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US 12,118,636 B2Granted
Casino table games with interactive content
AssigneeNRT Technologies, Inc.
InventorsPerry Stasi, Ryan McClellan
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and computer readable storage to implement an automated system for video surveillance in a casino or other controlled environment. Players in the casino can be automatically scanned and analyzed for whether they are under the legal gambling age or not. When an underage gambler is detected, a casino security employee (or other casino personnel) is notified so they can take the appropriate action. Similarly, players who are excluded from the casino can also be automatically detected and would be ejected when detected.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a video camera;
- a database comprising a roster of successfully carded players, wherein select players in the roster of successfully carded players are automatically removed from the roster after a predetermined amount of time elapses;
- a computer comprising a processing unit and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that when executed by the processing unit cause the processing unit to:
- receive images from the video camera;
- identify a player in the images;
- analyzing a face of the identified player;
- based on analyzing the face of the identified player, determine that an estimated age of the identified player is under a threshold age;
- subsequent to the determination that the estimated age of the identified player is under the threshold age, determine whether the identified player is a match with one of the successfully carded players in the roster of successfully carded players, and only so, then the identified player is considered not to be under the threshold age;
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- subsequent to the determination that the identified player is not a match with one of the successfully carded players in the roster of successfully carded players, notify a casino employee via an electronic message.
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A system, comprising:
- a database comprising a roster of successfully carded players, wherein select players in the roster of successfully carded players are automatically removed from the roster after a predetermined amount of time elapses;
- a computer in communication with the database, the computer comprising a processing unit and non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions that when executed by the processing unit cause the processing unit to:
- receive images from a video camera;
- identify a player in the images;
- analyze a face of the identified player;
- based on analyzing the face of the identified player, determine that an estimated age of the identified player is under a threshold age;
- subsequent to the determination that the estimated age of the identified player is under the threshold age, determine whether the identified player is a match with one of the successfully carded players in the roster of successfully carded players, and only so, then the identified player is considered not to be under the threshold age;
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- subsequent to the determination that the identified player is not a match with one of the successfully carded players in the roster of successfully carded players, generate an electronic message identifying a location of the player.
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A method, comprising:
- maintaining, by a computing system, a database comprising a roster of successfully carded players, wherein select players in the roster of successfully carded players are automatically removed from the roster after a predetermined amount of time elapses;
- receiving, by a computing system, images from the video camera;
- identifying, by the computing system, a player in the images;
- analyzing, by the computing system, a face of the identified player;
- based on analyzing the face of the identified player, determining, by the computing system, that an estimated age of the identified player is under a threshold age;
- subsequent to the determination that the estimated age of the identified player is under the threshold age, determining, by the computing system, whether the identified player is a match with one of the successfully carded players in the roster of successfully carded players, and only so, then the identified player is considered not to be under the threshold age;
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- subsequent to the determination that the identified player is not a match with one of the successfully carded players in the roster of successfully carded players, notifying, by the computing system, a casino employee via an electronic message.
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