IP Library Granted Patent US 11,688,235
Granted Patent B2
US 11,688,235 · App. 17/097,186 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Game system for gaming chip stack identification

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
G07F17/3237G06V20/00G06V40/107G06V40/172G07F17/322G07F17/3232G07F17/3248G07F17/3288
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,688,235
App. No.
17/097,186
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The game system of the present disclosure comprises a game table having a betting area in which a plurality of betting targets are laid out, a camera that captures the game table and generates a captured image, and an information processing device that identifies which betting target the stack is bet on, wherein when a plurality of stacks of the gaming chips are bet on the same betting area, the information processing device, based on the captured image, determines which stack is the stack of main player and which stack is the stack of back-betting player.

Claims (17)

1. A game system comprising:

a table having at least one betting area, each of the at least one betting area including a plurality of betting targets on which bets can be placed;

a camera configured to capture a series of images of the table, wherein the series of images are captured in a chronological order; and

an information processing device configured to:

based on a position of one of a plurality of stacks of gaming chips that are in a same one of the at least one betting area represented in the series of images, identify on which of the betting targets the respective stack of gaming chips is being bet; and

determine which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips in the series of images is a main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips in the series of images is a back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on a temporal order of timings in which the plurality of stacks of gaming chips were bet on the same betting area represented in the series of images.

2. The game system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information processing device is further configured to determine which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chip is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on a positional relationship of at least one of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips in the series of images.

3. The game system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the information processing device is configured to perform the determination of which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on positional relationships of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips relative to each other.

4. The game system as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the information processing device is configured to perform the determination of which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on a positional relationship between the respective stacks and the betting target on which the stack is bet.

5. The game system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the camera is configured to capture one or more players betting the stacks of gaming chips; and

the information processing device is configured to recognize in the series of images each of the one or more players who has bet the plurality of stacks of gaming chips, and perform the determination of which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on the recognition of each of the one or more players who has bet the plurality of stacks of gaming chips.

6. The game system as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the information processing device is configured to recognize in the series of images a body part or clothing part of each of the one or more players who has bet the stack of gaming chips on the same betting area, and perform the determination of which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on results of the recognition of the body part or clothing part.

7. The game system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the information processing device is configured to identify which body part or clothing part of the recognized body part or clothing part is a body part or clothing part of each of the main player and the back-betting player, and perform the determination of which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on the identification.

8. The game system as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the information processing device is configured to determine a direction of the recognized body part or clothing part, and perform the determination of which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the main player's stack of gaming chips and which of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips is the back-betting player's stack of gaming chips based on the result of the determination of the direction.

9. The game system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the information processing device is configured to determine whether the plurality of stacks of gaming chips bet on the same betting area are stacks of gaming chips of a same player based on the series of images.

10. The game system as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the information processing device is configured to determine whether the plurality of stacks of gaming chips are stacks of a same player based on a distance of the plurality of stacks of gaming chips from each other.

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 Dec 9, 2020
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054594/0530 →