99results about "Coins" patented technology

In an exchange device for gaming chip and cash currency, the gaming chip has a color or indication of value on its external surface, the exchange device comprises: a cash currency insertion opening; a cash currency reading section for obtaining authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted from the cash currency insertion opening; an inserted cash currency amount display section configured to display the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section; a gaming chip storage section configured to store the gaming chips by type; a gaming chip dispensing section configured to dispense the gaming chips corresponding to the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section from the gaming chip storing section; a take-out section in which the paid out gaming chips are placed; and a user recognition section configured to recognize a person wishing exchange.

Since a game token (chip) on a game table has a complicated design, it is difficult for an image analysis technology to judge whether a dealer correctly redeems chips corresponding to betted chips at the time of redemption and there has been a problem that mistake prevention is not sufficient. A table game management system according to the present invention includes: a camera (4) that images a game token (100) placed on a game table (1); and a management control device (9) that grasps a type (10 points, 20 points, 100 points, 1,000 points, or the like) of the game token (100) placed on the game table (1) based on a color of a side face of the game token (100) imaged by the camera (4).

A game token money includes a plurality of plastic layers laminated through thermocompression bonding including at least a colored layer in the middle to specify a value of the game token money and a pair of pale color layers laminated on both sides of the colored layer. An RFID is embedded in a layer other than the outermost layer of the plurality of plastic layers; and a classification part is filled in at least one of the pale color layers to indicate a classification of the game token money. The classification part is recognizable from a side face and a front face of the game token money. The RFID contains information regarding a value of the game token money and a classification of the game token money indicated by the classification part.

A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed. The method may include the steps of a) evaluating at least one physical parameter of a given mint product to be processed; b) comparing said at least one physical parameter of the mint product to be processed with a minimum threshold physical parameter in order to determine an attainable range of giveaway material to be removed; c) projecting a targeted amount of giveaway material to be removed from the mint product to be processed depending on the attainable range of giveaway material; and d) removing the targeted amount of giveaway material via at least one surface of the mint product.

A machine and method for reducing giveaway material on mint products. The machine may include a conveying assembly for conveying a plurality of mints products to be processed. The machine may also include a processing assembly for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products. The machine may also include a recuperating assembly for recuperating mint products having being processed. The method may include the steps of a) evaluating at least one physical parameter of a given mint product to be processed; b) comparing said at least one physical parameter of the mint product to be processed with a minimum threshold physical parameter in order to determine an attainable range of giveaway material to be removed; c) projecting a targeted amount of giveaway material to be removed from the mint product to be processed depending on the attainable range of giveaway material; and d) removing the targeted amount of giveaway material via at least one surface of the mint product.

To provide an inspection system for inspecting an article such as a valuable using an RFID, which can detect the presence of an article whose RFID tag cannot be read.SOLUTION: An inspection system for an article 9 whose category can be identified based on a weight difference as an inspection target, inspects an article equipped with an RFID tag 8 recording information on the article. The inspection system has: an RF reading device 1 that reads the information on the article from the RF tag of the article put on a loading table; a weight measurement device 2 that measures and records a weight of the article; and a management control device 3 that grasps a total weight of the articles put on the loading table, using a measurement result of the weight measurement device. The management control device is configured to: grasp the weight of the article put on the loading table on the basis of a specification-purpose weight of the article from the information obtained from the RF reading device; measure a total weight of articles put on the loading table using the measurement result of the weight measurement device; compare a calculation-purpose weight of the article obtained from the RF reading device with a total weight of the articles obtained from the measurement result of the weight measurement device; and estimate whether a total number of articles match each other.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

(57) Summary: The invention describes a security feature of a higher-value object which creates an individual and unique optical pattern on a series product such as a coin or medal which is inseparably bonded to the object. The generated code is bonded to the main material in a form-fitting manner and under pressure. The security feature is solid and penetrates the blank; it cannot be subsequently altered. The invention ensures reliable and unambiguous recognition through an optical separation of code and precious metal. An additionally applied serial number links the user to a target address which then displays the image of the minted coin. By optically comparing the actual and target positions of the form-fitting dots, authenticity can be easily and reliably verified.

Since the stripes of substitute currency for gaming in a game table are complicated, there are problems in that whether or not a dealer correctly performs re-payment at the time of repaying substitute currency for gaming corresponding to bet substitute currency for gaming cannot be determined according to an image analyzing technology, and the prevention of a mistake is not sufficient. In a detection system according to the present invention, a control device (14) detecting fraud performed in a game table (4) by using a result of an image analysis performed by an image analyzing device (12) is included, and substitute currency (120) for gaming used for this detection system has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer (121) is included at least in the middle, and white layers (122) or thin-color layers (may be layers having a color thinner than that of the coloring layer (122); not illustrated in the drawing) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer (121) disposed in the middle.

