Casino card handling system with game play feed to mobile device

• US 9,659,461 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2016
• Issued: 05/23/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LNW Gaming Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Bally Gaming Incorporated (Scientific Games Corporation)
• Inventors: Haushalter, Todd, Grauzer, Attila, Bourbour, Feraidoon, Yoseloff, Mark L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US15/151,340
• Publication Number:
  US 20160321876A1
• Time in Patent Office: 378 Days
• Field of Search: 463 12, 463 13, 463 17, 273149 R
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/12 Card shufflers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 1/14 Card dealers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/80 Special adaptations for executing a specific game genre or game mode
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2001/005 Poker
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 17/322 Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/00 ICT specially adapted for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities; ICT specially adapted for the management or operation of medical equipment or devices
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 999/99 dummy group

Abstract

A card game monitor manages play of a game with a video feed of casino table game play. A dealer deals a game using a card-handling device that randomizes and dispenses cards, which may be grouped into sets of hands by the card-handling device. A card recognition system recognizes card information including rank and suit of each card dispensed by the card handling device. A camera captures a video feed of casino table game play, which is transmitted to a mobile computing device operated by a player. A control system receives the card information from the card recognition device and manages control of the game using hand information associated with players. Player action elections from the mobile computing device are displayed to a dealer. The player provides a player action through the mobile computing device, which is used to facilitate play of the casino table game.

Claims

1. A gaming system configured to conduct a casino game at a casino table with a dealer and one or more players, each of the one or more players operating a computing device in communication with the gaming system, the gaming system comprising:

a card-handling device configured to randomize one or more decks of cards;

a card-recognition system configured to read card information of cards under control of the card-handling device, the card information including card rank and card suit;

a camera configured to capture video image data of the casino game;

game-logic circuitry configured to;

direct the card-handling device to dispense cards of a player hand to each of the one or more players;

receive, from the camera, the card information associated with dispensed the cards and the video image data;

transmit, to the computing device operated by one of the one or more players, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the one player; and

receive, from an input device of the computing device operated by the one player, an input indicative of an election responsive to the transmitted card information.

2. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the card-handling device dispenses the cards of each player hand as a plurality of individual subsets of the cards of the player hand, each subset comprising a single card.

3. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein each of the one or more players are associated with a respective player position at the casino table.

4. The gaming system of claim 3, wherein the casino table includes a game layout configuration that visually indicates each player position as a separate location on the casino table.

5. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the casino table includes at least one player action indicator corresponding to the one player, the game-logic circuitry further configured to direct the at least one player action indicator to display a visual indication of the election.

6. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the game-logic circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the computing device operated by the one player, at least a first option responsive to the election for display to the one player.

7. The gaming system of claim 1, wherein the one or more players comprise a first player and a second player, and the game-logic circuitry is configured to:

transmit, to the computing device operated by the first player, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the first player;

transmit, to the computing device operated by the second player, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the second player; and

receive, from input devices of the computing devices operated by the first and second players, inputs indicative of respective elections responsive to the transmitted card information.

8. A method of conducting a casino table game by a gaming system including a card-handling device, a card-recognition system configured to read card information of cards under control of the card-handling device, a camera configured to capture video image data of the casino table game, and game-logic circuitry, the casino table game having a dealer and one or more players operating individual computing devices in communication with the gaming system, the method comprising:

randomizing, via the card-handling device, one or more decks of cards;

dispensing, via the card-handling device, cards of a player hand to each of one or more players;

receiving, by the game-logic circuitry via the card-recognition system, card information associated with the dispensed cards, the card information including card rank and card suit;

transmitting, via the game-logic circuitry to the computing device operated by one of the one or more players, the video image data of the casino table game and the card information associated with the player hand of the one player; and

receiving, by the game-logic circuitry via an input device of the computing device operated by the one player, an input indicative of an election responsive to the transmitted card information.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the cards of each player hand are dispensed as a plurality of individual subsets of the cards of the player hand, each subset comprising a single card.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising transmitting, via the game-logic circuitry to the computing device operated by the one player, at least a first option responsive to the election for display to the one player.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more players comprise a first player and a second player, and the method comprises:

transmitting, to the computing device operated by the first player, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the first player;

transmitting, to the computing device operated by the second player, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the second player; and

receiving, from input devices of the computing devices operated by the first and second players, inputs indicative of respective elections responsive to the transmitted card information.

12. A gaming system configured to conduct a casino game on a casino table with one or more players, each of the one or more players operating a computing device in communication with the gaming system, the gaming system comprising:

a card-recognition system configured to read and store card information of randomized cards dispensed as respective card hands to each of the one or more players, the card information including card rank and card suit;

a camera configured to capture video image data of the casino game;

game-logic circuitry connected for communication to the card-recognition system and the camera, the game-logic circuitry configured to;

receive, from the card-recognition system and the camera, the card information associated with the dispensed cards and the video image data;

transmit, to the computing device operated by one of the one or more players, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the one player; and

receive, from an input device of the computing device operated by the one player, an input indicative of an election responsive to the transmitted card information.

13. The gaming system of claim 12, wherein each of the one or more players are associated with a respective player position at the casino table.

14. The gaming system of claim 13, wherein the casino table includes a game layout configuration that visually indicates each player position as a separate location on the casino table.

15. The gaming system of claim 12, wherein the casino table includes at least one player action indicator corresponding to the one player, the game-logic circuitry further configured to direct the player action indicator to display a visual indication of the election.

16. The gaming system of claim 12, wherein the game-logic circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the computing device operated by the one player, at least a first option responsive to the election for display to the one player.

17. The gaming system of claim 12, wherein the one or more players comprise a first player and a second player, and the game-logic circuitry is configured to:

transmit, to the computing device operated by the first player, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the first player;

transmit, to the computing device operated by the second player, the video image data and card information associated with the player hand of the second player; and

receive, from input devices of the computing devices operated by the first and second players, inputs indicative of respective elections responsive to the transmitted card information.