Patent ID: 11948421
Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H  A | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A chip tray comprising:
a body defining a channel for receiving at least one betting chip, the channel comprising an elongate aperture extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the channel;
a tray imaging component mounted adjacent the elongate aperture and configured to detect presence of betting chips within the channel, the tray imaging component including a time of flight sensor positioned in the channel and mounted at the first end of the channel for emitting an initial electromagnetic signal in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the channel and detecting a reflected electromagnetic signal corresponding to the initial electromagnetic signal operating in conjunction with an optic sensor mounted axially to the base of the channel, the optic sensor configured to capture image data corresponding to the side surfaces of the chips having a particular axial strip of colors, the tray imaging component configured to capture image data associated with presence of chips in the channel;
a processor coupled to the tray imaging component; and
a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed, configure the processor to determine chip quantity within the channel based on tray imaging component data, based on a depth of the chips in the channel determined from a time difference between when the initial electromagnetic signal was emitted and when the reflected electromagnetic signal was detected, and to determine a type of the chips received in the tray based on the image data corresponding to the side surfaces of the chips;
wherein the optic sensor includes a radiation emitter that is controllable to illuminate only a portion of the emitter is activated based upon the information from the time of flight sensor.