Jackpocket, Inc.

Eric Parker

Redza Shah

Peter J Sullivan

James Mansour

Imad Maalouf

Anna D Cardinal

Elias Bachaalany

Frank Zeiler

Jason Dye

Drew Eric Walther

Thompson Bertron

Cameron Navarre

Milan Smart

Matthew Pichette

Maria Godinez

Jeremy Johnstone

Tyler Clemens

Erik Miller

Nikil Ramanathan

Farid Hage

Systems and methods for mechanically processing physical media elements, e.g., automatically scratching scratch-off lottery tickets, may include receiving a batch of tickets at an input chute of a scratching system. Tickets may be serially fed through the scratching system that includes a series of roller scratching mechanisms. Pressure rollers may be individually adjustable to set a pressure of the scratching mechanisms. One or more scanners may obtain information from the tickets before and/or after scratching. A pair of parallel plates may be used to form a feed path to guide tickets through the system. A vacuum manifold may isolate some elements of the system from debris, and remove the debris from the system via negative pressure. One or more presence sensor may detect presence of a current ticket to control operation of feed motors. Various functions or elements of the system may be distributed over a plurality of removable modules.

Modular system for physically manipulating physical media elements, and methods of operation thereof

Systems and methods for operating an optical scanner based on conveyance speed of physical media elements

A method for adjusting a pressure profile exerted on input media by a scratching assembly, the method comprising: rotating a pin of an adjustment mechanism; wherein the adjustment mechanism is configured so that rotation of the pin causes a threaded end of the pin to thread into or out from a threaded hole of a mounting block connected to an end of a roller, such that rotation of the pin causes a corresponding vertical motion of the mounting block and results in a vertical adjustment of the end of the roller, the vertical adjustment adjusting a pressure profile exerted by the roller on the input media.

Methods of operating an adjustment mechanism for a roller scraper

Systems and methods for automated interaction with a touch-screen device are described. A system for automated interaction with a touch-screen device may include at least one optical sensor configured to sense at least a first portion of a touch-screen of the touch-screen device; at least one solenoid including an end effector that is tactilely detectable by the touch-screen, wherein operation of the at least one solenoid causes the end effector to tactilely engage with a second portion of the touch-screen; and a controller that is operatively connected to the at least one optical sensor and the at least one solenoid, and that is configured to operate the at least one solenoid in response to detecting a predetermined characteristic of the touch-screen via the at least one sensor.

Systems and methods for automated interaction with a touch-screen device

An automatic feeder system may include: an input bin configured to store at least one physical request slip; a feeder unit; and a support frame. The feeder unit may include a feed neck operable to automatically obtain a physical request slip from the input bin and convey it out from an outlet of the feed neck. The support frame may support the feeder unit so that the outlet is configured to engage with an input of a retailer system engaged with the automatic feeder system such that conveyance of the physical request slip out from the outlet causes the physical request slip to enter the input of the retailer system and cause the retailer system to generate a physical ticket for the game of chance based on the physical request slip.

Automated feeder system and methods of use

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Brooklyn, NY, United States of America

Eric Parker