METHOD FOR ADMINISTRATING A PACKAGE OF SHUFFLED PLAYING CARDS

• US 20180047256A1
• Filed: 10/19/2017
• Published: 02/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Angel Group Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co Ltd (Angel Group Company Limited)
• Inventors: Shigeta, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 10,748,386 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/062 Boxes or cases for cards
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/18 Score computers; Miscellaneous indicators time-testing devices G07C
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2419 Optical
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2489 by radio transmitters, e.g. using RFID
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2250/58 Antifraud or preventing misuse
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 3/00157 Casino or betting games horse races A63F3/00082
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• 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 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

Administrating a package of shuffled playing cards to prevent fraudulent card exchanges. The administrating system is configured to calculate places and a number of packages of shuffled playing cards at places of the backyard, the places of playing tables, places of carriers and the disposition place using information obtained by the loading step and unloading step and the administrating system calculates by every ID codes bases 1) places of packages registered by the registering step for registering to a data base of administrating system and a number of packages place by place from information obtained from the loading step and the unloading step. The administrating system is configured to recognize whether there is a lost package by comparing the information of all ID codes registered in registering steps with the ID codes at places of packages obtained at the calculating step from the loading step and the unloading step.

Claims

1. A system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards, wherein a predetermined number of decks of playing cards are shuffled in a random order and individually packaged as one package, a unique ID code is attached to the package of each unique shuffled playing cards, the system having:

an ID code reader configured to obtain the ID code of the packages to identify the package which will be used on a game table with a card dealing shoe, and

an administrating controller for monitoring the ID code of package of shuffled playing cards, having computer readable medium that stores a data base of ID codes of the packages which have been brought into a backyard of casino,

wherein the administrating controller is configured to obtain the ID code of the package read by the ID code reader and examine whether the ID code read is the one preliminarily being existed for use in the data base.

2. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein, the administrating controller is configured to examine whether the package of the ID code read on the game table is the one not expected to be on the game table or the one arrived at unexpected timing.

3. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein, the administrating controller is configured to be programmed to examine the package by at least one of the followings items:

1) whether it was carried from predetermined delivery route,

2) whether it was not missing one,

3) whether it has not been registered in the data base,

4) whether it has been unused in the pit more than predetermined period,

5) whether it was carried from unexpected pit or without passing any pit,

6) whether it had been used at any game table in the past.

4. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein, at least one of the following items is stored in the computer readable medium in connection with the ID code of the package of shuffled playing cards and being examined on the game table by one of these items:

(1) the game table to be used;

(2) the dealer (person who draws cards) in charge of the game table to be used;

(3) the expected end time of the use of each package of shuffled playing cards on the game table;

(4) the information concerning the pit or the card room where each package of shuffled playing cards are expected to be carried before it is delivered to the relevant game table.

5. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein, the ID code of the package being read for the next use will be deleted or acknowledged as the one having been used at the game table by the administrating controller.

6. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein, the ID code reader is directly or indirectly connected to the card dealing shoe on the game table and configured to send the ID code of the packages to the administrating controller to identify the ID code of the package for the next use and the card dealing shoe receives an instruction from the administrating controller.

7. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein the card dealing shoe has a output means for alarming the examined results of the ID code of the package or identified ID code of the package for preventing the use of the package.

8. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein the card dealing shoe has a lock means for preventing a usage of the package by the examined results of the ID code of the package or an instruction for not using the next use by an user of a casino.

9. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, wherein the card dealing shoe has an alarm function for alarming to prevent a usage of the package by an instruction for not using the next use by an user of a casino according to an instruction from the administrating controller.

10. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, the administrating controller is configured to search from the each ID code of the package to the place where the package exists.

11. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, the administrating controller is configured to search the ID code of the package identified from a container ID, a pallet ID or a carton ID which has stored the packages and prohibit the packages from being used at the game table.

12. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, multiple packages are monitored by reading each ID code of the package at predetermined places in the pits and registered in computer readable medium by the administrating controller.

13. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, multiple packages are carried on a vehicles for transferring the packages of shuffled playing cards from a backyard to the pits for game tables and are monitored while carrying on routes by the administrating controller whether there is any lost package or not by reading each ID code of the package.

14. The system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 1, all of the ID code of the packages which have been brought into the back yard are administrated with a group of packages which have been contained in one container and ID codes of the group of packages are registered and the number or the ID codes of the packages unused in the group of packages are monitored or detected.

