HK40085594A

HK40085594A - Fraud detection system at game parlor

Info

Publication number: HK40085594A
Application number: HK42023073660.5A
Authority: HK
Inventors: 重田泰
Original assignee: 天使集团股份有限公司
Priority date: 2015-08-03
Filing date: 2023-05-29
Publication date: 2023-08-11

Description

Cheating detection system of recreation ground

Divisional application

The application is a divisional application of a patent with an application date of 2016, 8, month and 2, and a patent application number of 201680045982.3, which is named as a cheating detection system of a casino.

Reference to related applications

The present application claims the right of patent application No. 2015-163213, filed in this country on 8/3/2015 and the right of patent application No. 2015-206735, filed in this country on 10/2015 and 1/2015, the contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a system for detecting a cheating act in a game in a casino or an error or a cheating act when a medal is placed and counted.

Background

In casinos such as casinos, attempts are being made to prevent various cheating acts. The casino is provided with a surveillance camera for monitoring cheating behaviors, and cheating such as cheating of a game and collection and repayment of medals different from a win-or-lose result is determined based on an image obtained by the surveillance camera, thereby preventing cheating.

On the other hand, in order to grasp the number and total amount of tokens placed, it has been proposed to attach a wireless IC (RFID) tag to each token to grasp the amount of tokens.

In the card game monitoring system described in international publication No. 2015/107902, it is determined whether or not a medal placed on a game table is collected or refunded according to a result of win or loss by analyzing an image of a change in the medal, and monitoring of cheating is performed.

Disclosure of Invention

Problems to be solved by the invention

The present invention provides a new system for detecting a cheating action in a game in a casino or an error or a cheating action when a medal is placed and a medal is accurately calculated.

Means for solving the problems

A cheating detection system according to an aspect of the present invention is a cheating detection system in a casino having a plurality of gaming tables, including: a game recording device for recording a state of a game played at the game table as an image by a camera; an image analysis device that performs image analysis on the video of the recorded game state; a win-or-lose result determination device for determining a win-or-lose result of each game on the game table; and a control device for detecting cheating on the game table by using the image analysis result of the image analysis device and the win-or-lose result judged by the win-or-lose result judgment device; the control device grasps the position, kind, and number of medals placed by each player via the image analyzing device, grasps the total amount of medals in the medal tray of the dealer of the game table, adds the increased or decreased amount of medals in the game calculated from the positions, kinds, and number of medals placed by all players in the game and the win-or-lose result of the game obtained by the win-or-lose result determining device to the total amount of medals in the game before the settlement of each game, compares the total amount of medals in the medal tray after the settlement at the end of the game with the actual total amount of medals in the medal tray at the end of the game obtained by the image analyzing device, and determines whether or not there is a difference between the total amount of medals and the actual amount.

In the cheating detecting system, the control device may grasp the position, the kind, and the number of tokens placed by each player via the image analyzing device, grasp an actual total amount of tokens in the token tray when collection of all the losing tokens placed by each player is completed, compare the total amount of tokens to be present in the token tray obtained by adding the increment of the token tray in the game to the position, the kind, and the number of tokens placed by the losing player to the actual total amount of tokens in the token tray, and determine whether or not there is a difference between the total amount to be present and the actual total amount.

In the cheating detection system, the control device may compare a total amount to be held of the medals in the medal tray obtained by adding an increment of the medal tray in the game to a position, a kind, and a number of medals held by the losing player to a total amount to be held of the medals in the medal tray before the clearing of each game, with an actual total amount of the medals in the medal tray, determine that there is no difference between the due total amount and the actual total amount, compare the due total amount in the medal tray after the completion of the game with the actual total amount of the medals in the medal tray at the completion of the game obtained by the image analysis device, determine that there is a payout error when it is determined that there is a difference between the due total amount and the actual total amount, and generate a payout error signal notifying of the payout error.

In the cheating detection system, the medal tray may be provided with a collected medal tray that collects and temporarily stores medals placed by the losing player, and the image analysis device and the control device may compare the expected total amount of medals in the collected medal tray calculated based on the position, type, and number of medals placed by the losing player with the actual total amount of medals in the collected medal tray, and determine whether or not there is a difference between the expected total amount and the actual total amount in the collected medal tray.

In the cheating detection system, the image analysis device may be configured to obtain the actual total amount of tokens in the token tray after the game is completed at any one of the following times:

1) At the end of the redemption for the winning game piece;

2) When cards used in the game are recovered and discarded in the discard area of the table;

3) When a predetermined button attached to the win-or-lose result determination device is pressed;

4) When the mark representing win-or-lose returns.

