Game management system
AssigneeAngel Group Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
A game management system manages a casino game performed in a plurality of tables in casino facilities. The game management system includes: a camera obtaining an image by capturing bet gaming tokens; a control device specifying a betting amount on the basis of the type and the number of gaming tokens in the image by specifying a betting target on the basis of a position of the gaming token in the image; a card distribution device determining a game result of the casino game; an arithmetic device calculating a profit of a casino manager for each table and each game of the plurality of tables, on the basis of the betting target, the betting amount, and the game result; and a recording apparatus recording the profit.
Claims20
A game management system for management of one or more games played on a game table using a plurality of playing cards, the game management system comprising:
- a card distribution device configured to house the plurality of playing cards, detect drawing of a playing card of the plurality of playing cards from the card distribution device, and detect an input operation provided to the card distribution device;
- a controller configured to determine, for each game of the one or more games, based on the detected drawing of the playing cards, the detected input operation, or a combination thereof:
- a betting phase during which one or more gaming chips associated with the game are bet by a player, and
- a gaming phase during which one or more playing cards of the plurality of playing cards is drawn from the card distribution device by a dealer;
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- a recording device configured to, for each game of the one or more games, store:
- time data associated with a betting time based on the determined betting phase, and
- second time data associated with a gaming time based on the determined gaming phase.
A method of operation of a game management system for management of one or more games played on a game table using a plurality of playing cards, the method comprising:
- receiving, by a controller coupled to a card distribution device configured to house the plurality of playing cards, a first indication of detection of a playing card of the plurality of playing cards being drawn from the card distribution device, a second indication of detection of an input operation received at the card distribution device, or a combination thereof;
- determining, by the controller and based on the first indication or the second indication:
- a duration of a betting phase of a game of the one or more games during which one or more gaming chips associated with the game are bet by a player;
- a duration of a gaming phase of the game during which one or more playing cards of the plurality of playing cards is drawn from the card distribution device;
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- initiating, by the controller, storage of a betting time of the game at a recording device, the betting time associated with the duration of the betting phase of the game;
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- initiating, by the controller, storage of a game time of the game at the recording device, the game time associated with the duration of the gaming phase of the game.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.