled.

Description

Button system that can control the shuffling of the mahjong table

A button system for shuffling cards, especially a button system capable of controlling the shuffling of cards on a mahjong table.

The known mahjong machine that can automatically shuffle cards is quite convenient, as long as the simple button operation can shuffle the cards and arrange the cards neatly, and the player on which side can be selected by the button is the banker. However, players often forget to press the button to select the banker before the game starts because they are eager to start the game, which causes a lot of inconvenience, such as not remembering or misremembering the banker in the previous game, resulting in disputes over scoring.

Therefore how to prevent the player from forgetting to press the button to select the banker before the game starts is one of the main improvement requirements of the current mahjong machine that can automatically shuffle the cards.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention discloses a button system that can control the shuffling of mahjong tables, including the following technical content: a table having a first dealer position to a fourth dealer position; a processing unit; A control panel is set on the desktop, and the control panel includes: A first to a fourth banker's lowering keys are arranged on the control panel, and the first to the fourth banker's lowering keys are respectively corresponding to the first to the fourth dealer's positions on the desktop, The first to the fourth banker's drop keys are all electrically connected to the processing unit. When any one of the first to the fourth banker's drop keys is pressed, the pressed banker's drop keys are generated and sent A lowering signal, the processing unit receives the lowering signal and locks one of the first to the fourth dealer positions corresponding to the dealer's lowering key as a current dealer position, and makes the rest of the dealer's lowering keys failure; A board up key is electrically connected to the processing unit. When the board up key is pressed, a board up signal is generated and sent, and the processing unit receives the board up signal to unlock the current dealer position, so that the first to the The fourth banker's drop key is enabled.

Preferably, the control panel further includes: A first fingerprint reader to a fifth fingerprint reader are correspondingly arranged on the first to the fourth banker's lower key and the upper key, and the first to the fifth fingerprint reader are all compatible with the processing The unit is electrically connected, and when any one of the first to the fourth banker down key is pressed, one of the first to the fourth fingerprint readers corresponding to the pressed down key of the banker Detect a fingerprint of a finger that presses the banker's down key, and pass the finger print to the processing unit, and the processing unit records the finger print as a current banker's fingerprint; when the up key is pressed, the fifth The fingerprint reader detects the fingerprint of a finger that presses the key, and transmits the fingerprint to the processing unit, and the processing unit records the fingerprint as a currently detected fingerprint. Before the current banker position lock is released, The processing unit can compare the current pressed fingerprint with the current banker's fingerprint, and when the current pressed fingerprint is different from the current banker's fingerprint, the pressing of the disk-up key is defined as invalid.

Please refer to shown in Fig. 1, Fig. 1 is an embodiment of the button system that can control the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention, the button system 1 that can control the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention is arranged on a control panel 10, It is used to control the operation of an automatic shuffling device 2. The automatic card shuffling device 2 has a table top 20 with a first to a fourth banker position. The center of the table top 20 has a card collection port (not shown) and the card collection port has an annular frame 11. The table top The four sides of 20 have a first to a fourth card outlet 21-24. The automatic card shuffling device 2 is controlled by the control panel 10 to automatically shuffle the cards. After the automatic card shuffling is completed, the cards are automatically discharged from the first to the fourth card outlets 21-24. Wherein, the first to the fourth banker positions are respectively corresponding to the first to the fourth card outlets 21-24.

The control panel 10 is arranged at the center of the desktop 20, and the automatic card shuffling device 2 can move up/down the control panel 10 according to the control of the control panel 10. When the control panel 10 is in a down state, the The edge of the control panel 10 is flush with the annular frame 11 and covers the card receiving port (as shown in Figure 1). ), at this time the player can push all the cards into the card receiving port, then the automatic card shuffling device 2 can automatically shuffle the cards, and then automatically shuffle the shuffled and neatly arranged cards through the first to the fourth playing cards Ports 21-24 are pushed onto the tabletop 20.

