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US 12,283,156 · App. 17/970,060 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Management system of substitute currency for gaming

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
G07F17/3241G06K19/07749G07F17/3209G07F17/322G07F17/3248G06K19/047
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Patent No.
US 12,283,156
App. No.
17/970,060
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detection system including a control device detecting fraud performed in a game table by using a result of an image analysis performed by an image analyzing device is included. A substitute currency for gaming used for this detection system has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer is included at least in the middle, and white layers or thin-color layers (may be layers having a color thinner than that of the coloring layer; not illustrated in the drawing) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer disposed in the middle.

Claims (17)

1. A gaming chip recognition system in a casino having a plurality of gaming tables, the gaming chip recognition system comprising:

a recording device configured to record respective images as respective progress of one or more games of a plurality of games played at one gaming table of the plurality of gaming tables, and

a control device configured to perform image analysis on the respective images to recognize respective positions and number of gaming chips wagered on the one gaming table of the plurality of gaming tables by one or more players in the respective games of the one or more games of the plurality of games,

wherein:

the control device is configured to use artificial intelligence or machine learning techniques to recognize at least one of the position and the number of the gaming chips,

the recording device has an offset viewing angle from which a plurality of betting areas can be captured, wherein the recording device is configured to recognize the positions and number of the gaming chips wagered by the one or more players,

the respective gaming chips has an ID, and

the gaming chip recognition system further comprises an ID reading system configured to read the ID of one or more gaming chips on the gaming table.

2. The gaming chip recognition system according to claim 1 , wherein even when one or more gaming chips stacked in a betting area of the plurality of betting areas include one or more gaming chips which are at least partially hidden, the control device is configured to recognize one or more types of the gaming chips including the one or more gaming chips which are at least partially hidden.

3. The gaming chip recognition system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is configured to inspect a relationship between the recognized number of the one or more gaming chips and the number of one or more IDs read by the ID reading system.

4. The gaming chip recognition system according to claim 1 , wherein:

the ID reading system is configured to recognize one or more positions of one or more IDs on the gaming chips,

the control device is configured to examine a relationship between the recognized one or more positions and the recognized one or more numbers of the gaming chips and between the one or more positions and the number of the one or more IDs read by the ID reading system.

5. The gaming chip recognition system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is further configured to generate an error signal when an abnormality is detected.

6. The gaming chip recognition system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a card distribution device configured to determine and display a game result of each game at the one gaming table of the plurality of gaming tables,

wherein the control device is further configured to calculate an income of a casino and an expenditure of the casino at the one gaming table using one or more game results obtained from the card distribution device and one or more positions, one or more types, and one or more numbers recognized by the control device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061484/0111 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061734/0185 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2015-163213 · Aug 3, 2015 · national
JP 2015-240631 · Nov 19, 2015 · national
JP 2016-030443 · Feb 1, 2016 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16944225 · Jul 31, 2020
Continuation 15792195 · Oct 24, 2017
Continuation 15557429
Related Publication 20230039390A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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