Gaming table apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11443587-B2
Application number	US-201916507837-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2019
Priority date	Jul 13, 2018
Publication date	Sep 13, 2022
Grant date	Sep 13, 2022

Abstract

To provide a gaming table apparatus capable of suppressing the prevention of progress of a game. The gaming table apparatus includes bet units on which gaming media betted by players are placed, a reading unit reading monetary values of the gaming media placed on the bet units, a card shoe in which cards used for a game are accommodated in a drawable manner, a detecting device detecting identification information of the cards taken from the card shoe and outputs the detected identification information, a controller managing the destination to which the game proceeds, a display displaying information about the destination to which the game proceeds managed by the controller, and a memory in which the information displayed on the display is stored, in which the controller determines the destination to which the game proceeds when the monetary values of the gaming medium betted on the bet unit change.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A gaming table apparatus for a card game having a plurality of successive rounds and a plurality of possible directions in which play during the card game may proceed based on a value of game media bet in a successive round being equal to or decreased relative to a value of game media bet in a previous round, the gaming table comprising:
a plurality of bet areas adapted to receive a game player bet in the card game, each of the plurality of bet areas including indicia corresponding to a bet sub-area, each of the bet areas in communication with a reading unit capable of automatically determining a value corresponding to gaming media placed in one or more of the plurality of bet areas during the card game;
a second control unit including a central processing unit (CPU) and a non-transitory computer readable storage device that receives and stores information pertaining to the value of the gaming media placed in the one or more of the plurality of bet areas during each round of the card game;
a card shoe adapted to dispense one or more cards during the card game;
a detecting device that detects identification information pertaining to the cards dispensed via the card shoe during the card game and outputs the detected identification information;
a first control unit including a central processing unit (CPU) and a non-transitory computer readable storage device that stores and transmits information corresponding to one of the plurality of possible directions in which play of the card game may proceed based on the value of gaming media placed in the one or more of the plurality of bet areas during a first round of the card game;
a display device that displays the transmitted information corresponding to one of the plurality of possible directions in which play of the card game may proceed;
wherein the first control unit is in electronic communication with the second control unit via a communications network and is programmed to perform:
first processing that automatically determines a first one of the plurality of possible directions in which play of the card game may proceed for each of the plurality of bet areas based on the identification information detected by the detecting device and a first value of a first amount of gaming media placed in one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of a first round of the card game as determined by the reading unit, and received by the second control unit,
based on a result of the first round, second processing that automatically determines a second subsequent one of the plurality of possible directions in which play of the card game may proceed for each of the plurality of bet areas when a subsequent second value of a second amount of gaming media placed in the one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of the card game as determined by the reading unit and received by the second control unit is equal to or decreased relative to the first value of the first amount of gaming media placed in the one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of the first round of the card game according to a predetermined ratio of the first value relative to the second value, and
third processing that obtains the information about the determined one of the plurality of possible directions in which play of the card game may proceed from the non-transitory computer readable storage device of the first control unit and displays the information on the display.

2. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third processing includes processing that changes a display color of the information displayed on the display device according to the determined one of the plurality of possible directions to which the card game proceeds, the display color being assigned for each of the bet areas.

3. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the third processing includes processing that reads character information pertaining to the determined one of the plurality of possible directions to which the unit card game proceeds from the non-transitory computer readable storage device of the first control unit according to the subsequent second amount of gaming media bet at the bet areas and displays the read character information on the display.

4. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of bet areas includes an antenna module capable of receiving a radio signal transmitted from a game chip.

5. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a dealer area including an antenna module capable of receiving a radio signal transmitted from a game chip.

6. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the card shoe comprises a light emitting unit capable of emitting infrared light so as to illuminate the cards, and a detector capable of receiving light reflected by the cards.

7. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first processing corresponds to operations related to confirmation of an initial bet and a game result determination.

8. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second processing corresponds to an operation related to confirmation of a subsequent bet as a result of a tie and game result determination.

9. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the third processing corresponds to an operation related to displaying the initial bet and the game result determination according to a color.

10. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the third processing corresponds to an operation related to displaying the subsequent bet and the game result determination according to a color.

11. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-areas include an ante sub-area and a tie sub-area.

12. The gaming table apparatus according to claim 1 including an antenna configured to receive a signal transmitted from gaming media placed in one or more of the plurality of bet areas during the card game.

13. The gaming table apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the result of the first round is one of a win, a loss, or a tie.

14. The gaming table apparatus of claim 13 , wherein when the result of the first round is a tie,
when the second amount of gaming media placed in one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of the second round of the card game as determined by the reading unit and received by the second control unit is equal to the first value of the first amount of gaming media placed in the one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of the first round of the card game, a subsequent round of the card game to determine the winner of the tie result is played.

15. The gaming table apparatus of claim 13 , wherein when the result of the first round is a tie, when the second amount of gaming media placed in one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of the second round of the card game as determined by the reading unit and received by the second control unit is less than the first value of the first amount of gaming media placed in the one or more of the plurality of bet areas during play of the first round of the card game according to a predetermined ratio of the first value relative to the second value, a subsequent round of the card game to determine the winner of the tie result is not played.

16. The gaming table apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the card game is war.

Assignees

• Universal Entertainment Corp

Inventors

• Yamaguchi Shinsuke
• Matsumoto Kouichi
• Kanno Yoshiyuki
• Kato Masaya
• Imura Hideaki

Classifications

• G07F17/3211 Primary

  Display means · CPC title

• G07F17/3209

  Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen · CPC title

• G07F17/322 Primary

  Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means · CPC title

• G07F17/323

  wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions · CPC title

• G07F17/3293

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