Multilayer Game Tokens for Accurate Stacked Chip Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies struggle to accurately determine the number and type of stacked game tokens due to complex designs and high stacking, leading to inefficiencies in preventing fraud and mishandling in game halls.
Innovation Solution
A multi-layer game token structure with colored layers forming a striped pattern and RFID integration, combined with image analysis and artificial intelligence, allows precise identification and tracking of token positions, types, and numbers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If game tokens are stacked high on the game table, then the visual monitoring capability is improved, but the IC tag reader cannot correctly read the total amount of tokens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary measurement device (imaging device + analysis unit) between the stacked tokens and the IC tag reader. This intermediary system captures images of the token stacks and analyzes them to determine token amounts, bridging the gap between visual monitoring needs and accurate reading requirements without requiring the tokens to be in positions accessible to the IC tag reader.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/contact-based IC tag reading system with an optical/image-based measurement system. Instead of relying on physical proximity or contact between the IC tag reader and tokens, the system uses imaging devices to capture visual information and analytically determine token amounts, eliminating the limitation of physical stacking height.
2Area of stationary object
If the sensitivity of the IC tag reader is increased, then the reading range is improved, but it adds together amounts of game tokens placed at different positions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by enabling the measurement device to differentiate and analyze token stacks at specific local positions on the game table. The imaging device captures images that allow identification of tokens at different positions, and the analysis unit processes these images to determine token amounts for each specific position independently, preventing erroneous aggregation across positions.
3Shape
If game tokens have complex designs, then the aesthetic appearance is improved, but it becomes impossible to correctly grasp the number of stacked chips with a camera
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes color changes and color-based features as key identification markers on game tokens. By incorporating distinct color patterns, colored bands, or color-coded elements on tokens with complex designs, the system can differentiate and count tokens based on their color characteristics. The analysis unit processes these color features to accurately determine token types and quantities, maintaining both aesthetic design and measurement accuracy.
Data Source
AI summary
A detection system according to the present invention includes a control device that detects fraud conducted on a game table by using the image analysis result obtained by an image analysis device. In addition, each game token used in this detection system has a multilayer structure having plastic layers with a plurality of different colors stacked on each other, with a colored layer being provided at least intermediately, and white layers or light-colored layers (not illustrated, but may be any layers lighter in color than the colored layer) being stacked on two sides of the intermediate colored layer. As described above, this game token has a multi-layer structure including the colored layer, with the white layers or light-colored layers (not illustrated, but may be any layers lighter in color than the colored layer) being stacked on the two sides of the intermediate colored layer.