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US20160361623A1
US20160361623A1 US14/882,454 US201514882454A US2016361623A1 US 20160361623 A1 US20160361623 A1 US 20160361623A1 US 201514882454 A US201514882454 A US 201514882454A US 2016361623 A1 US2016361623 A1 US 2016361623A1
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Kuo-Tsung Huang
Chun-Hsiang Su
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Yen-hung Lai
Chun-Hung Lin
Shin-Bin Ko
Ta-Ching Chao
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  • the present disclosure relates to a robot device, particularly a dealing robot device which deals poker cards.
  • a poker dealer who hosts a poker game has to deal poker cards to players and decide a winner in a round by values of poker cards held in players.
  • the job for dealing may be a heavy burden for a poker dealer who feels tired when facing many players in a large-size casino and working long hours by dealing poker cards repeatedly.
  • a casino manager managing poker games based on manual dealing may not control personal conditions of every single poker dealer who still takes charge of a poker game when feeling exhausted.
  • a poker game is delayed easily when a poker dealer fails to report the progress and statistic data of a poker game in a large-scale competition immediately.
  • the present disclosure is intended to provide a dealing robot device which deals poker cards without abovementioned problems.
  • the present disclosure provides a dealing robot device which comprises a robotic arm, an electric card shelf and a controller.
  • the robotic arm has a poker card acquiring portion which is used to capture external poker cards.
  • the robotic arm is adjacent to a table.
  • the electric card shelf is installed on a desktop of the table.
  • the controller which is electrically connected to the robotic arm and the electric card shelf, is configured to operate the robotic arm or the electric card shelf according to instruction information.
  • a dealing robot device in the present disclosure is controlled by instruction information for dealing and effective in reducing manpower requirements of a poker game.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a dealing system in an embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a control process of a dealing system.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating a process of a dealing control device which issues parameters.
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 are schematic views which illustrate a process of troubleshooting of a dealing system.
  • FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of a dealing robot in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view which illustrates a poker card acquiring portion of a dealing robot in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view of a running dealing robot.
  • FIG. 9 through FIG. 11 are schematic views which illustrate a structures of a dealing robot's head in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic view of an image acquiring module in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 13 is a schematic view of an image acquiring module in a further embodiment.
  • FIG. 14 is a schematic view of an electric card shelf in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 15 is a schematic view of an electric card shelf in a further embodiment.
  • FIG. 16 is a schematic view of an electric card shelf running in yet another embodiment.
  • FIG. 17 is a schematic view which illustrates a structure of a panel board in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 18 is a schematic view which illustrates a structure of a retrieving frame in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 19 through FIG. 21 are schematic views which illustrate a retrieving frame running in a further embodiment.
  • FIG. 22 is a schematic view of a quick release assembly in another embodiment.
  • FIGS. 23 and 24 are schematic views which illustrate a poker card abandoning kit in another embodiment.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a dealing system in an embodiment.
  • the dealing system comprises a management device 1 , a dealing control device 2 and a dealing robot device 3 .
  • the dealing control device 2 is connected to the dealing control device 2 and the dealing robot device 3 .
  • a dealing system is explained with but not limited to a single dealing control device 2 and a single dealing robot device 3 .
  • the management device 1 links and manages a plurality of dealing control devices 2 ; the dealing control device 2 also links and controls a plurality of dealing robot devices 3 .
  • the management device 1 , the dealing control device 2 and a controller 302 in the dealing robot device 3 are electronic devices with computing power such as computer, programmable digital circuit and microprocessor.
  • the management device 1 is further equipped with a user interface (software interface or hardware interface) by which an administrator 10 performs operations.
  • the abovementioned microprocessor is connected to non-volatile memories in which an operation system, program instructions and other relevant information are saved.
  • the dealing control device 2 comprises a control-side processor 21 , a control-side first communication interface 22 and a control-side second communication interface 23 .
  • the control-side first communication interface 22 links the management device 1 so that the management device 1 manages the dealing control device 2 through the control-side first communication interface 22 .
  • the control-side second communication interface 23 is electrically connected to an external dealing device (such as the dealing robot device 3 ).
  • the control-side processor 21 links the control-side communication interfaces through which control instructions regulating the dealing robot device 3 are sent.
