Patent ID: 8351701

Claim:
A method for recognizing dice dots, comprising the steps of: providing a dice cup to hold at least one dice, wherein the dice cup includes a base to hold the dice and an opaque hood covering the base, and wherein the hood includes a plurality of light sources located therein to generate light and a capturing device located therein to capture a plurality of images of the dice; providing a recognizing device located outside the dice cup and electrically connected to the capturing device, wherein the recognizing device stores a plurality of image processing algorithms to compare and recognize the plurality of images of the dice to obtain dice dots; projecting the light generated by the light sources to the dice multiple times at a different angle wherein each time projecting the light to the dice at different angles is carried out by only one of the plurality of light sources; capturing the plurality of images of the dice through the capturing device, wherein the number of the plurality of images is identical to the number of projection of the light sources to the dice and also identical to the number of light sources, and then the capturing device transmitting the plurality of images to the recognizing device; and receiving the plurality of images captured by the capturing device through the recognizing device and comparing and recognizing the plurality of images of the dice at the different angles through the image processing algorithms stored in the recognizing device to obtain dice dots; confirming and displaying the dice dots when the results of the image processing algorithms are same; and rolling anew the dice when the results of the image processing algorithms are different.