Inspection system, inspecting device and gaming chip

An inspection system for inspecting gaming chips to each of which are assigned (a) a respective designated color on a side surface and indicating a respective value and (b) respective notation information inscribed to be optically readable, the inspection system comprising:

• a case in which a plurality of the gaming chips can be contained in a stacked manner;
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• an inspecting device that is configured to inspect the gaming chips contained in the case, wherein the inspecting device comprises:
• a camera that is configured to photograph the side surfaces of the gaming chips contained in the case;
• an identifying unit that is configured to analyze an image captured by the camera and specify the designated color and the notation information of each of the plurality of gaming chips;
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• a determining unit that is configured to determine whether the gaming chips in the case are pass or fail on the basis of the designated color and the notation information specified by the identifying unit.

An inspection system for inspecting gaming chips to each of which a designated color on a side surface and indicating a value is assigned, a radio tag storing gaming chip information being embedded in each of the gaming chips, the inspecting system comprising:

• a case in which a plurality of the gaming chips can be contained in a stacked manner;
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• an inspecting device that is configured to inspect the gaming chips contained in the case, wherein the inspecting device comprises:
• a reading unit that is configured to read the radio tags of the gaming chips contained in the case and acquire the gaming chip information;
• a camera that is configured to photograph the side surfaces of the gaming chips contained in the case;
• an identifying unit that is configured to analyze an image captured by the camera and specify the designated color of each of the plurality of gaming chips;
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• a determining unit that is configured to determine whether the gaming chips in the case are pass or fail on the basis of the gaming chip information acquired by the reading unit and the designated color specified by the identifying unit.

An inspecting device for inspecting a plurality of gaming chips contained in a case in a stacked manner, a radio tag storing first gaming chip information being embedded in each of the gaming chips, and optically readable second gaming chip information being assigned to a side surface of the respective gaming chip, the inspecting device comprising:

• a first reading device that is configured to read the radio tags of the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case and acquire the first gaming chip information;
• a second reading device that is configured to optically read the side surfaces of the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case and acquire the second gaming chip information;
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• a determining unit that is configured to determine whether the gaming chips in the case are pass or fail on the basis of the first gaming chip information acquired by the first reading device and the second gaming chip information acquired by the second reading device.

An inspecting device for inspecting a plurality of gaming chips that are contained in a case in a stacked manner and to each of which are assigned (a) a designated color on a side surface and indicating a value and (b) optically readable notation information, the inspecting device comprising:

• a camera that is configured to photograph the side surfaces of the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case;
• an identifying unit that is configured to analyze an image captured by the camera and specify the designated color and the notation information of each of the plurality of gaming chips;
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• a determining unit that is configured to whether the gaming chips of the case are pass or fail on the basis of the designated color and the notation information specified by the identifying unit.

An inspecting device for inspecting a plurality of gaming chips contained in a case in a stacked manner, a radio tag storing gaming chip information being embedded in each of the gaming chips, and a designated color on a side surface and indicating a value being assigned to each of the gaming chips, the inspecting device comprising:

• a reading unit that is configured to read the radio tags of the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case and acquire the gaming chip information;
• a camera that is configured to photograph the side surfaces of the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case;
• an identifying unit that is configured to analyze an image captured by the camera and specify the designated color of each of the plurality of gaming chips;
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• a determining unit that is configured to determine whether the gaming chips of the case are pass or fail on the basis of the gaming chip information acquired by the reading unit and the designated color specified by the identifying unit.

An inspection system for inspecting a plurality of gaming chips, a radio tag storing gaming chip information being embedded in each of the gaming chips, the inspection system comprising:

• a case in which the plurality of gaming chips can be contained in a stacked manner;
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• an inspecting device that is configured to inspect the gaming chips contained in the case, wherein the inspecting device comprises:
• a reading unit that is configured to read the radio tags of the gaming chips contained in the case and acquire the gaming chip information;
• a storage unit that is configured to store gaming chip information;
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• a determining unit that is configured to determine that the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case are fail when a plurality of pieces of the gaming chip information acquired by the reading unit do not coincide with the gaming chip information stored in the storage unit.

