Gaming table system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10311672-B2
Application number	US-201816110498-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2018
Priority date	Jul 14, 2015
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

The progress of a game while a change in gaming media placed in a betting area of a gaming table is left uncollected is prevented. A gaming table system includes a gaming table including a betting area in which gaming media are placed and an antenna member configured to read a value of the gaming media placed in the betting area by wireless communication and a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining the total value of the gaming media in the betting area by controlling the antenna member. The control unit fixes a first bet amount by executing the scanning process at a timing to fix the bet and fixes a second bet amount by executing the scanning process again at a predetermined timing, and the control unit repeats the scanning process until these amounts become identical.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gaming table system comprising:
a gaming table including betting areas in each of which a gaming medium betted by a player is placed, and an antenna member configured to read information of the gaming medium placed in each of the betting areas by wireless communication;
a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining, by controlling the antenna member, the information of the gaming medium in the betting areas; and
a betting area specifying unit in which the betting areas are selectively presented and one of the betting areas is specifiable by a dealer, wherein,
when one of the betting areas is specified in the betting area specifying unit by the dealer, the control unit executes the scanning process for the specified betting area.

2. The gaming table system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area to which payment is to be made is specified among the betting areas.

3. The gaming table system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the gaming medium is collected from the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area in which the gaming medium to be collected is placed is specified among the betting areas.

4. The gaming table system according to claim 1 , wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit executes a payment process for the player in order from the betting areas specified in the betting area specifying unit.

5. The gaming table system according to claim 1 , further comprising a dealer display including a touch panel, the control unit controlling the betting area specifying unit so that the betting areas are selectably displayed on the dealer display.

6. A gaming table system comprising:
a gaming table including betting areas in each of which a gaming medium betted by a player is placed, and an antenna member configured to read information of the gaming medium placed in each of the betting areas by wireless communication;
a control unit configured to execute a scanning process of obtaining, by controlling the antenna member, the information of the gaming medium in the betting areas; and
a betting area specifying unit operable by a dealer on which a screen including bet display areas corresponding to the respective betting areas is displayed, the information of each of the betting areas being displayed in each of the bet display areas, wherein the dealer is capable of specifying one of the betting areas, and wherein,
when one of the bet display areas is specified in the betting area specifying unit by the dealer, the control unit executes a scanning process for the betting area corresponding to the specified bet display area.

7. The gaming table system according to claim 6 , wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area to which payment is to be made is specified among the betting areas.

8. The gaming table system according to claim 6 , wherein, when the gaming medium is collected from the player, the control unit controls the betting area specifying unit so that a betting area in which the gaming medium to be collected is placed is specified among the betting areas.

9. The gaming table system according to claim 6 , wherein, when the gaming medium is paid to the player, the control unit executes a payment process for the player in order from the betting areas specified in the betting area specifying unit.

10. The gaming table system according to claim 6 , further comprising a dealer display including a touch panel, the control unit controlling the betting area specifying unit so that the betting areas are selectably displayed on the dealer display.

Assignees

• Universal Entertainment Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Shinsuke
• Matsumoto Koichi
• Kanno Yoshiyuki
• Kato Masaya

Classifications

• G07F17/3293

  Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack · CPC title

• G07F17/3211

  Display means · CPC title

• G07F17/3276

  wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament · CPC title

• G07F17/3244 Primary

  Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes · CPC title

• A63F2009/2425

  Scanners, e.g. for scanning regular characters · CPC title