  • the control instructions comprise initial setting instruction information, dealing instruction information, retrieving instruction information, etc.
  • the initial setting instruction information is related to initial settings of internal parameters, motions and postures of the dealing robot device 3 .
  • the dealing instruction information is related to directing a robotic arm 311 of the dealing robot device 3 to fetch poker cards 321 and put the poker cards 321 on a table.
  • the dealing round information activates the robotic arm 311 of the dealing robot device 3 to put the poker cards 321 on specific positions of a card shelf (positions for a banker's (player's) first to third cards).
  • the retrieving instruction information is related to directing the dealing robot device 3 to retrieve the poker cards 321 on a card shelf.
  • the dealing robot device 3 further comprises a dealing-side communication interface 301 , a controller 302 , a humanoid robot 31 , an electric card shelf 34 and a retrieving device 35 .
  • the controller 302 links the dealing-side communication interface 301 , the humanoid robot 31 , the electric card shelf 34 and the retrieving device 35 .
  • the dealing-side communication interface 301 is configured to communicate with the control-side second communication interface 23 for transmission of instructions from the control-side processor 21 to the controller 302 .
  • the abovementioned communication interfaces are wired or wireless communication interfaces.
  • a wired communication interface is a telephone line interface, an optical fiber interface or a network interface.
  • a wireless communication interface is applicable to 2G/3G/4G, Wi-Fi, Wi-MAX, etc.
  • the abovementioned communication interfaces as examples explained herein are not limited to the wired or wireless communication interfaces.
  • a dealing system in the present application available to various poker games is further explained in dealing steps of Baccarat.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a control procedure of a dealing system in the present disclosure.
  • the dealing control device 2 issues instruction information for initial settings to the dealing robot device 3 .
  • the steps to transmit the instruction information are explained as follows:
  • the dealing control device 2 issues a request (Program instruction: Motion Request (REST)) to the dealing robot device 3 ; the dealing robot device 3 receiving the request responds to the dealing control device 2 by sending an acknowledgement message (ACK).
  • REST Motion Request
  • ACK acknowledgement message
  • a dealing system executes the following instruction information for dealing in the first and second rounds. The steps are explained as follows:
  • the dealing control device 2 issues a request (Program instruction: Motion Request (DEAL)) to the dealing robot device 3 ; the dealing robot device 3 which completed dealing responds to the dealing control device 2 by sending an acknowledgement message (ACK).
  • a request Program instruction: Motion Request (DEAL)
  • ACK acknowledgement message
  • the dealing robot device 3 acquires a card value through an image acquiring device (not shown in the figure) and inform the dealing control device 2 of the card value by sending a notification (Program instruction: Card Recognition Notification (Card)); the dealing control device 2 receiving the card value responds to the dealing robot device 3 by sending an acknowledgement message (ACK).
  • a notification Program instruction: Card Recognition Notification (Card)
  • ACK acknowledgement message
  • the parameter “Card” comprises information related to a poker card 321 such as suit and value.
  • the abovementioned image acquiring module comprises a photographic lens and a modular PCB on which electric circuits for image processing are installed.
  • An image of a poker card 321 acquired through the image acquiring module can be transmitted from the dealing robot device 3 directly or recognized by the dealing robot device 3 for the suit and the value on the poker card 321 .
  • the control-side processor 21 receiving the card value sets up instructions such as dealing poker cards 321 to a banker/player in the nth round.
  • the dealing control device 2 relies on card values transmitted from the dealing robot device 3 to decide whether a third poker card should be dealt based on rules in Table 1 after two poker cards were dealt on the banker's (player's) card shelf.
  • the dealing control device 2 which decides to deal the third poker card will execute dealing instruction information from S 106 to S 108 .
  • third poker card Deal a poker card; Other value: Do not deal a poker card. 7 Do not deal a Do not deal a poker card. poker card. 8 Do not deal a Do not deal a poker card. poker card. 9 Do not deal a Do not deal a poker card. poker card.
  • the dealing control device 2 issues a request (Program instruction: Motion Request (DEAL)) to the dealing robot device 3 ; the dealing robot device 3 which completed dealing responds to the dealing control device 2 by sending an acknowledgement message (ACK).