A case for containing a plurality of gaming chips in a stacked manner, the case comprising:

• a lower portion;
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• an upper portion made of transparent resin, wherein:
• the case is structured for light to pass through the upper portion, thereby providing for a reading of a designation color representing a value and that is on a side face of one of the contained gaming chips or of optically readable notation information inscribed on the side face;
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• is structured so that an RFID tag embedded in the one of the contained gaming chips is readable with an RFID reader.

A case that contains a plurality of gaming chips in a stacked manner, wherein the gaming chips have at least first gaming chip information and second gaming chip information, wherein the case is used in an inspection system that inspects the gaming chips, and wherein an inspecting device used in the inspection system comprises:

• a first reading device that acquires the first gaming chip information of the gaming chips contained in the case;
• a second reading device that optically reads side surfaces of the gaming chips contained in the case and acquires the second gaming chip information;
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• a determining unit that determines whether the gaming chips contained in the case are pass or fail by determining (a) an authenticity or damage of all the gaming chips contained in the case or (b) a respective number of gaming chips for each of a plurality of values, the determination being performed by using the first gaming chip information acquired by the first reading device and the second gaming chip information acquired by the second reading device.

A case that contains a plurality of gaming chips in a stacked manner, wherein the game chips each has (a) a designated color on a side surface of the chip and indicating a value and (b) optically readable inscribed notation information, wherein the case is used in an inspection system that inspects the gaming chips, and wherein an inspecting device used in the inspection system comprises:

• a camera that photographs the side surfaces of the gaming chips contained in the case;
• an identifying unit that analyzes an image captured by the camera and specifies the designated color and the notation information of each of the plurality of gaming chips;
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• a determining unit that determines whether the gaming chips of the case are pass or fail on the basis of the designated color and the notation information specified by the identifying unit.

A case that contains a plurality of gaming chips in a stacked manner, wherein the gaming chips each has a designated color on a side surface of the chip and has a radio tag that is embedded in the gaming chip and that stores gaming chip information, wherein the case is used in an inspection system that inspects the gaming chips, and wherein an inspecting device used in the inspection system comprises:

• a reading unit that reads the radio tags of the gaming chips contained in the case and acquires the gaming chip information;
• a camera that photographs the side surfaces of the gaming chips contained in the case;
• an identifying unit that analyzes an image captured by the camera and specifies the designated color of each of the plurality of gaming chips;
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• a determining unit that determines whether the gaming chips of the case are pass or fail on the basis of the gaming chip information acquired by the reading unit and the designated color specified by the identifying unit.

A case that contains a plurality of gaming chips in a stacked manner, wherein the case is used in an inspection system that inspects the gaming chips, wherein a radio tag storing gaming chip information is embedded in each of the gaming chips, and wherein an inspecting device used in the inspection system comprises:

• a reading unit that reads the radio tags of the gaming chips contained in the case and acquires the gaming chip information;
• a determining unit that determines whether the gaming chips of the case are pass or fail on the basis of the gaming chip information acquired by the reading unit;
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• a storage unit that stores gaming chip information of a plurality of gaming chips to be contained in the case.

An inspection system for inspecting a gaming chip having at least first gaming chip information and second gaming chip information, wherein the second gaming chip information is arranged on the gaming chip in a manner by which the second gaming chip information is readable by a method different from a method of reading the first gaming chip information, the inspection system comprising:

• a case in which a plurality of gaming chips, including the gaming chip having the first gaming chip information and the second gaming chip information, can be contained in a stacked manner;
• an inspecting device that is configured to inspect the gaming chip contained in the case;
• a first reading device that is configured to acquire the first gaming chip information of the gaming chip contained in the case;
• a second reading device that is configured to acquire the second gaming chip information of the gaming chip contained in the case;
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• a determining unit that is configured to use the first gaming chip information acquired by the first reading device and the second gaming chip information acquired by the second reading device to determine whether the plurality of gaming chips contained in the case are pass or fail by determining (a) an authenticity or damage of all the gaming chips contained the case or (b) a number of the gaming chips.