US 11,961,364 B2
Fraud detection system in a casino
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,516.
Application 17/954,516 is a continuation of application No. 17/377,604, filed on Jul. 16, 2021.
Application 17/377,604 is a continuation of application No. 16/933,548, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,393,284, issued on Jul. 19, 2022.
Application 16/933,548 is a continuation of application No. 16/202,290, filed on Nov. 28, 2018, granted, now 10,748,378, issued on Aug. 18, 2020.
Application 16/202,290 is a continuation of application No. 16/016,128, filed on Jun. 22, 2018, granted, now 10,593,154, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 16/016,128 is a continuation of application No. 15/226,200, filed on Aug. 2, 2016, granted, now 10,032,335, issued on Jul. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-163213 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2015; and application No. 2015-206735 (JP), filed on Oct. 1, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013571 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 1/18 (2006.01); A63F 3/00 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06Q 50/34 (2012.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); A63F 1/00 (2006.01); A63F 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3241 (2013.01) [A63F 1/18 (2013.01); A63F 3/00157 (2013.01); G06Q 50/34 (2013.01); G07F 17/3206 (2013.01); G07F 17/322 (2013.01); G07F 17/3223 (2013.01); G07F 17/3234 (2013.01); G07F 17/3248 (2013.01); G07F 17/3251 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01); A63F 2001/001 (2013.01); A63F 1/14 (2013.01); A63F 2250/58 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A chip recognition system for recognizing chips on a game table which has a plurality of playing positions, each playing position including one or more betting areas, comprising:
a camera positioned above the game table such that a direction of an optical axis of the camera is positioned at an angle to a top surface of the game table, and which captures an image of the game table including one or more of the betting areas and chips wagered on the one or more betting areas; and
an image recognition device configured to:
recognize, based on the image and using artificial intelligence technology or a neural network, a type and number of chips placed on the game table; and
transmit information associated with the type and number of chips recognized by the image recognition device to a management device;
wherein the type and number of chips recognized by the image recognition device along with a game result of a game played on the game table enables the management device to manage performance of the game played on the game table.