To provide a pressing method for manufacturing a coin having an extremely high degree of relief and high quality.SOLUTION: A coining method for manufacturing a coin (100) includes a step of preforming reliefs (105 - 0, 1,105 - 2) of the coin (100), and a step of restriking the reliefs (107 - 0, 1,107 - 2) using coining dies (105 - 0, 1,105 - 2).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The invention relates to a coin which comprises an imprint of the nominal value in the respective currency unit and the area of validity and optionally additional imprints and which is characterized in that the coin has a circular shape; the coin has regularly spaced imprints of graduation lines on both sides, the graduation lines together forming a scale for measuring angles and pointing from the edge in the direction of the origin of the angle scale; at least some of the graduation lines extend over at least the majority of the distance between the edge and the origin of the angle scale; and a corresponding scale designation is imprinted at least next to some of the graduation lines, the unit corresponding to the respective scale optionally also being specified. The invention also relates to the use of said coin for measuring angles and optionally also section lengths.

In an exchange device (1) for gaming chip (G) and cash currency (C) of the present invention, the gaming chip (G) has a color or indication of value on its external surface, the exchange device comprises: a cash currency insertion opening (211); a cash currency reading section (2160) for obtaining authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted from the cash currency insertion opening (211); an inserted cash currency amount display section (232) configured to display the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section (2160); a gaming chip storage section (215) configured to store the gaming chips (G) by type; a gaming chip dispensing section (216) configured to dispense the gaming chips (G) corresponding to the amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section (2160) from the gaming chip storing section (215); a take-out section (217) in which the paid out gaming chips (G) are placed; and a user recognition section (22) configured to recognize a person wishing exchange.

The invention relates to an embossing method for producing a coin (100), comprising the following steps: preforming a relief (105-1, 105-2) for the coin (100); and re-pressing the embossments (105-1, 105-2) by means of the embossing punches (107-1, 107-2).

To detect that a game coin is a fraudulent game coin when a fraudulent game coin is handed from a player to a dealer.SOLUTION: An inspection system 600 for inspecting game coins C in which an RF tag is incorporated includes: a game coin tray 617 for storing game coins C for a dealer in a casino game; an RF reader 6100 for reading an RF tag of a plurality of game coins C stored in the game coin tray 617; a plurality of photo sensors 6173 for detecting at least the number of the plurality of game coins C stored in the game coin tray 617 by a method other than the RFID at a fixed time interval, or at all times; and an inspection / alarm unit 6200 for generating an alarm when the number of game coins C whose RF tag is read by the RF reader 6100 does not match the number of game coins C detected by the plurality of photo sensors 6173.SELECTED DRAWING: None

The management system for substitute currency (C) for gaming comprises: a ground pattern acquiring device (12) that acquires an image of the ground pattern (1) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming via a camera (11); an ID reading device (13) that reads the unique ID (2) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming; and a management control device (14) that associates the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) with the unique ID (2) and stores them in a database (15). The management control device (14) analyzes the image of the ground pattern (1) acquired by the ground pattern acquiring device (12) to identify the pattern (4), and determines whether the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming to be judged matches the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) associated with the ID information of the substitute currency (C) for gaming to be judged obtained from the ID reading device (13) by searching the database (15), thereby to determine authenticity of the substitute currency for gaming.

The present invention relates to a minting method for producing a coin (100), comprising the steps of preforming a relief (105-1, 105-2) for the coin (100); and subsequently minting the relief (105-1, 105-2) with a coin die (107-1, 107-2).

The management system for substitute currency (C) for gaming comprises: a ground pattern acquiring device (12) that acquires an image of the ground pattern (1) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming via a camera (11); an ID reading device (13) that reads the unique ID (2) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming; and a management control device (14) that associates the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) with the unique ID (2) and stores them in a database (15). The management control device (14) analyzes the image of the ground pattern (1) acquired by the ground pattern acquiring device (12) to identify the pattern (4), and determines whether the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming to be judged matches the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) associated with the ID information of the substitute currency (C) for gaming to be judged obtained from the ID reading device (13) by searching the database (15), thereby to determine authenticity of the substitute currency for gaming.

