# US 10,311,672 B2 · Gaming table system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,311,672 B2 - Document ID: US10311672B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/110,498 - Filed: 2018-08-23 - Published: 2018-12-20 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-14 - Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation - Applicants: Universal Entertainment Corporation - Inventors: Shinsuke Yamaguchi; Koichi Matsumoto; Yoshiyuki Kanno; Masaya Kato - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10311672B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes} - A63F 1/067: {Tables or similar supporting structures} - A63F 3/00157: {Casino or betting games (horse races A63F3/00082)} - G07F 17/3209: {Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen} - G07F 17/3211: {Display means} - G07F 17/3276: {wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament} - G07F 17/3293: {Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack} - A63F 2003/00164: {Casino tables} - A63F 2009/2425: {Scanners, e.g. for scanning regular characters} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract The progress of a game while a change in gaming media placed in a betting area of a gaming table is left uncollected is prevented. A gaming table system includes a gaming table including a betting area in which gaming media are placed and an antenna member configured to read a value of the gaming media placed in the betting area by wireless communication and a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining the total value of the gaming media in the betting area by controlling the antenna member. The control unit fixes a first bet amount by executing the scanning process at a timing to fix the bet and fixes a second bet amount by executing the scanning process again at a predetermined timing, and the control unit repeats the scanning process until these amounts become identical. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gaming table system comprising: a gaming table including betting areas in each of which a gaming medium betted by a player is placed, and an antenna member configured to read information of the gaming medium placed in each of the betting areas by wireless communication; a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining, by controlling the antenna member, the information of the gaming medium in the betting areas; and a betting area specifying unit in which the betting areas are selectively presented and one of the betting areas is specifiable by a dealer, wherein, when one of the betting areas is specified in the betting area specifying unit by the dealer, the control unit executes the scanning process for the specified betting area. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gaming table system according to claim 1, wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area to which payment is to be made is specified among the betting areas. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The gaming table system according to claim 1, wherein, when the gaming medium is collected from the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area in which the gaming medium to be collected is placed is specified among the betting areas. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The gaming table system according to claim 1, wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit executes a payment process for the player in order from the betting areas specified in the betting area specifying unit. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The gaming table system according to claim 1, further comprising a dealer display including a touch panel, the control unit controlling the betting area specifying unit so that the betting areas are selectably displayed on the dealer display. ### Claim 6 A gaming table system comprising: a gaming table including betting areas in each of which a gaming medium betted by a player is placed, and an antenna member configured to read information of the gaming medium placed in each of the betting areas by wireless communication; a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining, by controlling the antenna member, the information of the gaming medium in the betting areas; and a betting area specifying unit operable by a dealer on which a screen including bet display areas corresponding to the respective betting areas is displayed, the information of each of the betting areas being displayed in each of the bet display areas, wherein the dealer is capable of specifying one of the betting areas, and wherein, when one of the bet display areas is specified in the betting area specifying unit by the dealer, the control unit executes a scanning process for the betting area corresponding to the specified bet display area. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The gaming table system according to claim 6, wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area to which payment is to be made is specified among the betting areas. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The gaming table system according to claim 6, wherein, when the gaming medium is collected from the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area in which the gaming medium to be collected is placed is specified among the betting areas. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The gaming table system according to claim 6, wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit executes a payment process for the player in order from the betting areas specified in the betting area specifying unit. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The gaming table system according to claim 6, further comprising a dealer display including a touch panel, the control unit controlling the betting area specifying unit so that the betting areas are selectably displayed on the dealer display.