Double chip tray, chip tray, and game management system

Abstract

A double chip tray comprising: an RFID chip reader capable of reading two types of chips of different shapes and / or sizes that incorporate RFID tags; an upper chip holder that can hold the chips; and a lower chip holder that can hold the chips, wherein the two types of chips are disc-shaped chips and rectangular plate-shaped chips, and each of the two types of chips incorporates at least one or two RFID tags associated with a denomination of the chip, the upper chip holder holds at least the disc-shaped - chip, the lower chip holder holds at least the rectangular plate- shaped chip, and the RFID chip reader is configured to read the RFID tags of the two types of chips, the disc-shaped chip and the rectangular plate-shaped chip, held in the double chip tray, and to determine a respective amount. 20 24 27 81 53 05 D ec 2 02 4 0 5 D e c 2 0 2 4 A B S T R A C T 2 0 2 4 2 7 8 1 5 3

Claims

1. A double chip tray comprising:an RFID chip reader capable of reading two types of chips of different shapes and / or sizes that incorporate RFID tags;an upper chip holder that can hold the chips; and a lower chip holder that can hold the chips, wherein the two types of chips are disc-shaped chips and rectangular plate-shaped chips, and each of the two types of chips incorporates at least one or two RFID tags associated with a denomination of the chip,the upper chip holder holds at least the rectangular plateshaped chip,the lower chip holder holds at least the disc-shaped chip, and the RFID chip reader is configured to read the RFID tags of the two types of chips, the disc-shaped chip and the rectangular plate-shaped chip, held in the double chip tray, and to determine a respective amount, wherein the rectangular plate-shaped chips can be held flat, and the RFID chip reader can read the RFID tags on the flat rectangular plate-shaped chips.

2. The double chip tray according to claim 1, whereinthe disk-shaped chip can be held in a vertical position along a tube provided in the double chip tray,the rectangular plate-shaped chip can alternatively be held in the double chip tray in a vertical position, andthe RFID chip reader is capable of reading the RFID tags of the disc-shaped chip in the vertical position and the rectangular plate-shaped chip in the vertical or flat position.

3. The double chip tray according to claim 2, wherein the RFID chip reader is capable of reading the RFID tags embedded in the diskshaped chips or rectangular plate-shaped chips, whether the diskshaped chips or rectangular plate-shaped chips are placed vertically or flatly in the double chip tray.2024278153   05 Dec 20244. The double chip tray according to claim 3, whereinthe upper chip holder is capable of holding the disk-shaped chips or the rectangular plate-shaped chips in a vertical position along the tube, andthe RFID chip reader is capable of reading the RFID tags of the disk-shaped chips or the rectangular plate-shaped chips placed vertically in the upper chip holder.

5. The double chip tray according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the lower chip holder is capable of holding the disc-shaped chips or rectangular plate-shaped chips in vertical and flat positions, andthe RFID chip reader is capable of reading the RFID tags of the disk-shaped chips or the rectangular plate-shaped chips placed vertically and flatly in the lower chip holder.

6. The double chip tray according to claim 5, wherein the RFID chip reader is also capable of reading the RFID tags of the diskshaped chips or the rectangular plate-shaped chips held flatly in the upper chip holder.

7. The double chip tray according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the RFID chip reader is provided with a plurality of RFID antennas, the plurality of RFID antennas being located in each of the upper chip holder and the lower chip holder.

8. The double chip tray according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when each of the disc-shaped chips or the rectangular plateshaped chips is provided with a plurality of RFID tags, the RFID chip reader is capable of recognizing the plurality of RFID tags as being incorporated in the same disc-shaped chip or the same rectangular plate-shaped chip.

9. The double chip tray according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the total amount of each of the disc-shaped chips and2024278153   05 Dec 2024rectangular plate-shaped chips contained in the double chip tray is determined based on the reading of the RFID tag.

10. The double chip tray according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a connecting mechanism that connects the upper chip holder to the lower chip holder and moves the upper chip holder between a first position that covers the lower chip holder from above and a second position that is displaced from the lower chip holder to open the upper surface of the lower chip holder.

11. The double chip tray according to claim 10, further comprising a determination device configured to determine whether or not there is a variation in the sum of the information of the RFID tags stored in the double chip tray before and after a movement of the upper chip holder by the connecting mechanism.

12. The double chip tray according to claim 11, further comprising a display device that displays a result of a determination of the determination device.

13. A game management system comprising:a double chip tray according to any one of claims 1 to 12;a winning / losing result determination device configured to determine a winning / losing result of each game on a game table;a table chip determination device capable of identifying locations, attributes, and amount of chips placed on the game table; anda management control device capable of identifying the attributes and amounts of the chips in the double chip tray and the chips on the game table based on the results of the reading of an RFID chip reader of the double chip tray and the results of a determination of the table chip determination device, whereinthe management control device is capable of determining that the chips being wagered in the game and to be collected have been collected to the double chip tray, based on the winning / losing result determined by the winning / losing result determination device, a2024278153   05 Dec 2024reading result of the RFID chip reader, and a determination result of the table chip determination device, when collections of losing chips wagered by each player in each game has been completed.

14. The game management system according to claim 13, wherein the management control device is capable of determining that a payout to winning chips has been performed using the chips contained in the double chip tray, based on the winning / losing result determined by the winning / losing result determination device, a reading result of the RFID chip reader, and a determination result of the table chip determination device, when payouts to the winning chips wagered by each player in each game has been completed.

15. The game management system according to claim 14, wherein the management control device calculates a calculated total amount of the chips that should be in the double chip tray, compares the calculated total amount with an actual total amount of chips in the double chip tray after the settlement, and determines whether there is a difference between the calculated total amount and the actual total amount,the management control device calculates the calculated total amount of the chips by adding an amount of the chips to be collected to and subtracting an amount of the chips to be paid-out from a total amount of chips in the double chip tray before the settlement of each game, andthe amount of the chips to be collected and the amount of the chips to be paid-out is calculated based on the winning / losing result determined by the winning / losing result determination device and a determination result of the table chip determination device.

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