IP Library Granted Patent US 12,277,827
Granted Patent B2
US 12,277,827 · App. 18/371,218 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Table game management system and game management system

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,277,827
App. No.
18/371,218
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The management and control device uses the information acquired from the measurement device to detect a total bet amount of the chips placed on the bet area of the game table by the game participants, and uses the information acquired from the card shoe and the measurement device to detect a winning or losing amount for the game organizer. A sales balance management part compares a sales profit ratio that is a ratio of the winning or losing amount for the game organizer to the total bet amount with a theoretical profit ratio or a previous average profit ratio, and outputs a comparison result.

Claims (27)

1. A table game management system comprising:

a win-loss determination device configured to determine a win-loss result of each game at a game table;

a measurement device configured to measure a type and a number of gaming chips placed on the game table; and

a management and control device configured to use a measurement result of the measurement device in each game to identify and store a position, the type, and the number of the gaming chips placed on a bet area of the game table by a game participant,

wherein:

the gaming chip is configured to have a plurality of plastic colored portions of different colors, and be identifiable in type from appearance, and

the measurement device is configured to use a camera to detect the position, the type, and the number of the gaming chips by a deep learning neural network; or

the gaming chip is configured to have a plurality of plastic colored portions of different colors, be identifiable in type from appearance, and has a unique ID, and

the measurement device is configured to read the unique IDs of the gaming chips to detect the position, the type, and the number of the gaming chips, and/or to use a camera to detect the position, the type, and the number of the gaming chips;

the management and control device is configured to use information acquired from the measurement device to detect a total bet amount that is a total amount of the gaming chips placed on the bet area of the game table by the game participant, the management and control device is further configured to use information acquired from the win-loss determination device and the measurement device to detect a winning or losing amount for a game organizer, and output a sales profit ratio that is a ratio of the winning or losing amount for the game organizer to the total bet amount, and

the management and control device is configured to compare the sales profit ratio with a theoretical profit ratio or a previous average profit ratio, and output a comparison result.

2. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management and control device is configured to output the total bet amount, the winning or losing amount for the game organizer, or the sales profit ratio in each game.

3. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the measurement device is further configured to detect the total bet amount for each player position of the game table, and

the management and control device is configured to use information acquired from the measurement device to output the total bet amount and/or the sales profit ratio for each player position.

4. The table game management system according to claim 3 , wherein the management and control device is configured to associate each player position with a particular game participant at the game table.

5. The table game management system according to claim 3 , wherein:

the management and control device is configured to ascertain the gaming chips placed on the game table by the game participant for each stack, and

the management and control device is further configured to associate the stack with a particular game participant at the game table.

6. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management and control device is configured to ascertain relation between a number of games and time taken to play the games, and output the total bet amount, the winning or losing amount for the game organizer, or the sales profit ratio in a predetermined number of games for each game participant, or each game table and/or each dealer in charge of each table.

7. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management and control device is configured to ascertain bet positions and/or a number of stacks of the gaming chips placed on the game table by the game participant, or a number of the gaming chips in each stack, and output it in association with the number of games and time taken to play the games.

8. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management and control device is configured to ascertain a number of game participants at the game table, and output the number of game participants in association with the number of games and time taken to play the games.

9. The table game management system according to claim 1 , wherein the management and control device is configured to ascertain a dealer in charge of each game table, and for each dealer, to detect and store at least one of following element periods:

1) a bet period;

2) a chip collection period;

3) a chip payment period; and

4) a gaming period.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064986/0250 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Sep 21, 2023
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065016/0775 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-093247 · May 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17849006 · Jun 24, 2022
Continuation 16411868 · May 14, 2019
Related Publication 20240087402A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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