Attendant device, gaming machine, and dealer-alternate device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10275982-B2
Application number	US-201615276707-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 26, 2016
Priority date	May 13, 2016
Publication date	Apr 30, 2019
Grant date	Apr 30, 2019

Abstract

The present invention provides a reception device, which comprises an operation device performing a variety of operations, an obstacle checking device checking the obstacle in the monitoring area which includes the motion range of the operation device, and a control device simulating the operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an action and during the process of performing the action, and if there is an obstacle in the simulated operation path, a control is performed to cause the operation device to perform the operation corresponding to the abnormal state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gaming machine, comprising:
a dealer replacement device which is used to perform a variety of operations including a handling operation for a gaming equipment used in a game;
an obstacle checking device which is used to check whether an obstacle exists in a monitoring area, and the monitoring area includes an operation range of the dealer replacement device; and
a control device which simulates an operation path of the dealer replacement device in advance before the dealer replacement device performs an operation and during a process of performing the operation, and if there is the obstacle in the operation path which is simulated, performs a control to cause the dealer replacement device to perform an operation corresponding to an abnormal state,
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to simultaneously perform a plurality of operations corresponding to the abnormal state of a first type when the abnormal state is the first type, and
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to simultaneously perform a plurality of operations corresponding to the abnormal state of a second type when the abnormal state is the second type different from the first type.

2. A reception device, comprising:
an operation device which is used to operate a variety of operations;
an obstacle checking device which is used to check whether an obstacle exists in a monitoring area, and the monitoring area includes an operation range of the operation device; and
a control device which simulates an operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an operation and during a process of performing the operation, and if there is the obstacle in the operation path which is simulated, performs a control to cause the operation device to perform an operation corresponding to an abnormal state,
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to sequentially perform different operations corresponding to the abnormal state as time of the abnormal state goes by,
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to simultaneously perform a plurality of operations corresponding to the abnormal state of a first type when the abnormal state is the first type, and
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to simultaneously perform a plurality of operations corresponding to the abnormal state of a second type when the abnormal state is the second type different from the first type.

3. A reception device, comprising:
an operation device which is used to operate a variety of operations;
an obstacle checking device which is used to check whether an obstacle exists in a monitoring area, and the monitoring area includes an operation range of the operation device; and
a control device which simulates an operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an operation and during a process of performing the operation, and if there is the obstacle in the operation path which is simulated, performs a control to cause the operation device to perform an operation corresponding to an abnormal state,
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to sequentially perform different operations corresponding to the abnormal state as time of the abnormal state goes by,
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to stop an ongoing operation when the obstacle is a human.

4. The reception device according to claim 3 , wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to further output an alarm when the obstacle is the human.

5. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to sequentially perform different operations corresponding to the abnormal state as time of the abnormal state goes by.

6. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to stop an ongoing operation when the obstacle is a human.

7. The gaming machine according to claim 6 , wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to further output an alarm when the obstacle is the human.

8. The gaming machine according to claim 1 , wherein the dealer replacement device simulates a human dealer, and comprises an arm which is used to perform the variety of operations and a body which supports the arm.

9. The gaming machine according to claim 8 , wherein the arm has a multiple degree of freedom in a state that the arm is connected to the body, and
wherein the operation path includes the operation path of the arm.

10. A gaming machine, comprising:
a dealer replacement device which is used to perform a variety of operations including a handling operation for a gaming equipment used in a game;
an obstacle checking device which is used to check whether an obstacle exists in a monitoring area, and the monitoring area includes an operation range of the dealer replacement device; and
a control device which simulates an operation path of the dealer replacement device in advance before the dealer replacement device performs an operation and during a process of performing the operation, and if there is the obstacle in the operation path which is simulated, performs a control to cause the dealer replacement device to perform an operation corresponding to an abnormal state,
wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to stop an ongoing operation when the obstacle is a human.

11. The gaming machine according to claim 10 , wherein the control device performs the control to cause the operation device to further output an alarm when the obstacle is the human.

12. A reception device, comprising:
an operation device which is used to move in a 3D space and locate at any position of the 3D space;
an obstacle checking device which is used to check whether an obstacle exists in a monitoring area, and the monitoring area includes an operation range of the operation device; and
a control device which simulates an operation path of the operation device in advance before the operation device performs an operation and during a process of performing the operation, and if there is the obstacle in the operation path which is simulated, performs a control to cause the operation device to perform an operation corresponding to an abnormal state.

Assignees

• Universal Entertainment Corp
• Aruze Gaming Hong Kong Ltd

Inventors

• Sato Junpei
• Nagasaki Yoshihiro
• Joko Satoshi

Classifications

• H04N23/90

  Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums · CPC title

• G10L2015/223

  Execution procedure of a spoken command · CPC title

• A63F7/36

  Constructional details not covered by groups A63F7/24 - A63F7/34, e.g. frames, game boards, guide tracks · CPC title

• G07F17/3241 Primary

  Security aspects of a gaming system, e.g. detecting cheating, device integrity, surveillance (computer security G06F21/00) · CPC title

• A63F2250/287

  Cameras therefor · CPC title