IP Library Granted Patent US 11,783,670
Granted Patent B2
US 11,783,670 · App. 17/400,691 · Granted Oct 10, 2023

Game management system

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,783,670
App. No.
17/400,691
Granted
Oct 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game management system manages a casino game performed in a plurality of tables in casino facilities. The game management system includes: a camera obtaining an image by capturing bet gaming tokens; a control device specifying a betting amount on the basis of the type and the number of gaming tokens in the image by specifying a betting target on the basis of a position of the gaming token in the image; a card distribution device determining a game result of the casino game; an arithmetic device calculating a profit of a casino manager for each table and each game of the plurality of tables, on the basis of the betting target, the betting amount, and the game result; and a recording apparatus recording the profit.

Claims (35)

1. A management system for management of games in a casino having a plurality of game tables, comprising:

for each game table of the plurality of game tables:

a camera configured to capture an image of one or more chips on the game table;

an image analyzer with a deep learning structure configured to identify positions, types, and number of chips on the game table based on an image analysis of the image; and

a controller configured to, for each player position or each player of one or more players at the game table, determine an amount bet based on the identified positions, types, and number of chips; and

a management device configured to, based on the amount bet for each player position or each player at each game table of the plurality of game tables:

calculate, for a predetermined period of time or a predetermined number of games, a profit parameter based on:

a total amount of bets on the plurality of game tables,

a total number of bets on the plurality of game tables,

a total profit of a game organizer on the plurality of game tables,

or

a combination thereof.

2. The management device according to claim 1 , wherein, for each game table of the plurality of game tables, the image analyzer is configured to perform the image analysis on the image.

3. The management device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to receive, in association with each game table of the plurality of game tables, an indication of a bet amount of the game table for each player position or each plater at the game table.

4. The management device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to calculate the profit parameter based on:

the total amount of bets on the plurality of game tables,

the total number of bets on the plurality of game tables, and

the total profit of the game organizer on the plurality of game tables.

5. The management device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to provide a benefit to a player.

6. The management device according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to determine a temporary campaign promotion in which a benefit is provided to one or more players that satisfy one or more conditions based on the calculated profit parameter.

7. The management system according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a storage device configured to store, for each player of the one or more players, benefit points that are consumable to receive a service.

8. The management system according to claim 7 , wherein the management device is further configured to, for each of the one or more players, add points to the benefit points of the player stored in the storage device in order to provide the benefit.

9. The management system according to claim 8 , wherein the management device is further configured to add points to the benefit points of a player stored in the storage device in order to provide the benefit to the player according to a playing performance of the player even when the one or more conditions are not met.

10. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to calculate a net profit of the game organizer as the total profit.

11. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to calculate a profit-to-sales ratio of the game organizer as the total profit.

12. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to calculate the profit parameter for each type of betting target or player position.

13. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management device is configured to calculate the profit parameter for a specific type of betting target among a plurality of types of betting targets or a specific player position among a plurality of player positions.

14. The management system according to claim 13 , wherein the specific type of betting target includes a player betting target, a banker betting target, a tie betting target, a pair betting target, or a combination thereof.

15. The management system according to claim 7 , further comprising a reader configured to read a membership card of a player.

16. The management system according to claim 15 , wherein the management device is configured to access the benefit points stored in the storage device for the player based on the read membership card.

17. The management system according to claim 1 , further comprising, for each game table of the plurality of game tables, a player identification device configured to identify a player who plays at the game table.

18. The management system according to claim 17 , wherein the management device is further configured to record a bet amount for each player identified by the player identification device.

19. The management system according to claim 1 , wherein, for at least one game table of the plurality of game tables, the camera of the game table is configured to capture one or more images of a plurality of stacks of chips placed offset in a depth direction along with a layout of betting areas of the game table.

20. The management system according to claim 19 , wherein, for the at least one game table of the plurality of game tables, the image analyzer of the game table is configured to recognize the chips even when some of the stacks of chips are hidden by other stacks of chips.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057162/0920 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057163/0008 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057163/0097 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 12, 2021
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057181/0204 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-125723 · Jun 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16710247 · Dec 11, 2019
Continuation 16021768 · Jun 28, 2018
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