Referring to shown in Fig. 1, 2, Fig. 2 is the control block diagram of the button system that can control the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention, and this control board 10 comprises a first to a fourth banker's descending plate key 13-16, a first A rising plate key 17, a second ascending plate key 18, and a dice groove 19. The control panel 10 further includes a processing unit 101 , a first to a fourth dealer indicator lights 131 - 161 , and a dice rotating unit 191 . The processing unit 101 is respectively connected with the first to the fourth banker's descending keys 13-16, the first ascending key 17, the second ascending key 18, and the first to the fourth banker indicator lights 131-161 , the dice rotating unit 191, and the automatic shuffling device 2 are connected. The processing unit 101 can be a personal computer, a server, or a circuit board assembled (PCBA) with a central processing unit (CPU)/microcontroller (Microcontroller). Through the control and operation of the processing unit 101 and the automatic card shuffling device 2, the first to the fourth banker's lowering keys 13-16 can control the lowering of the control panel 10 and can lock a current dealer's position. A rising plate key 17 and the second rising plate key 18 can control the rising of the control panel 10, for example, the one that is pressed first among the first to the fourth dealer's descending plate keys 13-16 determines the current dealer. position, and when the current banker's position is determined, other banker's descending keys can no longer set the current banker's position until the next time the current banker's position can be set after pressing the first ascending plate key 17 or the second ascending plate key 18. The position lock is released. In more detail, when any one of the first to the fourth banker's lowering keys 13-16 is pressed, the pressed banker's lowering key generates and sends a lowering signal, and the processing unit 101 receives the The descending signal is used to lock the dealer position corresponding to the banker's descending key as a current dealer position, and make the rest of the dealer's descending keys invalid; when the first ascending key 17 or the second ascending key 18 ascending key After being pressed, an upsell signal will be generated and sent, and the processing unit 101 will receive the upsell signal to unlock the current dealer position, so that the first to fourth dealers' lower buttons 13-16 are all enabled again.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a flow chart of the button system for controlling the shuffle of the mahjong table according to the present invention. The game flow of the button system that can control the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention includes the following steps: Step S1: (after completing the collection of cards) any one of the first to the fourth banker's down keys 13-16 receives a press to lock a current dealer position, and the first to the fourth banker's indicator lights 131-161 The dealer indicator light corresponding to the current dealer position lights up, and the control panel 10 automatically falls back to the desktop 20 to seal the card receiving port. Step S2: (shuffling and placing cards) the processing unit 101 controls the automatic card shuffling device 2 to start shuffling, and when the shuffling is completed, the processing unit 101 controls the automatic card shuffling device 2 to place the first to the fourth The card outlets 21-24 are opened, and then the shuffled and neatly arranged cards are automatically pushed onto the table 20 through the first to the fourth card outlets 21-24. Step S3: (Start game) The processing unit 101 controls the dice rotating unit 191 to rotate the dice in the dice groove 19 . Step S4: (Game over) After the first lifting key 17 or the second key is pressed, the dealer indicator light stops emitting light and the current dealer position is unlocked, and at the same time, the control panel 10 is automatically lifted from the desktop 20 and exposed Once the card is closed.

In another embodiment, refer to Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a control block diagram of another embodiment of the button system that can control the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention. Compared with Fig. 2, Fig. 4 is more than Fig. 2 There are a first to a sixth fingerprint reader 132-182. Wherein, the first to the sixth fingerprint readers 132 - 182 are connected with the processing unit 101 . The first to the sixth fingerprint readers 132-182 are respectively arranged on the first to the fourth banker's descending key 13-16, the first ascending key 17, and the second ascending key 18, and The first to the sixth fingerprint readers 132-182 are used to detect finger prints. For example, in a step S1': when a banker drop key is pressed to lock a current dealer position, a fingerprint reader corresponding to the banker drop key can detect the fingerprint of a finger that presses the banker drop key data, and send the fingerprint data to the processing unit 101 and record it as a current dealer fingerprint. In a step S2': when an ascending key is pressed, a fingerprint reader corresponding to the ascending key can detect the fingerprint data of a finger that presses the ascending key, and send the fingerprint data to The processing unit 101 is recorded as a currently detected fingerprint, so that before a current banker's position lock is released, the processing unit 101 can compare the current pressed fingerprint with the current banker's fingerprint, when the current pressed fingerprint When the two fingerprints of the current banker are different, the pressing of the up key will be ignored, and if there is no record of the current banker's fingerprint, the above-mentioned fingerprint comparison is defined as passing the comparison. In this way, when the above-mentioned fingerprint comparison fails, pressing the up-disk key is defined as invalid; Release, and the control panel 10 is lifted from the desktop 20 .

The button system for controlling the shuffle of the mahjong table disclosed in the present invention above can not only lock the position of the current dealer in the aforementioned embodiments, but also can further compare the current dealer's own fingerprint, which can achieve the purpose of the present invention.

