GAMBLING TERMINAL HAVING A DIGITAL CAMERA

• US 20110176004A1
• Filed: 10/02/2009
• Published: 07/21/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEMIA Identity and Security France SAS (Advent International Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Morpho (Advent International Corporation)
• Inventors: Chaussade, Xavier
• Granted Patent: US 8,830,325 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/150
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3216 Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3241 Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance computer security G06F21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

The invention relates to a gambling terminal comprising a mount (63) for receiving a gambling document belonging to a user and a camera able to acquire an image of the gambling document when the gambling document is placed on the mount, the terminal having a first side intended to face an operator and a second side opposite the first side and intended to face the user, in which the terminal has a first opening (14) arranged on the first side and a second opening arranged on the second side such that the gambling document can be seen simultaneously by the operator and the user while the image is being acquired.

Claims

1. Gambling terminal (4), comprising a mount (63) for receiving a gambling document belonging to a user and a camera (31) able to acquire an image of the gambling document when the gambling document is placed on the mount, the terminal (4) having a first side (11) intended to face an agent and a second side (21), opposite the first side (11), and intended to face the user, in which the terminal (4) has a first opening (14) arranged on the first side (11) and a second opening (24) arranged on the second side (21) such that the gambling document can be seen simultaneously by the agent and the user while the image is being acquired.

2. Terminal according to claim 1, comprising a cavity (53), the mount (63) extending inside the cavity, and in which the cavity (53) is accessible by the agent and by the user via the first opening (14), respectively the second opening (24).

3. Terminal according to one of claim 1 or 2, comprising user interface means (22) oriented such that the user views the information displayed on the interface means (22).

4. Terminal according to claim 3, in which the user interface means (22) include a touch screen enabling the user to validate and/or correct the information displayed.

5. Terminal according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a processing unit (33), said processing unit being able, from the acquired image, to extract information depicted on the gambling document.

6. Terminal according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a lighting device (32) able to project onto the gambling document a reference pattern, and a processing unit (33) able to correct the image acquired as a function of a deformation of the pattern present in the acquired image.

7. Terminal according to one of the preceding claims, comprising means for laying flat the gambling document on the mount (63).

8. Terminal according to one of the preceding claims, comprising a casing (3) in which are housed the mount (63), the camera (31) and a processing unit (33).

9. Terminal according to claim 8, in which the processing unit (33) is arranged under the mount (63).

10. Terminal according to one of the preceding claims comprising an enclosure (13, 23, 43) delimiting a cavity (53) in which extends the mount (63).

11. Terminal according to one of the preceding claims, comprising lateral walls (43) extending on either side of the first and the second openings (14, 24).

12. Terminal according to claim 4, in which the screen (22) blacks out at least in part the light emitted in the direction of the mount (53).

13. Gambling system, comprising at least one terminal (4) according to one of claims 1 to 12 and a remote central server (10), in which the terminal is able to acquire an image of a gambling document and to transmit the corresponding information to the central server (10).

14. Gambling method according to which a gambling terminal conforming to one of claims 1 to 12 acquires an image of a gambling document and transmits the corresponding information to a remote central server (10).