IP Library Granted Patent US 8,152,638
Granted Patent B2
US 8,152,638 · App. 12/417,905 · Granted Apr 10, 2012

Gaming machine and gaming management system

Assignee: Universal Entertainment Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,152,638
App. No.
12/417,905
Granted
Apr 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A gaming machine includes a housing, which is playable by a plurality of players, that has a station provided for each individual player; an operation detection unit that detects an operation of a player present at each of the stations performing a bet operation through a bet image displayed on the image display unit; an image capturing unit, provided at the housing, that can capture images of a player present at each of the stations, and a determination unit that determines tampering or an error of a game by comparing image capturing information obtained by the image capturing unit with predetermined information.

Claims (6)

1. A gaming machine, comprising: a housing, which is playable by a plurality of players, that includes a station provided for each of the players, respectively; an image display unit, which is provided at the housing, that displays a game image and a bet image corresponding to each of the stations; an image control unit that includes game image data for a game displayed on the image display unit and bet operation image data, and controls an image displayed on the image display unit; an operation detection unit which detects an operation of a player present at each of the stations performing a bet operation through a bet image displayed on the image display unit; and an image capturing unit, provided at the housing, that can photograph a player present at each of the stations, wherein the image capturing unit is fixed to be integrated to the housing,

wherein the image capturing unit is fixed to a supporting member which extends from the housing,

wherein the supporting members extends upward from four corners of the housing, respectively, and the image capturing unit is supported by the supporting member close to the center of the image display unit at an upper side of the housing.

2. A gaming machine, comprising: a housing, which is playable by a plurality of players, that includes a station provided for each of the players, respectively; an image display unit, which is provided at the housing, that displays a game image and a bet image corresponding to each of the stations; an image control unit that includes game image data for a game displayed on the image display unit and bet operation image data, and controls an image displayed on the image display unit; an operation detection unit which detects an operation of a player present at each of the stations performing a bet operation through a bet image displayed on the image display unit; and an image capturing unit, provided at the housing, that can photograph a player present at each of the stations, wherein the image capturing unit is fixed to be integrated to the housing,

wherein the image capturing unit is fixed to a supporting member which extends from the housing,

wherein the supporting member extends from four corners of the housing, respectively, and the image capturing unit is supported by the supporting member at the four corners of the housing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 5, 2011
From: ARUZE CORP.
To: UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027017/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 6, 2009
From: FUJIMOTO, JUN
To: ARUZE CORP.
Reel/Frame 022505/0538 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2008-107251 · Apr 16, 2008 · national
JP 2008-107252 · Apr 16, 2008 · national
JP 2008-107253 · Apr 16, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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