To provide a management system capable of identifying a location of a problem gaming chip.SOLUTION: A management system 100 comprises: a camera 21 configured to capture a plurality of gaming chips having a built-in RFID tag storing first information and having second information written on a surface thereof to generate an image; an RFID reading device 31 configured to read the RFID tags of the plurality of gaming chips to obtain the first information of the plurality of gaming chips; an image analysis unit 123 configured to obtain a location of each of the plurality of gaming chips and the second information, on the basis of the image; and a control device 10 configured to identify a location of a problem gaming chip whose RFID tag is fraudulent, damaged, or a possibility thereof, or whose notation is fraudulent or possibly fraudulent, by comparing the first information of the plurality of gaming chips obtained by the RFID reading device 31 with the second information of each of the plurality of gaming chips obtained by the image analysis unit 123.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

To provide an exchange device used for exchange between gaming chips and coins, that comprises a function of recognizing an exchanging person.SOLUTION: The present invention relates to an exchange device used for exchange between gaming chips G and coins, and the gaming chip has a color or presentation indicating its value on an outer surface. The exchange device comprises: a currency insertion slot; a currency read part which acquires authenticity information on currency inserted from the currency insertion slot, and currency information; an inserted currency amount display part which displays an amount of the currency acquired by the currency read part; a gaming chip storage part which stores the gaming chips by kinds; a gaming chip payout part which pays the gaming chips corresponding to the amount of the currency acquired by the currency read part out of the gaming chip storage part; a takeout part where the paid-out gaming chips are placed; and a user recognition part which recognizes an exchanging person.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A gaming chip, wherein a representation of a type of the gaming chip is printed on a surface of the gaming chip, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed more inwardly than the printing of the representation of the type of the gaming chip, wherein the authenticity recognition mark is printed by an infrared absorbing material. The authenticity recognition mark is irradiated with infrared rays from a side printed with the representation of the type of the gaming chip printed on the surface of the gaming chip by an infrared camera to allow an infrared absorbing material printed more inwardly than the printing of the representation of the type of the gaming chip to record and discriminate the authenticity recognition mark. A management system comprises an infrared camera generating an infrared image by photographing the infrared image indicated by an internal printing of the authenticity recognition mark inside the gaming chip; and an inspection device determining authenticity of the gaming chip based on the infrared image.

To provide an inspection system capable of detecting presence of an article in which an RF tag cannot be read in the inspection system for inspecting an article, such as valuables, by using an RFID.SOLUTION: An inspection system that inspects commodities 9 in which a type can be specified according to a weight difference and inspects the commodities 9 having an RF tag 8 recording information on the commodities 9 has an RF reader 1 for reading information on the commodities 9 from the RF tag 8 of the commodities 9 on a mount table, and a management control device 3 for grasping a total weight of the commodities 9 on the mount table by using a measurement result of a weight measuring device 2 for measuring and recording the weight of the commodities 9. The management control device 3 has a function of grasping the weight of the commodities 9 on the mount table on the basis of a specification-purpose weight of the commodities 9 from information obtained from the RF reader 1, and measuring the total weight of the commodities 9 on the mount table by using a measurement result of the weight measuring device 2, comparing a calculation-purpose weight of the commodities 9 with the total weight of the commodities 9 obtained from a measurement result, and estimating whether the total number of the commodities 9 matches.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A management system includes a recording device recording an image of a gaming chip and an inspection device determining a type and authenticity of the gaming chip. The gaming chip has a multilayer structure in which both sides of a colored layer are sandwiched between light color layers, surface printing representing a type of the gaming chip is performed on outer sides of the light color layers, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed on the colored layer of an inside of the light color layers by an infrared absorbing material. A visible light camera photographs a visible light image of the surface printing, and an infrared light camera photographs an infrared image of the internal printing. The inspection device determines the type and authenticity of the gaming chip using the visible light image and the infrared image.

Since a game token (chip) on a game table has a complicated design, it is difficult for an image analysis technology to judge whether a dealer correctly redeems chips corresponding to betted chips at the time of redemption and there has been a problem that mistake prevention is not sufficient. A table game management system according to the present invention includes: a camera (4) that images a game token (100) placed on a game table (1); and a management control device (9) that grasps a type (10 points, 20 points, 100 points, 1,000 points, or the like) of the game token (100) placed on the game table (1) based on a color of a side face of the game token (100) imaged by the camera (4).

