INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTING DEVICE AND GAMING CHIP
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Abstract
An inspection system inspects gaming chips each having a color or a display indicating a value on an outer surface in a state where the gaming chips are stored in a case in which a maximum number of gaming chips to be stored is limited, and a radio tag storing gaming chip information is embedded in each of the gaming chips. The gaming chips are stored in the case capable of containing a row of gaming chips stacked in a thickness direction, and the inspection system includes a reading device that reads the radio tag of the gaming chip in the case and acquires gaming chip information of the gaming chip and a determining unit that compares the gaming chip information with a maximum number of gaming chips storable in the case and determines an abnormality of the gaming chip in the case when the number of gaming chips obtained from the gaming chip information is different from a maximum number of storable gaming chips.
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50 Claims
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1-25. -25. (canceled)
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26. An inspection comprising:
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an area in which can be placed in a stacked manner a plurality of gaming chips that each includes (a) respective first gaming chip information and (b) respective second gaming chip information arranged in an optically readable form on respective side surfaces of the gaming chips; a storage unit, wherein the storage unit is configured to store identification information of at least one of (a) the first gaming chip information and (b) the second gaming chip information of the plurality of gaming chips; and an inspecting device comprising; a first reading device, wherein the first reading device is configured to acquire the first gaming chip information of all of the gaming chip placed in the area; a second reading device, wherein the second reading device is configured to optically read the side surfaces of the gaming chips placed in the area and thereby acquire the second gaming chip information of the gaming chips placed in the area; and a determining unit, wherein the determining unit is configured to use the first gaming chip information acquired by the first reading device and the second gaming chip information acquired by the second reading device to determine an authenticity or damage status of all the gaming chips placed in the area by comparing (a) at least one of the first gaming chip information acquired by the first reading device and the second gaming chip information acquired by the second reading device with (b) the identification information stored in the storage unit. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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