1: The button system that can control the shuffling of the mahjong table 2: Automatic shuffling device 10: Control panel 101: Processing unit 11: Ring border 12: Clearance 13: The first banker's down key 131: The first banker indicator light 132: The first fingerprint reader 14: The second banker's down key 141: Second dealer indicator light 142:Second fingerprint reader 15: The third banker's down key 151: The third dealer indicator light 152: The third fingerprint reader 16: The fourth banker's down key 161: The fourth dealer indicator light 162: The fourth fingerprint reader 17: The first ascending panel key 172: Fifth fingerprint reader 18: The second ascending panel key 182: The sixth fingerprint reader 19: Turn the dice groove 191: Dice rotation unit 20: Desktop 21: The first outlet 22: The second outlet 23: The third outlet 24: The fourth outlet

Fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a button system capable of controlling shuffling of a mahjong table according to the present invention. Fig. 2 is a control block diagram of Fig. 1 embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 3 is the flowchart of the button system that can control the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention. Fig. 4 is the control block diagram of another embodiment of the button system capable of controlling the mahjong table shuffling of the present invention.

1: The button system that can control the shuffling of the mahjong table

2: Automatic shuffling device

10: Control panel

11: Ring border

12: Clearance

13: The first banker's down key

14: The first banker's down key

15: The first banker's down key

16: The first banker's down key

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18: The second ascending panel key

19: Dice Groove

20: Desktop

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22: The second outlet

23: The third outlet

24: The fourth outlet

Claims (6)

A button system capable of controlling the shuffle of a mahjong table, which includes: a table top with a first banker position to a fourth banker position; a processing unit; a control panel set on the table top, the control panel includes: a first banker position A banker's lowering key to a fourth banker's lowering key are arranged on the control panel, and the first to the fourth banker's lowering keys correspond to the first to the fourth dealer's positions on the desktop respectively. One to the fourth banker's descending keys are all electrically connected to the processing unit, and when any one of the first to the fourth banker's descending keys is pressed, the pressed banker's descending key generates and sends a descending key. The processing unit receives the drop signal, locks one of the first to the fourth dealer positions corresponding to the dealer drop key as a current dealer position, and disables the rest of the dealer drop buttons; A board up key is electrically connected to the processing unit. When the board up key is pressed, a board up signal is generated and sent, and the processing unit receives the board up signal to unlock the current dealer position, so that the first to the The 4th banker's down key is all enabled; A first banker's indicator light to a fourth banker's indicator light are arranged on the control panel, and the first to the fourth banker's indicator lights correspond to the position of the fourth banker's indicator light respectively. One to the fourth banker's drop key, the first to the fourth banker indicator lights are all electrically connected to the processing unit, when the processing unit receives the drop signal, the first to the fourth banker's position corresponding to the current dealer's position One of the dealer indicator lights in the fourth dealer indicator lights is turned on, and when the processing unit receives the raising signal, all dealer indicator lights are turned off. The button system capable of controlling the shuffle of a mahjong table as described in claim 1, wherein the tabletop further has a card receiving port, and when the processing unit receives the drop signal, the processing unit further controls the control panel to drop back to the tabletop for Seal the receiving port. The button system capable of controlling the shuffle of a mahjong table as described in claim 1, wherein the tabletop further has a card receiving port, and when the processing unit receives the signal for raising the board, the processing unit further controls the control board to be raised from the tabletop. Lift up and expose the receiving port. The button system capable of controlling the shuffling of mahjong tables as described in claim 1, wherein the control panel further includes: a first fingerprint reader to a fifth fingerprint reader, respectively correspondingly arranged on the first to the fourth bankers On the down key and the up key, the first to the fifth fingerprint readers are all electrically connected to the processing unit, when any one of the first to the fourth banker down key is pressed, the One to the fourth fingerprint reader corresponding to the pressed banker down key detects the fingerprint of a finger that presses the banker's down key, and transmits the finger print to the processing unit. The unit records the fingerprint as a current banker's fingerprint; when the ascending key is pressed, the fifth fingerprint reader detects the fingerprint of a finger that presses the ascending key, and transmits the fingerprint to the processing unit, the The processing unit records the fingerprint as a currently detected fingerprint. The button system capable of controlling the shuffle of a mahjong table as described in claim 4, wherein, before the current banker position lock is released, the processing unit can compare the current pressed fingerprint with the current banker’s fingerprint, when the current banker When the pressed fingerprint is different from the current banker's fingerprint, the pressing of the key for raising the plate is defined as invalid. The button system capable of controlling the shuffle of the mahjong table as described in claim 5, wherein if there is no record of the banker's fingerprint, the above-mentioned fingerprint comparison is deemed to pass.

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