Casino Game Management With Hybrid Chip Recognition for Fraud Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing casino gaming systems struggle to accurately detect fraud and errors in betting and chip settlement due to issues with RFID tag sensitivity, camera blind spots, and complex betting methods, particularly in card games like baccarat where cards are slanted or stacked, leading to unrecognized chip amounts and undetected fraud.
Innovation Solution
A fraud detection system utilizing artificial intelligence and deep learning to analyze images from multiple cameras, determine game results, and compare chip and cash transactions, ensuring accurate recognition of chip positions, types, and amounts, even in blind spots, and detecting discrepancies in chip tray changes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If RFID tags are used to recognize chip amounts, then chip recognition speed is improved, but detection accuracy deteriorates due to sensitivity issues and blind spots
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges RFID recognition with image analysis from surveillance cameras to create a hybrid detection system. The RFID reader provides rapid chip identification while the camera captures visual evidence of chip positions and amounts, compensating for RFID sensitivity limitations and blind spots through multiple detection angles.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary image analysis component that processes visual data from cameras to verify and supplement RFID chip recognition. This intermediary layer resolves detection inaccuracies by cross-referencing RFID data with visual confirmation of chip locations and quantities.
2Reliability
If surveillance cameras are used to detect fraud, then fraud detection capability is improved, but detection accuracy deteriorates due to blind spots and complex betting methods
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the detection process into multiple independent components: RFID chip identification, image capture from multiple camera angles, image analysis for chip position and amount, and cross-validation logic. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific detection tasks, improving overall accuracy despite individual limitations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system makes the surveillance camera system multi-functional by using it not only for fraud detection but also for chip amount recognition and position verification. The same camera infrastructure serves multiple purposes, reducing blind spots through varied detection angles and functions.
3Reliability
If image analysis is used to determine betting amounts, then fraud detection is improved, but processing time increases due to complex analysis requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-processing and storing image data from surveillance cameras, pre-identifying chip positions and amounts through initial image analysis. When betting transactions occur, the system compares these pre-analyzed images with current states, significantly reducing processing time while maintaining fraud detection accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where image analysis results from previous frames inform current detection processes. The system learns from patterns in betting behavior and chip movements, refining its analysis algorithms to process complex betting methods more efficiently while maintaining high fraud detection accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A game management system manages a casino game performed in a plurality of tables in casino facilities. The game management system includes: a camera obtaining an image by capturing bet gaming tokens; a control device specifying a betting amount on the basis of the type and the number of gaming tokens in the image by specifying a betting target on the basis of a position of the gaming token in the image; a card distribution device determining a game result of the casino game; an arithmetic device calculating a profit of a casino manager for each table and each game of the plurality of tables, on the basis of the betting target, the betting amount, and the game result; and a recording apparatus recording the profit.