15. A keeping box for containing one or more packages of shuffled playing cards and monitoring ID codes attached to the packages which has one or more readers configured to read the ID code of package of shuffled playing cards in the keeping box, a communication means for sending information or image(s) obtained by the reader to outside the keeping box and a lock means configured to prevent taking off the package from the keeping box.

16. The keeping box according to claim 15, the keeping box is a carrier to carry the one or more packages.

17. A method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards, wherein a predetermined number of decks of playing cards are shuffled in a random order and individually packaged as a set of shuffled playing cards, an ID code is attached to the package of the set, the method having the steps of:

a registering step of registering to a data base, all of ID codes of the packages which have been brought into a backyard,

a carrying step of carrying the packages of the sets of shuffled playing cards by using plural carriers from the backyard to one of pits or playing tables, and

an administrating step of administrating ID codes of the packages at each places which are a backyard and pits or playing tables by way of monitoring every ID codes of the packages at each places whether or not each package exists at authorized or programmed place,

wherein the ID code of the package read by the ID code reader examined whether the ID code read is the one preliminarily being existed for use in the data base.

18. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, the method further having, in/out checking step for checking whether or not the ID code read at the place has been existed previously.

19. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, the administrating step further having, a reporting step of reporting or alarming about the ID code of any unauthorized, unexpected or deficiency package with the place or the carrier where these fact is found.

20. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, the administrating step further having a reporting step of reporting about the ID code of the package which has been arrived inappropriate timing.

21. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, the administrating step further having, a movement checking step of obtaining every ID codes of the packages of shuffled playing cards at least two places in predetermined period of times, grasping inventory information at each place from the ID code obtained at each place, and checking whether or not a predetermined movement between at least two places has been carried out.

22. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, wherein carrying paths of carries for carrying the packages from the backyard are being monitored in the carrying step.

23. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, wherein:

one or more packages are stored in a keeping box at least at one of pits or playing tables, and the keeping box is for containing one or more packages of shuffled playing cards for the method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards,

a keeping box is used for keeping or carrying one or more packages, and

the keeping box has a reader for reading all of the ID codes of packages of in the keeping box, a communication means for sending information obtained by the reader to outside the keeping box and a lock means to prevent taking off the package from the keeping box.

24. The method for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 17, wherein the ID code reader is selected from at least a barcode reader, a 2-dimensional code reader, a camera or RFID tag reading means.

25. A package of shuffled playing cards to be used in a system for administrating a package of shuffled playing cards, wherein:

a predetermined number of decks of playing cards are shuffled in a random order and individually packaged as one package, each unique ID code is attached to the package of each shuffled playing cards,

the ID code is read by an ID code reader disposed at a game table configured to obtain the ID code of the packages at the game table to identify the package which will be used on the game table with a card dealing shoe, and

the ID code is configured to be examined whether the package of the ID code read on the game table is the one not expected to be on the game table or the one arrived at unexpected timing by the system for administrating the package of shuffled playing cards.

26. The package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 25, wherein the card dealing shoe has a output means for alarming the examined results of the ID code of the package for the next use for preventing the usage of the package.

27. A card dealing shoe for a package of shuffled playing cards to be used in a system for administrating the package of shuffled playing cards, wherein:

a predetermined number of decks of playing cards are shuffled in a random order and individually packaged as one package, each unique ID code is attached to the package of each shuffled playing cards,

the ID code is read by an ID code reader disposed at a game table configured to obtain the ID code of the packages at the game table to identify the package which will be used on the game table with the card dealing shoe, and

the ID code is configured to be examined whether the package of the ID code read on the game table is the one not expected to be on the game table or the one arrived at unexpected timing by the system for administrating the package of shuffled playing cards.

28. The card dealing shoe for package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 27, wherein the card dealing shoe has a output means for alarming the examined results of the ID code of the package for the use for preventing the usage of the package.

29. The card dealing shoe for the package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 27, wherein the card dealing shoe has a lock means for preventing a usage of the package by the examined results of the ID code of the package for the use.

30. The card dealing shoe for the package of shuffled playing cards according to claim 28, wherein the ID code reader is directly or indirectly connected to the administrating controller configured to send the ID code of the packages to identify the ID code of the package for the next use and the administrating controller instruct the card dealing shoe for the function of allowing delivering or not the cards of package from the shoe.