MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TABLE GAMES, SUBSTITUTE CURRENCY FOR GAMING, INSPECTION DEVICE, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF SUBSTITUTE CURRENCY FOR GAMING

• US 20180350191A1
• Filed: 07/29/2016
• Published: 12/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2015
• 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 10,706,675 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/18 Score computers; Miscellaneous indicators time-testing devices G07C
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 11/00 Game accessories of general use , e.g. score counters, boxes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2009/2435 using a video camera
• 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: G06Q 50/10 Services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/34 Betting or bookmaking, e.g. Internet betting
• 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 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A detection system according to the present invention includes a control device detecting fraud performed in a game table by using a result of an image analysis performed by an image analyzing device, and substitute currency for gaming used for this detection system has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer (121) is included at least in the middle, and white layers (122) or thin-color layers (may be layers having a color thinner than that of the coloring layer (121); not illustrated in the drawing) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer (121) disposed in the middle. A multi-layer structure, in which a coloring layer (121) is included, and white layers (122) or thin-color layers (while not illustrated in the drawing, the layers may be layers of a color that is thinner than that of the coloring layer (121)) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer (121) of this middle, is employed.

Claims

1-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A management system of a table game using substitute currency for gaming, wherein the substitute currency for gaming has:

a plurality of plastic coloring parts having different colors;

a configuration enabling a type of the substitute currency for gaming to be specified by appearance; and

a unique ID,

the management system comprising;

a measurement device that measures types and quantities of the substitute currency for gaming placed on a game table;

an ID reading device that reads the ID attached to the substitute currency for gaming to detect types and quantities of the substitute currency for gaming; and

a management control device that specifies and stores a position, types, and quantities of the substitute currency for gaming placed in a betting area on the game table by a game participant by using a result of the measurement performed by the measurement device and the ID reading device in each game.

30. The management system of a table game according to claim 29, wherein the management control device has a configuration that acquires the type of the substitute currency for gaming from an RFID.

31. The management system of a table game according to claim 29, wherein the management control device is an intelligence-type computer or control system, which has a configuration that can recognize the substitute currency for gaming even when at least a part of the substitute currency for gaming enters a blind area.

32. The management system of a table game according to claim 29, the management system further comprising a chip tray that holds the substitute currency for gaming, wherein the management control device has a configuration that can measure a total amount of the substitute currency for gaming on the chip tray by measuring types and quantities of the substitute currency for gaming on the chip tray.

33. The management system of a table game according to claim 29, the management system further comprising a configuration that detects a type of the substitute currency for gaming by using the ID reading device in a specific place on the game table, and detects a type of the substitute currency for gaming by using the measurement device in a place other than the specific place on the game table.

34. The management system of a table game according to claim 33, wherein the specific place is a chip tray.

35. A substitute currency for gaming used for the management system of a table game according to claim 30, wherein the coloring part of the substitute currency for gaming is a coloring layer, and the RFID is built in the coloring layer.

36. A management system of a table game, the management system comprising:

a card distributing device that determines and displays a result of winning/losing of each game in a game table;

a measurement device that measures types and quantities of substitute currency for gaming placed on the game table by using a camera; and

a management control device that specifies and stores a position, types, and quantities of the substitute currency for gaming placed on the game table by a game participant by using a result of the measurement performed by the measurement device in each game,

wherein the substitute currency for gaming forms a stripe pattern on a side face in a stacking direction by employing a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer is included at least in the middle, and white layers or thin-color layers are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer disposed in the middle, and has a configuration enabling the type of the substitute currency for gaming to be specified by the coloring layer, and

wherein the management control device has a calculation function of determining the game participant as a winner/loser in each game and calculating a balance of a casino side on the game table for each game by using the result of winning/losing acquired from the card distributing device and the result of the measurement of the position, the types, and the quantities of the substitute currency for gaming placed by the game participant.

37. The management system of a table game according to claim 36, wherein the management control device has a function of determining the quantity of the substitute currency for gaming by measuring the numbers of the coloring layers or white layers or thin-color layers of the substitute currency for gaming placed by each game participant.

38. The management system of a table game according to claim 36, the management system further comprising a chip tray that holds the substitute currency for gaming for each type, wherein the management control device is configured to be able to measure a total amount of the substitute currency for gaming disposed on the chip tray by measuring the types and the quantities of the substitute currency for gaming disposed on the chip tray.