IP Library Granted Patent US 11,978,310
Granted Patent B2
US 11,978,310 · App. 18/093,918 · Granted May 7, 2024

Inspection system and management system

Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,978,310
App. No.
18/093,918
Granted
May 7, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

When an unfair gaming currency is delivered to a dealer from a player, the currency is detected as unfair. The inspection system for inspecting the gaming currency, in which an RF tag is built, comprises: a gaming currency tray for housing the gaming currencies of the dealer in a casino game; an RF reader for reading the RF tags of the plural gaming currencies housed in the gaming currency tray; plural photosensors for detecting at least the number of the plural gaming currencies housed in the gaming currency tray at a constant time interval or always in a method other than RFID; and an inspection/alarm part for generating alarms when the number of the gaming currencies whose RF tags are read by the RF reader is not equal to the number of the gaming currencies detected by the plural photosensors.

Claims (26)

1. An inspection system for inspection of a plurality of chips, the inspection system comprising:

a chip placement location configured to place the plurality of chips, each chip of the plurality of chips including an radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag embedded in the chip;

a reading device configured to read, for each chip of the plurality of chips, the RFID tag of the chip placed at a first placement location;

an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the plurality of chips placed at the chip placement location;

an analyzing device configured to acquire a number of the chips placed at the chip placement location based on the image; and

a control device configured to, based on a number of the RFID tags read by the reading device being less than the number of the chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device, determine that there is at least one abnormal chip of the plurality of chips and output a determination result, the at least one abnormal chip associated with an abnormal RFID tag.

2. The inspection system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a management device configured to store identification information of the plurality of chips, wherein, for each chip of the plurality of chips:

the RFID tag of the chip is configured to store the identification information of the chip, and

the control device is further configured to determine an authenticity of the at least one abnormal chip based on whether or not the identification information read from the RFID tag by the reading device is stored in the management device.

3. The inspection system according to claim 1 , further comprising a display device configured to display an output associated with the number of the RFID tags read by the reading device to enable a comparison based on the number of the chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device and the number of the RFID tags read by the reading device.

4. The inspection system according to claim 3 , wherein the display device is further configured to displays the number of the RFID tags read by the reading device.

5. The inspection system according to claim 3 , wherein the display device is further configured to displays the number of the chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device.

6. The inspection system according to claim 3 , wherein:

image capturing device is configured to capture an image of side faces of the plurality of chips at the chip placement location, and

the display device is further configured to display an output that indicates that there is a discrepancy based on a difference between the number of the chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device and the number of the RFID tags read by the reading device.

7. An inspection system for inspection of a plurality of chips, the inspection system comprising:

a chip placement location configured to place a plurality of the chips, each chip of the plurality of chips including an radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag embedded in the chip;

a reading device configured to read, for each chip of the plurality of chips, the RFID tag of the chip placed at the chip placement location;

an image capturing device configured to capture an image of the plurality of chips placed at the chip placement location;

an analyzing device configured to acquire a number of the chips placed at the chip placement location based on the image; and

a display device configured to display an output associated with a number of the RFID tags read by the reading device to enable a comparison based on the number of the chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device.

8. The inspection system according to claim 7 , wherein the display device is further configured to displays the number of chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device.

9. The inspection system according to claim 7 , wherein:

the image capturing device is configured to capture an image of side faces of the plurality of chips at the chip placement location, and

the display device is further configured to display an output that indicates that there is a discrepancy based on a difference between the number of the chips acquired by the image capturing device and the analyzing device and the number of the RFID tags read by the reading device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062293/0771 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 6, 2023
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062310/0838 →
Priority Claims (3)
WO PCT/JP2016/072673 · Aug 2, 2016 · international
JP 2016-225540 · Nov 18, 2016 · national
JP 2017-100318 · Apr 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17465263 · Sep 2, 2021
Continuation 17142362 · Jan 6, 2021
Continuation 16743457 · Jan 15, 2020
Continuation 16322598
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