Table game system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11710380-B2
Application number	US-202117408827-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 23, 2021
Priority date	Dec 12, 2014
Publication date	Jul 25, 2023
Grant date	Jul 25, 2023

Abstract

In a table game system provided by the present invention, a card shoe used in a table game can be used to calculate periods associated with the progress of the game handled by a dealer, particularly periods from the time when a card is drawn from a card accommodating section to the time when a result of the game is displayed, such as a game play period, and other periods excluding the play period which includes a bet period and a bet settlement period.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A table game system equipped with a card shoe placed on a game table configured for a card game to be played, the table game system comprising:
the card shoe including:
an accommodating section configured to accommodate playing cards comprising multiple decks; and
an opening through which the cards are configured to be drawn one by one from the accommodating section onto the game table;

a reading section configured to read at least a rank from a playing card drawn out from the opening;
a determination section configured to determine a determination result of the card game based on the rank read by the reading section; and
a management control section configured to:
store data that indicates an occurrence time of a specific item; and
calculate an interval between the occurrence times of the specific item as a game period for each of the card games that are continuously performed, the specific item including either a first card of the card game that is withdrawn from the opening or display of results of the card game was stopped.

2. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section has a time measurement exclusion mode that does not measure an interval between occurrence times of the specific item.

3. The table game system according to claim 2 , wherein the management control section is configured to:
start the time measurement exclusion mode according to a first operation; and
end the time measurement exclusion mode according to a second operation.

4. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each game:
store, as the occurrence times of the specific item, first data that indicates a time of withdrawal of the first card and second data that indicate the time of withdrawal of the last card; and
calculate, as a dealing period, the interval between the withdrawal time of the first card and the withdrawal time of the last card.

5. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each game:
store, s the occurrence times of the specific item, first data that indicates a withdrawal time of the last card and second data that indicates a time of output start of the determination result in the determination section; and
calculate, as a player period, the interval between the withdrawal time of the last card and the time of output start of the determination result.

6. The table game system according to claim 5 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each game, calculate, as a play period, a sum of a dealing period and the player period.

7. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each card game:
store, as the occurrence times of the specific item, first data that indicates a withdrawal time of a first card and second data that indicates a time of output start of a determination result in the determination section; and
calculate, as a play period, the interval between the withdrawal time of the first card and the time of output start of the determination result.

8. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each game:
store, as the occurrence times of the specific item, first data that indicates a time of output start of the determination result by the determination section, and second data that indicates a time of output stop of the determination result by the determination section; and
calculate, as a settlement period, an interval between the time of output start of the determination result and the time of output stop of the determination result.

9. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each game:
store, as the occurrence times of the specific item, first data that indicates a time of output stop of the determination result by the determination section and second data that indicates a withdrawal time of the first card; and
calculate, as a bet period, an interval between the time of output stop of the determination result and the withdrawal time of the first card.

10. The table game system according to claim 9 , wherein the management control section is configured to, for each card game, calculate, as a period excluding play, a sum of a settlement period and the bet period.

11. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section, for each card game:
store, as the occurrence times of the specific item, first data that indicates a time of output start of the determination result by the determination section and second data that indicates a withdrawal time of the first card; and
calculate, as a period excluding play, an interval between the time of output start of the determination result and the withdrawal time of the first card.

12. The table game system according to claim 11 , wherein the management control section is configured to calculate, as the game period, a sum of a play period and the period excluding play.

13. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the management control section is further configured to calculate a total period, an average period, or a dispersion of the game period.

14. The table game system according to claim 1 , wherein the accommodating section is configured to accommodate the playing cards consisting of the multiple decks.

Assignees

• Angel Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shigeta Yasushi

Classifications

• A63F1/10

  Card holders · CPC title

• A63F1/18

  Scoring or registering devices; Indicators (A63F1/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G07F17/3293

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

• G07F17/3288

  Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking · CPC title

• G07F17/3276

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