Gaming Table Apparatus Automatic Game Destination Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

In gaming facilities, games like baccarat and Casino War face interruptions due to the need for players or dealers to perform manual operations to determine the next game destination based on changes in betted game chips, hindering smooth game progression.

Innovation Solution

A gaming table apparatus with a controller, reading unit, detecting device, and display that automatically determines the game destination based on detected card identification information and monetary value changes, displaying this information to players, allowing for seamless progression without manual intervention.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If manual operation inputs are required to determine game destination when players increase or reduce game chips, then the system can accurately detect player intention, but the game progress is prevented from proceeding smoothly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedetection accuracy of player intentionVSAvoidgame progression time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system automatically detects changes in gaming media monetary values and determines game destinations without requiring manual operation inputs from players or dealers. The reading unit continuously monitors bet amounts, and the controller automatically interprets these changes as player intentions, allowing the game to progress smoothly without manual intervention while maintaining accurate detection of player choices.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual mechanical operations (dealers physically collecting and arranging chips, manually determining game destinations) with an automated optical/electronic reading unit that detects monetary values of gaming media. This substitution eliminates the need for manual operation inputs while accurately capturing player intentions through automated value detection and interpretation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Adaptability or versatility

If the dealer manually determines the destination based on chip changes, then the system can handle complex game logic, but the game progression is interrupted

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame logic handling capabilityVSAvoidgame throughput

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The controller automatically performs the functions previously requiring dealer intervention by detecting monetary value changes with the reading unit and independently determining game destinations based on pre-programmed game logic. This automation maintains the system's ability to handle complex game rules while eliminating interruptions caused by manual dealer actions, thereby increasing game throughput.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements a feedback loop where the reading unit continuously monitors gaming media monetary values, the controller interprets these changes as player decisions, and the system automatically adjusts game progression accordingly. This closed-loop feedback mechanism enables the system to handle complex game logic adaptively without manual intervention, maintaining both versatility and productivity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Productivity

If automated detection of game destination is implemented, then the game can progress smoothly, but the system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvegame progression speedVSAvoidsystem component count

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The reading unit serves multiple functions: it detects the monetary values of gaming media, identifies changes in bet amounts, and provides data for the controller to determine game destinations. By making the reading unit a multi-functional component rather than adding separate devices for each function, the system achieves smooth automated game progression while minimizing the increase in overall system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent combines the detection and determination functions into an integrated system where the reading unit and controller work as a unified automated mechanism. Rather than adding separate manual intervention points or multiple independent systems, the functions are merged into a cohesive automated flow that progresses the game smoothly without proportionally increasing system complexity.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentUS11443587B2Gaming table apparatus

Publication Date: 2022.09.13 UNIVERSAL ENTERTAINMENT CORP

AI summary

To provide a gaming table apparatus capable of suppressing the prevention of progress of a game. The gaming table apparatus includes bet units on which gaming media betted by players are placed, a reading unit reading monetary values of the gaming media placed on the bet units, a card shoe in which cards used for a game are accommodated in a drawable manner, a detecting device detecting identification information of the cards taken from the card shoe and outputs the detected identification information, a controller managing the destination to which the game proceeds, a display displaying information about the destination to which the game proceeds managed by the controller, and a memory in which the information displayed on the display is stored, in which the controller determines the destination to which the game proceeds when the monetary values of the gaming medium betted on the bet unit change.