IP Library Granted Patent US 12,260,273
Granted Patent B2
US 12,260,273 · App. 17/747,419 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Game token money, method of manufacturing game token money, and inspection system

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
G06K19/047G06K19/0723G07F17/3223G07F17/3241G07F17/3248
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Patent No.
US 12,260,273
App. No.
17/747,419
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A game token money includes a plurality of plastic layers laminated through thermocompression bonding including at least a colored layer in the middle to specify a value of the game token money and a pair of pale color layers laminated on both sides of the colored layer. An RFID is embedded in a layer other than the outermost layer of the plurality of plastic layers; and a classification part is filled in at least one of the pale color layers to indicate a classification of the game token money. The classification part is recognizable from a side face and a front face of the game token money. The RFID contains information regarding a value of the game token money and a classification of the game token money indicated by the classification part.

Claims (25)

1. A game token money comprising:

a plurality of plastic layers laminated through thermocompression bonding, the plurality of plastic layers including a colored layer and a pale color layer laminated on the colored layer, so that a stripe pattern is formed in a layering direction on a side face of the game token money; and

a plurality of classification parts positioned within a part of the pale color layer;

wherein:

each classification part of the plurality of classification parts indicates a classification of the game token money and are recognizable from both a side face and a flat surface of the game token money; and

at least a portion of the colored layer extends circumferentially about an entirety of the side face of the game token money without interruption by the plurality of classification parts.

2. The game token money according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of classification parts has a color different from a color of the colored layer.

3. The game token money according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of classification parts has a color similar to a color of the colored layer.

4. The game token money according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of classification parts has a plurality of different colors.

5. The game token money according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of classification parts indicates a classification of the game token money regarding whether the game token money is for a very important person (VIP) or for a common person.

6. The game token money according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of classification parts indicates a classification of the game token money regarding whether the game token money is for a cash chip, for a rolling chip, or for a promotion chip.

7. The game token money according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of classification parts are arranged at an equiangular interval in a circumferential direction of the game token money.

8. The game token money according to claim 1 , further comprising a radio-frequency identification (RFID) embedded in a layer other than an outermost layer of the plurality of plastic layers.

9. The game token money according to claim 8 , wherein the RFID contains information regarding the value and the classification of the game token money.

10. A game token money comprising:

an indication for indicating a value of the game token money on a front face of the game token money;

a colored layer forming a stripe of a stripe pattern in a layering direction on a side face of the game token money; and

a plurality of classification parts that at least partly occupy, and are recognizable from, both the side face and a flat surface of the game token money;

wherein:

at least a portion of the colored layer extends circumferentially about an entirety of the side face of the game token money without interruption by the plurality of classification parts;

each of the plurality of classification parts is formed in a color different from a color of the colored layer; and

the classification parts indicate a classification, other than the value, of the game token money.

11. The game token money according to claim 10 , further comprising an RFID that contains information regarding the value of the game token money and the classification of the game token money indicated by the classification parts.

12. The game token money according to claim 11 , wherein the colored layer and the classification parts are externally recognized by a camera, and wherein the value and the classification of the game token money obtained from the camera can be inspected in combination with information obtained from the RFID.

13. The game token money according to claim 10 , wherein the classification parts are arranged at an equiangular interval in a circumferential direction of the game token money.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2022
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059946/0831 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 18, 2022
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060110/0394 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-144920 · Jul 26, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16633218
Related Publication 20220277178A1 · Sep 1, 2022
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