US 11,756,370 B2
Double chip tray, chip tray, and game management system
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Apr. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/238,815.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-078604 (JP), filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0335082 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06K 19/04 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/322 (2013.01) [G06K 19/047 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01); G07F 17/3251 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A double chip tray comprising:
an RFID chip reader configured to read two types of chips of different shapes and/or sizes that incorporate RFID tags;
an upper chip holder that can hold the chips; and
a lower chip holder that can hold the chips,
wherein:
the two types of chips are disc-shaped chips and rectangular plate-shaped chips, and each of the two types of chips incorporates at least one or two RFID tags associated with a denomination of the chip,
the upper chip holder is configured to hold at least the disc-shaped chip,
the lower chip holder is configured to hold at least the rectangular plate-shaped chip,
the RFID chip reader is configured to read the RFID tags of the two types of chips, the disc-shaped chip and the rectangular plate-shaped chip, held in the double chip tray, and to determine a respective amount,
the rectangular plate-shaped chip can be held in the double chip tray in a flat position against a lower wall of the upper or lower chip holder, and
the RFID chip reader is configured to read the RFID tag of the rectangular plate-shaped chip placed in the flat position.