IP Library Granted Patent US 11,055,955
Granted Patent B2
US 11,055,955 · App. 16/590,647 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Table game management system, game token, and inspection apparatus

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,055,955
App. No.
16/590,647
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A table game management system according to the present invention includes: a camera that images a game token placed on a game table; and a management control device that grasps a type (10 points, 20 points, 100 points, 1,000 points, or the like) of the game token placed on the game table based on a color of a side face of the game token imaged by the camera.

Claims (15)

1. A game token having a side face on which there is a pattern that includes a first color that is unique to a type of the game token and a second color that is not dependent on the type of the game token.

2. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the first color extends continuously about an entirety of the game token in a circumferential direction.

3. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the second color extends continuously about an entirety of the game token in a circumferential direction.

4. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the side face of the game token has a portion whose color changes in a thickness direction of the game token.

5. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the pattern is a striped pattern made up of at least one layer characterized by the first color and at least one layer characterized by the second color.

6. The game token according to claim 5 , wherein the at least one layer characterized by the first color includes a plurality of layers characterized by the first color.

7. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the pattern is formed by layers characterized by the second color arranged on both sides of a layer characterized by the first color.

8. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the pattern of the game token is formed by a plastic layer of the first color and a plastic layer of the second color being laminated together.

9. The game token according to claim 8 , wherein the plastic layer of the first color and the plastic layer of the second color thermocompression bonded.

10. The game token according to claim 1 , further comprising a sign representing the type of the game token on the side face.

11. The game token according to claim 10 , wherein the sign is formed of ultraviolet (UV) ink or carbon black ink.

12. The game token according to claim 1 , wherein the game token includes an outermost layer that is transparent.

13. The game token according to claim 12 , wherein the transparent layer is embossed.

14. The game token according to claim 12 , wherein an end of the transparent layer is rounded.

15. The game token according to claim 1 , comprising a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) embedded therein.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE ERRONEOUS FILLING PREVIOUSLY RECORDED PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 56803 FRAME: 916. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Oct 29, 2024
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 069303/0740 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 8, 2021
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056803/0916 →
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 Oct 2, 2019
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 050601/0500 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-240631 · Nov 19, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15777351
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