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US 12,190,677 B2Granted
System, chip tray, and method
AssigneeAngel Group Co., Ltd.
InventorsJason Emeric, Jeffrey Reed, Gregory Gronau, Yasushi Shigeta, Emmanuel Sylvain Gelinotte, Jonathan Souillot, Bernard Molina
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Abstract
A chip tray system can include multiple chip tube components. A first chip tube component in the chip tray can include one or more gaming chip storage rows corresponding to a first size of gaming chip. A second chip tube component in the chip tray can include one or more gaming chip storage rows corresponding to a second size of gaming chip. An edge of the first chip tube component can be coupled to an edge of the second chip tube component.
Claims12
A dual chip tray comprising:
- a lower tray configured to hold gaming chips with embedded RFID tags;
- an upper tray configured to:
- hold gaming chips with embedded RFID tags,
- be moved between a state in which the upper tray is stacked on top of the lower tray and a state in which an upper surface of the lower tray is open;
- an upper RFID antenna configured to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the lower tray;
- a lower RFID antenna configured to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the upper tray;
- and
- a gaming table device configured to determine the gaming chips held in the upper tray and the gaming chips held in the lower tray based on results of a reading operation associated with the upper RFID antenna and results of a reading operation associated with the lower RFID antenna,
- wherein, while the upper tray is stacked on top of the lower tray, the upper RFID antenna is configured not to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the lower tray and/or the lower RFID antenna is configured not to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the upper tray, and
- wherein the gaming table device is configured to determine, separately:
- the gaming chips held in the upper tray, and
- the gaming chips held in the lower tray.
9 more elements
A dual chip tray comprising:
- a lower tray configured to hold gaming chips with embedded RFID tags;
- an upper tray configured to:
- hold gaming chips with embedded RFID tags, and
- be moved between a state in which the upper tray is stacked on top of the lower tray and a state in which an upper surface of the lower tray is open;
- an upper RFID antenna configured to perform a reading operation to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the lower tray;
- and
- a lower RFID antenna configured to perform a reading operation to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the upper tray;
- and
- wherein:
- while in the state in which the upper tray is stacked on top of the lower tray:
- the upper RFID antenna is configured not to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the lower tray, and/or
- the lower RFID antenna is configured not to read the RFID tags of the gaming chips held in the upper tray;
- and
- the upper RFID antenna and the lower RFID antenna are coupled to a gaming table device configured to separately determine:
- the gaming chips held in the upper tray, and
- the gaming chips held in the lower tray.
13 more elements
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