ROULETTE WHEEL WINNING NUMBER DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

A detection system for detecting a winning number in a roulette game played on a roulette wheel having pockets for receiving a ball and having coloured pocket number regions corresponding to the respective pockets, includes a video camera for generating a video image of the roulette wheel including at least one coloured pocket number region and a corresponding pocket. The vide o data at an array of points in a first fixed area of the colour video image corresponding to a region through which the colour pocket number region will pass are sampled when the cylinder of the roulette wheel is spun. The identi ty of the coloured pocket number regions are determined from the sampled video data provided by the array of points. The video data is also sampled at a plurality of points in a second fixed area in which the ball can be expected to be when in the pocket corresponding to the identified coloured pocket number region. Whether or not the ball is in the pocket is determined using the sampled video data provided by the plurality of points and the identity of the identified coloured pocket numbered region is output as the winning numb er if the ball is determined to be in the corresponding pocket.