In the cheating detection system, in order that the game recording device can analyze a record of a game in which a difference occurs when the control device determines that the actual total amount of the grasped medals in the medal tray of the dealer of the game table does not correspond to a difference between the amount of the medals placed by all players and the increased or decreased amount of the medals calculated from the win-loss result of the game, the game recording device may be configured to give an index or time to the acquired video, or may specify and reproduce a collection scene or a payout scene of the medals.

In the cheating detection system, the image analysis device or the control device may be configured to obtain information on the type, number and position of the medals placed on the game table even when the plurality of medals placed on the game table are partially or entirely concealed due to a blind spot of the camera.

In the cheat-detection system, the control device may be configured to perform the following operations:

1) Grasping the position, kind and number of medals placed at each play position on the game table, comparing the win-or-lose history of each player obtained from the win-or-lose result of each game and the obtained amount of medals with the statistical data of the past games, extracting as an abnormal situation, or

2) The state that the amount of the placed coins is smaller when losing than when winning at the playing position of the game table is compared with the statistical data of the past game and extracted as an abnormal state.

In the cheating detection system, the control device may compare and determine the amount of the medals grasped in the medal tray of the dealer of the game table, and after the medals are purchased with the medals, whether or not the amount of the medals is reduced based on the payout amount of the medals corresponding to the purchased medals or the payout amount of the medals corresponding to the purchased medals.

In the cheating detection system, the control device may further include a database in which a purchase history of purchased medals with banknotes is stored, and the control device may compare and determine whether or not the amount of the grasped medal in the medal tray of the dealer of the game table is reduced by the payout amount of the medal corresponding to the banknote for purchase or the total amount of the payout amount of the purchased medal with reference to the database for a certain period of time or for one day.

In the cheating detection system described above, the control means may be capable of identifying the player of the play position extracted as the difference or abnormal situation by means of the image analysis means.

In the cheat-detection system, the control device may have a warning function of notifying the other game table of the existence of the specific player when the specific player leaves the seat and sits on the other game table.

In the cheating detection system, the control device may further include a function of determining at least one of:

1) In each game, whether there is no change in medals during a period from the start of drawing of a card or from the start of a game operation by a dealer to the display of a win-or-lose result of the game by a card dealing device,

2) After each game is finished, whether the loser has not taken the medal or not is judged while the dealer collects the medal placed by the loser among the game participants,

3) Whether or not the medals are added while the dealer collects the medals placed by the loser among the game participants after each game is completed,

4) Whether or not the dealer pays out the position of the medal placed by the winner among the game participants after each game is ended,

5) After each game is completed, whether or not the winner among the game participants has taken the placed medals and paid-out medals.

In the cheating detecting system, the win-or-lose result judging means may be a card issuing means for issuing a card at the game table, or a control means for judging the win-or-lose result of each game based on information of the image analyzing means which reads the card issued at the game table by a camera.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS OF INVENTION

According to the cheating detection system of the present invention, cheating in the collection and repayment of medals according to the win-or-loss result of a game can be detected.

Further, according to the system of the present invention, even if a card is folded by a push of a player against the card, which is frequently performed in a certain card game or the like, the size and the suit of the face of the card can be determined by image analysis, and the total amount and the position can be grasped with respect to dead spots and overlapped medals. In addition, it is possible to detect a cheat when a token is purchased with a paper token.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of the entirety of a cheat-detecting system in an amusement park having a plurality of amusement tables according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2A is a perspective view of medals showing examples of different overlapping states of the medals grasped in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2B is a perspective view of medals showing examples of different overlapping states of the medals grasped in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 3A is a diagram showing details of the medal tray according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 3B is a diagram showing another example of the medal tray according to embodiment 1 of the invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a mark for explaining the dirt of the grasped medal in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 5A is a plan view showing the front surface of a sign according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 5B is a plan view showing the back surface of the logo according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a simplified explanatory diagram of the image of the grasped purchase state of the purchased game medals with the medals in embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing an overall outline of a cheating detecting system in a card game according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 8 is a plan view schematically showing a progress state of a certain card game in the cheat detecting system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing a case where a dealer in a certain card game collects medals won by the casino.