A machine for reducing giveaway material on mint products, the machine (103) including a conveying assembly (109) for conveying a plurality of mints products (107) to be processed, a processing assembly (111) for processing at least one given mint product at a time, so as to remove an amount of giveaway material from each one of the mint products, and a recuperating assembly (113) for recuperating mint products having being processed. The machine is adapted for operating according to a method comprising the steps of a) evaluating at least one physical parameter of a given mint product to be processed; b) comparing said at least one physical parameter of the mint product to be processed with a minimum threshold physical parameter in order to determine an attainable range of giveaway material to be removed; c) projecting a targeted amount of giveaway material to be removed from the mint product to be processed depending on the attainable range of giveaway material; and d) removing the targeted amount of giveaway material via at least one surface of the mint product.

To provide an inspection system and an inspection device capable of detecting damage to a radio tag when it is damaged.SOLUTION: An inspection system (51) inspects gaming chips having a color or display for expressing value on an outer surface while incorporating a radio tag for storing chip information in a state in which they are stored in a case (5100) for which the maximum storage number is restricted. The gaming chips are stored in the case capable of storing them piled up in a thickness direction and formed in a row, and includes a reader (5221) for reading radio tags of gaming chips within the case and acquiring chip information of the gaming chips, and a determination part (5222) for comparing the chip information acquired by the reader with the maximum storable number of the case itself, and for determining abnormality in the gaming chips within the case when the number of the gaming chips obtained from the chip information acquired by the reader differs from the maximum storable number.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 29

The present invention relates to a minting method for producing a coin (100), comprising the steps of preforming a relief (105-1, 105-2) for the coin (100); and striking the relief (105-1, 105-2) with a die (107-1, 107-2).

A gaming chip, wherein a representation of a type of the gaming chip is printed on a surface of the gaming chip, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed more inwardly than the printing of the representation of the type of the gaming chip, wherein the authenticity recognition mark is printed by an infrared absorbing material. The authenticity recognition mark is irradiated with infrared rays from a side printed with the representation of the type of the gaming chip printed on the surface of the gaming chip by an infrared camera to allow an infrared absorbing material printed more inwardly than the printing of the representation of the type of the gaming chip to record and discriminate the authenticity recognition mark. A management system comprises an infrared camera generating an infrared image by photographing the infrared image indicated by an internal printing of the authenticity recognition mark inside the gaming chip; and an inspection device determining authenticity of the gaming chip based on the infrared image.

Since the patterns of game coins on a gaming table are complicated, there is a problem that it is impossible to determine whether or not a dealer has correctly redeemed a game coin corresponding to a placed game coin by means of an image analysis technique, and that error prevention is not sufficient. This table game management system is provided with: a camera (4) that captures an image of a game coin (100) placed on a game table (1); and a management control device (9) which, on the basis of the color of the side surface of the game coin (100) captured by the camera (4), ascertains the type (10 o'clock, 20 o'clock, 100 o'clock, 1000 o'clock, and the like) of the game coin (100) placed on the entertainment table (1).

The management system for substitute currency includes a pattern acquiring device configured to acquire an image of the ground pattern of the substitute currency, a reading device configured to read an ID of the substitute currency, and a control device configured to associate a pattern of the ground pattern with the ID and store the associated pattern and ID in a database. The control device is configured to analyze the image of the ground pattern acquired by the pattern acquiring device to identify the pattern, and determine, based on the database, whether the pattern of the ground pattern of the substitute currency matches the pattern of the ground pattern associated with the ID of the substitute currency obtained from the reading device, thereby to determine authenticity of the substitute currency.

The management system for substitute currency (C) for gaming comprises: a ground pattern acquiring device (12) that acquires an image of the ground pattern (1) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming via a camera (11); an ID reading device (13) that reads the unique ID (2) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming; and a management control device (14) that associates the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) with the unique ID (2) and stores them in a database (15). The management control device (14) analyzes the image of the ground pattern (1) acquired by the ground pattern acquiring device (12) to identify the pattern (4), and determines whether the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) of the substitute currency (C) for gaming to be judged matches the pattern (4) of the ground pattern (1) associated with the ID information of the substitute currency (C) for gaming to be judged obtained from the ID reading device (13) by searching the database (15), thereby to determine authenticity of the substitute currency for gaming.

A game token money includes a plurality of plastic layers laminated through thermocompression bonding including at least a colored layer in the middle to specify a value of the game token money and a pair of pale color layers laminated on both sides of the colored layer. An RFID is embedded in a layer other than the outermost layer of the plurality of plastic layers; and a classification part is filled in at least one of the pale color layers to indicate a classification of the game token money. The classification part is recognizable from a side face and a front face of the game token money. The RFID contains information regarding a value of the game token money and a classification of the game token money indicated by the classification part.