IP Library Granted Patent US 12,165,470
Granted Patent B2
US 12,165,470 · App. 17/895,702 · Granted Dec 10, 2024

Game management system

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,165,470
App. No.
17/895,702
Granted
Dec 10, 2024
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 (26)

1. A game management system for managing games played on a game table, the game management system comprising:

one or more cameras configured to obtain images of a plurality of targets including at least a game table, game supplies including chips to be placed on the game table, and a dealer's hand or a player's hand, wherein the camera is configured to capture the game table from an oblique angle to obtain the images of the game supplies; and

a controller configured to:

recognize, using artificial intelligence or deep learning for one or more images of the images, a target of the plurality of the targets from the images;

recognize, using artificial intelligence or deep learning for one or more images of the images, a motion of the dealer's hand or the player's hand; and

determine an occurrence of a predetermined event from a plurality of predetermined events based on the recognized target and the motion of the dealer's hand or the player's hand.

2. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to:

recognize a plurality of the targets from the image, and

determine the occurrence of the predetermined event based on one or more recognition results associated with the plurality of targets.

3. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to determine the occurrence of multiple predetermined events of the plurality of predetermined events.

4. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to analyze the images containing the chips on the game table to recognize a first chip placed on the game table as the predetermined event.

5. The game management system according to claim 4 , wherein the predetermined event is an initiation of betting of the chips by a player.

6. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to analyze the images containing the chips on the game table to recognize a first retrieval of a chip from the game table as the predetermined event.

7. The game management system according to claim 6 , wherein the predetermined event is a collection of the collection of chips lost in the game.

8. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to analyze the images containing the chips on the game table to recognize a last chip payment at the game table as the predetermined event.

9. The game management system according to claim 8 , wherein the predetermined event is the end of the game liquidation.

10. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured analyze the images including a player at the game table to recognize that a predetermined player is positioned at the game table.

11. The game management system according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to identify a player ID of the player and a player position at the game table at which the player was positioned.

12. The game management system according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to record a time the player is positioned at the game table.

13. The game management system according to claim 10 , wherein the controller is configured to record a time at which the player leaves the game table.

14. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to analyze the images to determine the occurrence of the predetermined event based on one or more motions of the dealer's hand, one or more motions of the player's hand, motion of one or more the chips of the chips, or a combination thereof.

15. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to identify a player who has entered a casino facility including a plurality of the game tables.

16. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more cameras are further configured to capture the chips in a chip tray provided at the game table.

17. The game management system according to claim 15 , wherein the controller is configured to recognize that betting has started as a predetermined event when a payout of a previous game is determined to be successfully completed in the chip tray.

18. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to recognize betting information at the start of a game.

19. The game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to recognize bet information at the end of a game.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060902/0925 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 25, 2022
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061326/0947 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-125723 · Jun 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (4)
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