Patent ID: 11898896
Assignee: PENGUIN MAGIC, INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 21:
22. A scale system for performing magic tricks comprising:
a scale apparatus comprising:
a housing sized to conceal the presence of the scale apparatus to an observer;
a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects;
a wireless transmitter;
a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter, the microcontroller configured to:
continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate;
when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter;
measure a change in the weight;
when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter;

a control system, the control system comprising a processor configured to:
receive the first weight measurement;
receive the second weight measurement;
receive an input of an initial total number of objects;
calculate a weight per object based on the first weight measurement; and
estimate the number of objects removed from the scale apparatus based on the second weight measurement and the calculated weight per object.