Gaming table system and system
OwnerYasushi SHIGETAinventor
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Abstract
Providing a gaming table system for reading a gaming chip on a gaming table, by using reading of an RFID tag and image recognition and so effectively utilizing advantages of both. A gaming table system comprises: a camera configured to take an image of a chip stack placed on a gaming table to generate an image; an image recognizing portion configured to analyze the image to recognize a position of the chip stack and a type and number of gaming chip; a plurality of antennas configured to read an RFID tag of the gaming chip; and a chip judging portion configured to associate a reading result of the RFID tag by each of the plurality of antennas and a recognizing result of the chip stack by the image recognizing portion with each other.
Claims21
A gaming table system configured to read on a gaming table a gaming chip in which an RFID tag is built,
- wherein the gaming table includes a plurality of betting target areas arranged so as to be close to or contact with each other, and
- wherein the gaming table system comprises:
- a reading means including a plurality of antennas provided at a plurality of locations on the gaming table and configured to read the RFID tag of the gaming chip within a reading range, wherein reading ranges of adjacent antennas of the plurality of antennas overlap each other, whereby the reading ranges of the plurality of antennas cover the plurality of betting target areas;
- an imaging means configured to take an image of the plurality of betting target areas arranged so as to be close to or contact with each other to generate an image including a chip stack consisting of one gaming chip or a plurality of gaming chips placed on at least one betting area;
- an image recognizing means configured to analyze the image to recognize a position of the chip stack on the gaming table and a type and number of gaming chip constituting the chip stack;
- and
- a chip judging means configured to estimate which antenna of the plurality of antennas within the betting area on which the gaming chip is placed the gaming chip is placed on a region corresponding to the reading range of and also where region within the reading range of the corresponding antenna the gaming chip is placed on, based on a reading result of the RFID tag by each of the plurality of antennas of the reading means, and associate the chip stack recognized by the image recognizing means and the reading result of the RFID tag by the reading means with each other based on an estimating result and a recognizing result of the chip stack by the image recognizing means.
A system configured to read on a predetermined location an article in which an RFID tag is built, wherein a plurality of divided areas arranged so as to be close to or contact with each other is arranged on the predetermined location,
- wherein the system comprises:
- a reading means including a plurality of antennas provided at a plurality of locations on the predetermined location and configured to read the RFID tag of the article within a reading range, wherein reading ranges of adjacent antennas of the plurality of antennas overlap each other, whereby the reading ranges of the plurality of antennas cover the plurality of divided areas;
- an imaging means configured to take an image of the plurality of divided areas arranged so as to be close to or contact with each other to generate an image including a group of article consisting of one article or a plurality of articles placed on the predetermined location;
- an image recognizing means configured to analyze the image to recognize a position of the group of article on the predetermined location and a type and number of article constituting the group of article;
- and
- a judging means configured to estimate which antenna of the plurality of antennas within the predetermined location on which the article is placed the article is placed on region corresponding to the reading range of and also where region within the reading range of the corresponding antenna the article is placed on, based on a reading result of the RFID tag by each of the plurality of antennas of the reading means, and associate the group of article recognized by the image recognizing means and the reading result of the RFID tag by the reading means with each other based on an estimating result and a recognizing result of the group of article by the image recognizing means.
A gaming table system configured to read on a gaming table a gaming chip in which an RFID tag is built, wherein a betting area including a plurality of betting target areas arranged so as to be close to or contact with each other is arranged on the gaming table,
- wherein the gaming table system comprises:
- a reading means including a plurality of antennas provided at a plurality of locations on the gaming table and configured to read the RFID tag of the gaming chip within a reading range;
- and
- a chip judging means configured to estimate a position on which the gaming chip is placed based on a reading result of the RFID tag by each of the plurality of antennas of the reading means,
- wherein reading ranges of adjacent antennas of the plurality of antennas overlap each other, whereby the reading ranges of the plurality of antennas cover the plurality of betting target areas, and
- the chip judging means is configured to estimate a region on which the gaming chip is placed with a resolution smaller than the reading range of the plurality of antennas based on a combination of the reading results of the plurality of antennas.
A gaming table system configured to read on a gaming table a gaming chip in which an RFID tag is built, wherein a betting area including a plurality of betting target areas arranged so as to be close to or contact with each other is arranged on the gaming table,
- wherein the gaming table system comprises:
- a reading means including a plurality of antennas provided at a plurality of locations on the gaming table and configured to read the RFID tag of the gaming chip within a reading range;
- and
- a chip judging means configured to estimate a position on which the gaming chip is placed based on a reading result of the RFID tag by each of the plurality of antennas of the reading means,
- wherein the reading means is configured to repeatedly perform reading using the plurality of antennas, and
- the chip judging means is configured to recognize a plurality of gaming chips whose RFID tags are read by a same antenna at a same timing as one chip stack, and recognize a plurality of gaming chips whose RFID tags are read by a same antenna at a different timing as other chip stack
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