Fig. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing a situation in which a dealer pays out to a winning guest (game participant) in a card game according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing how winning of medals and payout is performed by winning guests (game participants) in a card game according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 12A is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for collecting medals won by the dealer in the cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 12B is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for collecting medals won by the dealer in the cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 12C is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for collecting medals won by the dealer in the cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 13 is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for cheating collection of medals in the cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 14A is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis of the collection of medals won by the game participants in the cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 14B is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for collecting medals won by the game participants in the cheat detecting system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 14C is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for collecting medals won by the game participants in the cheat detecting system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 14D is an explanatory diagram of an image to be subjected to image analysis for collecting medals won by the game participants in the cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 15 is a side sectional view of the card issuing device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 16 is a diagram showing an example of a card according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 17 is a principal part plan view of the card-guiding part of the card-handing device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention, partially cut.

Fig. 18A is a main part side sectional view showing a card dispensing regulation device for regulating the entrance and exit of a card from a card storage part of the card dispensing device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 18B is a partial side sectional view showing a modified example of the card distribution regulating device for regulating the entrance and exit of cards from the card housing of the card distributing device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 19 is a diagram showing a relationship between an output waveform of a sensor and a mark in the card shoe issuing device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Detailed Description

(embodiment 1)

In a casino such as a casino, game chips are stacked high and placed on a gaming table, but there is a problem that a reading device of an IC tag provided under the gaming table cannot accurately read the total amount, and if the sensitivity of the reading device is increased, game chips placed at different positions (passing positions and left and right wins) are summed up, and the total amount of game chips at each position cannot be grasped. Further, there is a problem that the image captured by the camera is blocked due to a blind spot or overlapping of the images from the camera, and the total amount of the medals cannot be grasped.

Moreover, although the game is frequently played in a certain card game, there are problems as follows: the cards are bent by a player's pressure on the cards (a behavior of bending the cards with the back surface facing upward and looking at the size of the face of the cards little by little while looking at the size of the face of the cards) or the like, and the size and the suit of the face of the cards cannot be determined by the image analysis from the camera.

Moreover, the following new problems are also grasped: cheating on a game table is advanced, and cheating based on an advanced placing method and the like cannot be found simply by detecting a large amount of won and the like on the game table, and cannot be found by tracking the amount won and a camera. Further, cheating based on collusion of the dealer and the player cannot be sufficiently prevented by the related art.

In order to solve the above problems, the cheating detection system of the casino having a plurality of gaming tables of embodiment 1,

a cheating detection system in a casino having a plurality of gaming tables, comprising:

a game recording device for recording the progress status of the game played at the game table, including the dealer and the player, as an image by a camera;

an image analysis device for performing image analysis on the video of the recorded game progress state;

a card issuing device for determining and displaying the result of losing or winning of each game on the game table; and

and a control device for detecting a cheating action performed at the game table by using an image analysis result of the image analysis device and a win-or-lose result determined by the card issuing device.

In addition, in the cheating detection system, the card issuing device has the following structure: the card face size of the issued card can be read, and the control device is constructed as follows: the image analysis device can compare the information of the size of the card face obtained from the image of each card dealt at the game table with the information of the size of the card face read by the card dealing device to determine the coincidence or non-coincidence.

In the cheating detection system, the image analysis device or the control device is an artificial intelligence effective use type or deep learning structure capable of obtaining information on the size of the card surface of a card from the card which is released at the game table and is bent or soiled by the player.

In the cheating detection system, the control device recognizes the position, type and number of medals deposited by each player by the image analysis device, and analyzes the video of the progress state of the game by the image analysis device to determine whether or not the collection of lost medals deposited by each player and the payout of won medals have been correctly performed in accordance with the win-or-lose result of the game.

In the cheating detection system, the image analysis device or the control device is an artificial intelligence effective use type or deep learning structure capable of obtaining information on the type, number and position of the medals placed on the game table even if a plurality of medals placed on the game table are partially or entirely hidden due to the blind spot of the camera.

In the cheating detection system, the control device is an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure which can compare and calculate the amount of the grasped game coins in the game coin tray of the dealer of the game table according to the win-lose result of the game, and whether the amount of the grasped game coins is increased or decreased according to the collection of the lost game coins placed by each player and the payment amount of the won game coins after the game is finished and cleared.

In the cheating detection system, the control device is an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure capable of grasping the position and amount of coins placed at each playing position of the game table, comparing the win-or-lose history of each player obtained from the win-or-lose result of each game and the amount of coins obtained with the statistical data of the past game, and extracting the result as an abnormal situation.