  • a request Program instruction: Motion Request (DEAL)
  • ACK acknowledgement message
  • the dealing robot device 3 acquires a card value of a poker card 321 in S 106 through an image acquiring device and sends a notification (Program instruction: Card Recognition Notification) to the dealing control device 2 ; the dealing control device 2 receiving the card value responds to the dealing robot device 3 by sending an acknowledgement message (ACK).
  • ACK acknowledgement message
  • the dealing control device 2 issues a request of retrieving poker cards 321 (Program instruction: Cards Collection Request) to the dealing robot device 3 ; the dealing robot device 3 receiving the request sends an acknowledgement message (ACK).
  • Program instruction Cards Collection Request
  • ACK acknowledgement message
  • the dealing control device 2 or a terminal unit controlling the dealing control device 2 calculates a total value of poker cards held by a banker (player) to create outcome information by deciding a winner (the banker or the player) or a draw in a round
  • FIG. 3 which illustrates the dealing control device 2 issues control instructions based on the following steps to change specific parameters of the dealing robot device 3 :
  • the dealing robot device 3 is a humanoid robot 31 and the abovementioned parameters are settings to control postures and motions of the humanoid robot 31 and expressions on a face 310 .
  • FIG. 4 which illustrates the dealing control device 2 further links the management device 1 operated by an administrator and used to reset the dealing robot device 3 .
  • the steps to configure the dealing robot device 3 are shown as follows:
  • FIG. 5 which illustrates the dealing control device 2 having issued n motion requests to the dealing robot device 3 but received no response from the dealing robot device 3 informs the management device 1 of current status and the management device 1 issues an instruction, Reset, to reactivate the dealing robot device 3 .
  • the above operation is enabled when the dealing control device 2 issued three motion requests but received no response from the dealing robot device 3 :
  • the program instructions in the present disclosure are functions which are created with one of computer programming languages including, without limitation, assembly language, C/C++, Java, Python, Visual Basic, etc.
  • the dealing robot device 3 comprises a humanoid robot 31 , an electric card shelf 34 and a retrieving device 35 .
  • the humanoid robot 31 and the retrieving device 35 are adjacent to the table 33 ; the card box 32 and the electric card shelf 34 are placed on a desktop 331 of the table 33 .
  • the table 33 comprises a first concave area 332 and a second concave area 333 , both of which concave from table edges to the table center and are opposite to each other.
  • the humanoid robot 31 and the retrieving device 35 are placed in the first concave area 332 and the second concave area 333 , respectively.
  • a poker card acquiring portion 311 A defined at one end of the robotic arm 311 of the humanoid robot 31 can be an electric gripper or an electric sucker by which a poker card 321 at an outlet of the card box 32 is extracted.
  • the electric card shelf 34 is divided into a banker poker card placement area 341 and a player poker card placement area 342 .
  • the banker poker card placement area 341 is further divided into a first-round placement area 341 A, a second-round placement area 341 B and a third-round placement area 341 C;
  • the player poker card placement area 342 is further divided into a first-round placement area 342 A, a second-round placement area 342 B and a third-round placement area 342 C.
  • FIG. 7 which illustrates the poker card acquiring portion 311 A further comprises an electric sucker 311 B in another embodiment.
  • the electric sucker 311 B has a control port electrically connected to the controller 302 and is regulated by the controller 302 during extraction of a poker card.
  • FIG. 8 which illustrates the controller 302 obeys an instruction listed in Table 2 for operation when the instruction from the control-side second communication interface 23 is received by a dealing-side communication interface 301 .
  • a microprocessor fetches the instruction, “IN-6”, and executes “Deal a poker card to the banker in the first round”. The steps for execution are shown from M 101 to M 105 :
  • the abovementioned robot may follow a straight path or a fitted-curve path (which imitates movement of a human being's arm) between the two positions, P1 and P2.
  • the controller 302 further instructs the robotic arm 311 to download humanoid motion settings during movement between the two positions, P1 and P2, and express humanoid postures based on fitted-curve movement rather than straight movement.
  • the abovementioned fitted curve is created according to movement of a real person's arms during dealing.
  • FIG. 9 through FIG. 11 are perspective views illustrating head structure of the humanoid robot 31 .
