Management system of gaming chips and storage box
AssigneeAngel Group Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
A system that manages a package of shuffled playing cards and gaming chips includes a storage box and a control apparatus. The storage box is provided in association with a game table and stores a plurality of shuffled playing cards and a plurality of chip cases and also includes a card reader that reads playing card ID codes of the shuffled playing cards and a chip reader that reads case ID codes of the chip cases. The control apparatus outputs total numbers of the shuffled playing cards and the chip cases stored in the storage box and the playing card ID codes and case ID codes stored in the storage box by monitoring read playing card ID codes and case ID codes.
Claims18
A management system comprising:
- a game table at which a game is playable using playing cards and chips containing radio frequency identification (RFID) tags which store chip IDs;
- a chip float provided on the game table, into which the chips can be collected by a dealer during the game, and from which the chips can be paid out by the dealer during the game;
- a storage area provided beside the game table, separately from the chip float, and in which the chips can be stored;
- a first antenna, wherein the first antenna is configured to read the RFID tags contained in the chips accommodated in the chip float to obtain the chip IDs;
- a second antenna, wherein the second antenna is configured to read the RFID tags contained in the chips stored in the storage area to obtain the chip IDs;
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- a controller, wherein the controller is configured to use the readings of the first antenna and the second antenna to identify a listing of the chip IDs that are of the chips in the chip float and the storage area combined,
- wherein the controller determines whether an amount or value of chips taken from a cage that manages the chips of a casino match an increased amount or an increased value of chips at the game table.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.