In the cheating detection system, the controller is an artificial intelligence utilization type or deep learning structure capable of comparing a state where the amount of medals placed at the time of losing is smaller than the amount of medals placed at the time of winning at the play position of a certain game table with statistical data of a past game and extracting the state as an abnormal situation.

In the cheating detection system, the control device is configured to be able to specify the individual player at a play position at which the abnormal condition is extracted or a win or more by a predetermined amount is obtained by the image analysis device.

In the cheating detection system, the control device has a warning function of notifying the other game table of the existence of the specific player when the specified player leaves the seat and sits on the other game table.

In order to solve the above problems, a cheating detection system in a casino having a plurality of gaming tables according to the present invention includes:

a card issuing device for determining and displaying the result of losing or winning of each game on the game table;

an image analysis device for performing image analysis on the recorded video of the game progress state; and

a control device capable of detecting paper money and game money at the game table using an image analysis result of the image analysis device;

the image analysis device or the control device is an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure as follows: according to the information obtained from the card issuing device or the dealer, in a situation other than the situation of the split of the card, it is possible to detect that the purchase of the medals with the medals is being performed at the game table, recognize the total amount of the genuine medals of which the medals are verified by the near ultraviolet light, recognize the total amount of the medals even if a plurality of medals to be purchased taken out on the game table are partially or entirely hidden due to the dead angle of the camera, and compare the total amount of the medals taken out from the player on the game table with the total amount of the medals taken out from the dealer to determine whether the amounts of the medals match.

In the cheating detection system, the control device is an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure which can compare and calculate the amount of the held game coins in the game coin tray of the dealer of the game table, and after the game coins are purchased and cleared by paper coins, whether the amount is reduced according to the payment amount of the game coins corresponding to the paper money for purchase or not.

In addition, in the cheating detection system, the control device is an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure as follows: after purchasing and clearing the game pieces with the paper money, the matching between the amount of the deposited money of the paper money based on the input of the dealer and the total amount of the paper money based on the image analysis result of the image analysis device can be compared and calculated. Further, the control device is also an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure as follows: the total sum of the payout amount of the banknotes on the game table which the dealer is responsible for based on the input of the dealer and the total sum of the payout amount of the banknotes based on the image analysis result of the image analysis device can be compared and calculated to be inconsistent.

According to the cheating detection system of the present embodiment, even if a card is folded by a player's pressure against the card, which is frequently performed in a certain card game or the like, the size and the suit of the face of the card can be determined by image analysis, and the total amount and the position can be grasped for dead spots and overlapped medals. Further, it is possible to detect cheating when a token is purchased with a paper token.

Hereinafter, an outline of the entirety of the cheat-detecting system in a casino having a plurality of gaming tables according to embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described in further detail. Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an overview of the entire system, and a cheating detection system in a casino having a plurality of game tables 4 includes: a game recording device 11 for recording the progress status of the game played on the game table 4, including the player 6 and the dealer 5, as images by the plurality of cameras 2; an image analysis device 12 for performing image analysis on the video of the recorded progress state of the game; and a card issuing device 3 for determining and displaying the result of winning or losing of each game on the game table 4. The card issuing device 3 is a so-called electronic shoe that has been used by those skilled in the art, and is configured to read information on the issued card C by programming rules of the game in advance and determine win or loss of the game. For example, in a certain card game, the winning B, winning P, and the tie (and the round) are basically determined by the size of the face of 2 to 3 cards, and the result of the judgment (the winning or losing result) is displayed by the result display lamp 13.

The cheating detection system further includes a controller 14, and the controller 14 compares the actual size of the card face based on the image analysis result of the image analyzer 12 with the win-or-lose result determined by the card issuing device 3, and detects cheating actions (such as the total size of the card face of the issued cards and the discrepancy between the win-or-lose results) performed at the game table 4. The card issuing device 3 is configured as follows: the cards C manually dealt by the dealer 5 can be read for the face sizes (a, 2 to 10, J, Q, K) and the suits (red peaches, black peaches, etc.), and the control device 14 is configured as follows: the information on the size and the suit of the card face obtained by the image analyzing device 12 (using artificial intelligence) from the image of each card dispensed at the game table 4 (captured by the camera 2) can be compared with the information on the card and the suit read by the card dispensing device 3, and it can be determined that the cards match with each other. The image analysis device 12 and the control device 14 in the present cheating detection system are configured to integrally or compositely include a computer, a program, and a memory that are configured by a plurality of configurations.