  • the humanoid robot 31 of the dealing robot 1 is further provided with a neck brace 3101 , a neck motor 3102 , a head motor 3103 , a head brace 3104 , a face motor 3105 and an actuation linkage 3106 in a head.
  • the face 310 is made of plastic material such as silicone.
  • the neck brace 3101 has both ends to link an output terminal of the neck motor 3102 and the body of the head motor 3103 , respectively.
  • the head brace 3104 has both ends to link an output terminal of the head motor 3103 and internal structure of the head, respectively.
  • the face motor 3105 is optionally fixed at internal structure of the head or the head brace 3104 ; the face motor 3105 allows the output terminal to link one end of the actuation linkage 3106 which has the other end optionally linking each position inside the face 310 including, without limitation, eyes' inner surface, mouth's inner surface, forehead's inner surface, etc.
  • the neck motor 3102 , the head motor 3103 and the face motor 3105 are electrically connected to the controller 302 .
  • the controller 302 which downloaded motion settings simulating a real person is able to instruct each motor to perform a specific motion.
  • the motions simulating a real person include, without limitation, those motions as shown in Table 4:
  • FIG. 12 through FIG. 13 which illustrate the dealing robot device 3 further comprises an image acquiring module 37 electrically connected to the controller 302 in another embodiment.
  • the image acquiring module 37 is adjacent to an outlet of the card box 32 .
  • the image acquiring module 37 in the embodiment is situated on the card box 32 and adjacent to an outlet of the card box 32 .
  • the image acquiring module 37 is situated on the table 33 and adjacent to an outlet of the card box 32 , as shown in the embodiment in FIG. 13 .
  • the image acquiring module 32 comprises a photographic lens, a sensor, a flashlight and image control circuits (not shown in the figure) connected to the photographic lens, the sensor and the flashlight.
  • the abovementioned sensor which is used to sense a poker card passing through the image acquiring module, can be one of the following components including photo sensor (photo coupler, solar panel, etc.) and distance detector (ultrasonic detector, radar detector, etc.).
  • a signal for example, photo-interrupt signal, distance-change signal, etc.
  • the photographic lens is driven to take a photo of a poker card's front face and the image control circuits, which measures light intensity on a poker card, determines to activate the flashlight synchronously.
  • real-time information of a poker card's front face is captured by the image control circuits and transmitted to the controller 302 after the poker card 321 is removed from the card box 32 by the dealing robot device 3 .
  • the retrieving device 35 further comprises an electric conveyer belt 351 and a retrieving box 352 .
  • the electric conveyer belt 351 adjacent and opposite to the electric card shelf 34 is situated below the electric card shelf 34 and used to receive poker cards 321 from the electric card shelf 34 .
  • the retrieving box 352 has an opening which is opposite to one end of the electric conveyer belt 351 and used to retrieve poker cards 321 carried on the running electric conveyer belt 351 .
  • the controller 302 links a conveyer motor 351 A of the electric conveyer belt 351 .
  • the conveyer motor 351 A which is activated when receiving an instruction from the controller 302 , drives the conveyer to operate.
  • FIG. 14 which illustrates the electric card shelf 34 comprises a panel board 340 and a shelf motor 343 in another embodiment wherein the shelf motor 343 and its output terminal are connected to the desktop 331 of the table 33 and the bottom of the panel board 340 , respectively.
  • the shelf motor 343 which has a control port linking the controller 302 , is activated with retrieving instruction information from the controller 302 accepted and the panel board 340 , which is movable with respect to the table 33 , releases poker cards 321 from the electric card shelf 34 in a dump mode, as shown in the right-hand side of the electric card shelf 34 in FIG. 16 .
  • FIG. 15 which illustrates the electric card shelf 34 comprises the panel board 340 , the shelf motor 343 and the bottom board 344 in another embodiment.
  • the panel board 340 forms an angle of inclination (for example, acute angle) with respect to the table 33 .
  • the shelf motor 343 and its output terminal are connected to the bottom of the panel board 340 and one side of the bottom board 344 , respectively.
