IP Library Granted Patent US 10,846,986
Granted Patent B2
US 10,846,986 · App. 16/395,457 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Fraud detection system in a casino

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,846,986
App. No.
16/395,457
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.

Claims (20)

1. A table game management system comprising:

a gaming table that includes a plurality of betting areas that are adjacent each other and that include, for each of a plurality of player positions, a respective player area and a respective banker area;

at least one detector, wherein the at least one detector is configured to:

identify, for each of the betting areas respectively, types and numbers of respective gaming chips placed in the respective betting area for placement of a bet in a game; and

detect an amount of gaming chips of a dealer; and

at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to:

determine a result of the game;

calculate a modification amount by which to increase or decrease the chips of the dealer based on ( 1 ) the determined result of the game and ( 2 ) the respective types and numbers of the gaming chips identified respectively for respective ones of the betting areas;

calculate a modified amount of the gaming chips of the dealer that should be present after a settlement by increasing or decreasing, by the modification amount, the amount of the gaming chips of the dealer as detected by the at least one detector prior to the settlement; and

determine whether there is a difference between the calculated modified amount and an actual amount detected by the at least one detector after the settlement.

2. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of betting areas further include side betting areas that are different from the player areas and the banker areas.

3. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the betting areas of different ones of the player positions are adjacent each other.

4. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the gaming table includes, separate from the plurality of betting areas, a tie betting area that includes a plurality of adjacent sub-areas that each corresponds to a respective one of the player positions; and

the at least one detector is configured to identify the types and numbers of respective gaming chips additionally respectively for each of the sub-areas of the tie betting area.

5. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the betting areas are demarcated by lines.

6. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of betting areas are arranged such that a plurality of stacks of the gaming chips can be placed in each of the plurality of betting areas.

7. The table game management system according to claim 6 , wherein the at least one detector is configured to perform the identification of the types and numbers while the gaming chips are arranged in the stacks.

8. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector is configured to perform the identification of the types and numbers using a generated image capturing the gaming chips on the gaming table.

9. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one detector is configured to perform the identification of the types and numbers based on IDs embedded in the gaming chips.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057149/0078 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2019
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049004/0329 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2015-163213 · Aug 3, 2015 · national
JP 2015-206735 · Oct 1, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16016128 · Jun 22, 2018
Continuation 15226200 · Aug 2, 2016
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