Gaming Device Motion Detection for Illegal Act Monitoring
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional gaming devices struggle to monitor game states and detect incorrect or illegal actions, especially when a dealer or monitor is absent, leading to difficulties in ensuring player reliability and game integrity.
Innovation Solution
A gaming device equipped with a display section, motion detection, image acquisition, and notification systems that allow for real-time monitoring and notification of player actions, enabling the detection of incorrect BET operations and illegal acts, even in unattended environments.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a dealer or monitor is present to check game operations, then game integrity can be maintained, but the complexity of the gaming system increases and operational efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical system of human dealers monitoring games with an automated detection system using cameras, light sources, and control units that capture and analyze player operations, thereby maintaining game integrity while eliminating the need for human monitors
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming system performs self-monitoring through automated detection of player operations, where the system itself checks for correct betting actions and detects anomalies without requiring external human oversight, enabling unattended operation while maintaining reliability
2Extent of automation
If automated detection systems are implemented to monitor player operations, then game monitoring capability is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system serves multiple functions: capturing player operations for verification, detecting anomalies in betting behavior, and providing visual records for dispute resolution, thereby achieving comprehensive monitoring capability through a single integrated system rather than multiple separate devices
Solution Approach 2:
The control unit acts as an intermediary that processes images from the camera, compares detected operations against expected patterns, and determines whether operations are correct or anomalous, simplifying the overall system architecture by centralizing the detection logic
3Productivity
If players can operate games without dealers present, then operational efficiency and player autonomy are improved, but the ability to detect incorrect or illegal actions deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides immediate feedback by comparing detected player operations against correct operation patterns and generating notifications when anomalies are detected, allowing the system to self-correct or alert operators while maintaining unattended operation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system pre-establishes correct operation patterns and detection criteria before gameplay begins, enabling automated verification of player actions during unattended operation without requiring real-time human intervention to define proper procedures
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system effectively monitors game states and detects incorrect actions, enhancing player reliability and game integrity by providing real-time notifications and corrections for mistaken BET operations, ensuring accurate and secure gameplay.
Implementation Method 1
a light source which irradiates infrared light toward the image display section so as to detect a variety of operations (such as BET operation) for a player to executed at the image display section
Implementation Method 2
a camera which receives reflection light reflected from the player's fingers irradiated from the light source
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming device includes a plurality of stations which can be played by respective ones of a plurality of player. A detection section detects a motion of the player at the respective one of the stations. A controller communicates with the plurality of stations. This gaming device includes processes of: (i) receiving acceptance information of a game from the plurality of stations; (ii) causing the display section to display the BET image corresponding to the respective one of the stations; (iii) causing the detection section to detect a motion of the player when a gaming medium is BET-operated on the BET image displayed at the display section; (iv) causing the image acquisition section to acquire an image of the player who is present at the respective one of the stations and to image-process the acquired image information; (v) judging whether or not the notification section performs notification based upon a result of the detection of the motion of the player and a result of the image processing of the image acquisition; and (vi) causing the notification section to perform notification in accordance to a result of the judging result.