  • the bottom board 344 and the panel board 340 form an L-shaped structure by which poker cards 321 are kept on the panel board 340 ; when the shelf motor 343 is activated for “opening”, the bottom board 344 revolves to form an obtuse angle with respect to the panel board 340 or revolves until an identical plane so that poker cards 321 held in the electric card shelf 34 are released in a slip mode, as shown in the left-hand side of the electric card shelf 34 in FIG. 16 .
  • FIG. 17 which illustrates the panel board 340 is equipped with concave structures 340 A, convex structures 340 B, or a combination thereof in another embodiment.
  • the electric card shelf 34 from which poker cards 321 are released prevents the poker cards 321 from effect of electrostatic adherence to the panel board 340 .
  • FIG. 16 which illustrates the controller 302 executes the following steps (M 111 ⁇ M 112 ) when an instruction code is “IN-12”, Retrieve poker cards: Release poker cards 321 :
  • FIG. 18 through FIG. 20 which illustrate the electric card shelf 34 and the electric conveyer belt 351 in another embodiment comprise a retrieving frame 36 in between wherein the retrieving frame 36 has a side wall linking an edge of the table 33 and the electric conveyer belt 351 excludes its both sides (conveyer belt) from a revolving body.
  • the retrieving frame 36 further comprises a plurality of frame spaces, each of which is opposite to a placement area ( 341 A ⁇ 341 C or 342 A ⁇ 342 C). As such, the released poker cards 321 correctly fall on the electric conveyer belt 351 through the frame spaces.
  • FIG. 21 which illustrates the retrieving device 35 is a retrieving container in another embodiment.
  • the retrieving container which is adjacent to and situated below the electric card shelf 34 , has an opening opposite to placement areas of the electric card shelf 34 and used to receive the poker cards 321 from the electric card shelf 34 .
  • the electric conveyer belt 351 and the conveyer motor 351 A constitute a quick release assembly 37 in another embodiment.
  • the quick release assembly 37 is movably embedded into the table 33 .
  • some quick release fittings pin members 371 and pin holes 372 ): the pin members 371 are located on the quick release assembly 37 ; the pin holes 372 are opened on the table 33 and used to hold the pin members 371 .
  • the pin members 371 and the pin holes 372 can be designed on the table 33 and the quick release assembly 37 , respectively.
  • the quick release fittings are not limited to the model herein.
  • the poker card abandoning kit 38 comprises a controlling circuit 381 , a conveyer kit 382 and a displayer 383 .
  • the controlling circuit 381 is electrically connected to the conveyer kit 382 , the displayer 383 and the controller 302 .
  • the conveyer kit 382 comprises a conveyer 3821 and a motor 3822 driving the conveyer 3821 .
  • the motor 3822 has a rotating end, which links and drives the conveyer 3821 , and a controlling end connected to the controlling circuit 381 ; as such, the controlling circuit 381 enables the motor 3822 to drive the conveyer 3821 .
  • the conveyer kit 382 has a conveyer end 3820 over the retrieving device 35 (for example, over the opening of the retrieving box 352 or the electric conveyer belt 351 ) for delivering poker cards abandoned on the conveyer 3821 to the retrieving device 35 .
  • the controller 302 which has received an abandon instruction for poker cards from the dealing control device 2 , drives the robotic arm 311 to fetch one or more poker cards 321 from the card box 32 and move to an abandoning place (for example, over the conveyer 382 ) and further drives the displayer 383 directly or through the controlling circuit 381 for displaying the number of the abandoned poker cards.
  • the displayer 38 is a Light-Emitting Diode (LED) displayer with three LED indicators 3831 enabled by the controlling circuit 381 in the case of throwing three poker cards according to an abandoning instruction.
  • the displayer 382 which is activated by the controlling circuit 381 , demonstrates the digit “3” or a symbol or an icon representing the digit “3”.
  • the controlling circuit 381 which has received a retrieving instruction from the controller 302 or the dealing control device 2 , drives the motor 3822 of the conveyer 382 for delivery of the poker cards 321 from the conveyer 3821 to the retrieving device 35 .
  • the controlling circuit 381 comprises an arithmetic processing circuit (for example, computer, microprocessor chip, programmable digital circuit, etc.) and a drive circuit for driving both the motor 3822 of the conveyer 382 and the displayer 383 .
  • arithmetic processing circuit for example, computer, microprocessor chip, programmable digital circuit, etc.

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