US 11,887,435 B2
Game system
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/105,811.
Application 18/105,811 is a continuation of application No. 17/832,098, filed on Jun. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-094369 (JP), filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0186725 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3251 (2013.01) [G07F 17/3288 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game system for participating in a table game, the game system comprising:
a plurality of betting terminals including a bet area including a plurality of bet targets, and in which a bet is performed by placing a physical token at any of the bet targets, wherein the plurality of betting terminals is separated from a game table;
a bet determining device configured to determine the bet target at which the physical token is placed and an amount thereof; and
a settlement device configured to collect the bet physical token or pay out for the bet physical token based on the bet target and the amount determined by the bet determining device and a result of the table game, wherein:
the physical token includes an RFID tag, and the bet determining device is configured to read the RFID tag of the physical token to determine the bet target at which the physical token is placed and the amount thereof, and/or
the bet determining device includes a camera configured to image the physical token placed at the bet area, and an image analyzing device configured to analyze the image of the camera to determine the bet target at which the physical token is placed and the amount thereof, and
the settlement device includes a collection accommodating portion configured to accommodate the collected physical token, a collecting and moving means configured to move the physical token lost by a player in the table game to the collection accommodating portion, a payment accommodating portion configured to accommodate the physical token to be paid out, and a payment moving means configured to move the physical token to be paid out for the physical token won by the player in the table game from the payment accommodating portion.