IP Library Granted Patent US 12,397,224
Granted Patent B2
US 12,397,224 · App. 18/379,720 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Management system of gaming chips and storage box

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 12,397,224
App. No.
18/379,720
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system that managing playing cards to which information is given by an RFID tag and gaming chips to which information is given by an RFID tag. A system is provided with a storage box integrally configured to contain a card drawer for storing playing cards and a chip drawer for storing gaming chips, a card RFID reader for reading information of an RFID tag attached to the playing cards stored in the card drawer, and a chip RFID reader for reading information of the RFID tag attached storing gaming chips stored in the chip drawer. A card RFID reader and a chip RFID reader reads information of each RFID tag using different frequencies.

Claims (25)

1. A system configured to manage gaming chips and packages of shuffled playing cards, the system comprising:

a set of shuffled playing cards, wherein the set of playing cards constituting a predetermined number of decks are shuffled in a random order, wherein a unique card ID is assigned to the set of shuffled playing cards using a wireless tag;

a gaming chip having a chip ID using a wireless tag;

a game table where games are played using the shuffle playing cards and the gaming chips;

a card storage area where a plurality of shuffled playing cards carried from a card room and to be loaded to a card shooter device on the game table are stored;

a chip storage area where a plurality of gaming chips to be used on the game table are stored;

one or more card readers configured to read the card IDs of all the set of shuffled playing cards stored in the card storage area; and

one or more chip readers configured to read the chip IDs of all the chips stored in the chip storage area,

wherein an information transmission method of the one or more card readers and an information transmission method of the one or more chip readers are different from each other, so that the one or more card readers can read the wireless tag for the card ID and cannot read the wireless tag for the chip ID, and the one or more chip readers can read the wireless tag for the chip ID and cannot read the wireless tag for the card ID.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the card ID is stored in a UHF wireless tag and the chip ID is stored in a HF wireless tag.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a controller connected to the one or more card readers and the one or more chip readers, and configured to detect any variation in the information read by the one or more card readers or the one or more chip readers.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the one or more card readers are configured to read information stored in the wireless tag using a radio wave method, and

the one or more chip readers are configured to read information stored in the wireless tag using an electromagnetic induction method.

5. A system configured to manage playing cards to which card information is attached by RFID tag for card and gaming chips to which chip information is attached by RFID tag for chip, the system comprising:

a card storage configured to store the playing cards;

a chip storage configured to store the gaming chips;

an RFID reader for cards configured to read information stored in the RFID tag for card attached to the playing card stored in the card storage; and

an RFID reader for chips configured to read information stored in the RFID tag for chip attached to the gaming chip stored in the chip storage,

wherein the RFID reader for cards can read the RFID tag for card and cannot read the RFID tag for chip, and the RFID reader for chips can read the RFID tag for chip and cannot read the RFID tag for card.

6. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the card information is assigned to a package comprising a plurality of the playing cards, and the chip information is assigned to each of the gaming chips.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the RFID tag for card is attached to the package, and the RFID tag for chip is embedded in the gaming chip.

8. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the RFID tag for card is embedded in the playing card, and the card information is assigned to each of the playing cards.

9. The system according to claim 5 , further comprising a controller connected to the RFID reader for cards and the RFID reader for chips, and detecting any variation in the information read by the RFID reader for cards or the RFID reader for chips.

10. The system according to claim 5 , wherein the RFID reader for cards is configured to read information on the RFID tag for card using a radio wave method, and

the RFID reader for chips is configured to read information on the RFID tag for chip using an electromagnetic induction method.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065207/0248 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 13, 2023
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065237/0329 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-258007 · Dec 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17703251 · Mar 24, 2022
Continuation 16474809
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