The image analysis device 12 and the control device 14 are provided with an artificial intelligence effective use type or deep learning structure capable of obtaining information on the size of the card face even if the card C is dealt on the game table 4 and is bent or soiled by the player 6. As shown in fig. 4, the dirty card C is a plum or a black peach, which is difficult to be discriminated. Even in such a case, the determination of the design and color is possible by analyzing and judging the image using an artificial intelligence utility type computer or control system or a deep learning (construction) technique. Even if the cards are bent by the pressure of the player against the cards, which is frequently performed in a certain card game or the like, the cards before being deformed can be recognized in terms of the size of the face and the style of the cards by an artificial intelligence effective use type computer, control system, deep learning (construction) technique, or the like, using self-learning of a modified example of a plurality of images. An artificial intelligence efficient computer or control system, and a deep learning (construction) technique are well known to those skilled in the art and can be used, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The control device 14 of the specific artificial intelligence utilization type or the deep learning structure can grasp, by the camera 2 and the image analysis device 12, which position (P, B, or PAIR) of the placement area 8 each player 6 places the medal 9, the kind of the placed medal 9 (a value in which different amounts are assigned to the medals 9 for each color), and the number of medals 9. The medals 9 may be overlapped with each other not only in the vertical direction but also in a staggered manner as shown in fig. 2A. In this case, when the camera 2 is positioned in the direction of the arrow X shown in fig. 2A (or when the orientation of the medal 9 is relatively dead), it is assumed that the medal 9 is not visible (enters the dead space) as shown in fig. 2B. The artificial intelligence utilization-type computer, control system, and deep learning (construction) technique can recognize the occurrence of a dead space in the medals 9 (when a part of one medal is hidden or when the entire medal is hidden) by using a self-learning function or the like, and accurately grasp the number of medals. In this way, since it is possible to grasp the position (P, B, or PAIR) at which the medal 9 is placed in the placement area 8, the type (value in which the medal 9 is assigned a different amount for each color) and the number of the placed medals 9, the control device 14 determines whether or not collection of the lost medals placed by each player 6 (indicated by arrow L) and payout of the won medals to the winning player 6W are correctly performed in accordance with the win-or-lose result of the game by analyzing the video of the progress state of the game determined by the card issuing device 3 in each game by the image analyzing device 12 in accordance with the win-or-lose result of the game.

The controller 14 can analyze and grasp the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 of the dealer 5 of the game table 4 using the image analyzer 12, and after the game is completed and cleared, can compare and calculate whether or not the amount of the collected lost medals 9 placed by each player 6 and the amount of the payout 9W for the won medals to the won player 6W is increased or decreased in accordance with the win/lose result of the game, and the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 can be increased or decreased. The total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 is always grasped by means of RFID or the like, but whether the amount is correctly increased or decreased is determined by the control device 14 by analyzing the video of the progress state of the game by the image analysis device 12. These also make efficient use of artificial intelligence efficient or deep learning constructs.

In this example, since cheating or an error is detected based on the result of a win or a lose of the game, information on which kinds of medals 9 are placed at which positions (P, B, or PAIR) in the placing area 8, information on the collection of the lost medals, and the increase or decrease of the number of medals 9 in the medal tray 17 after the end of the refund of the won medals 9, even if the change of the medals 9 after the end of the game, that is, the placed medals 9 are moved to the player side or the dealer side, is not recognized, cheating or an error can be detected.

Here, for example, in the case of a certain card game, the winning or losing result of the game can be determined according to the rules of the certain card game by reading the size of the face of the card C which is played in the game by the card shoe apparatus 3. The win or loss result of the game can be determined by capturing an image of the game table 4 with the camera 2, analyzing the image with the image analyzer 12, and comparing the analysis result with the rules of the game with the controller 14. In this case, the camera 2, the image analysis device 12, and the control device 14 constitute a win-or-lose result determination device. Information on which kind of medal 9 is placed at which position (P, B, or PAIR) in the placing area 8 by the player at each play position 7 can be obtained by capturing an image of the medal 9 placed in the placing area 8 by the camera 2 and analyzing the image for each play position 7 by the image analysis device 12.

The increment and decrement of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 before and after the collection of the lost medal 9 and the repayment of the won medal 9 can be calculated by comparing the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 before the collection of the lost medal 9 and the repayment of the won medal 9 with the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 after the collection of the lost medal 9 and the repayment of the won medal 9. The total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 before collection of the losing medals 9 and the return of the won medals 9, and the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 after collection of the losing medals 9 and the return of the won medals 9 can be detected by imaging the medal tray 17 containing the medals 9 with the camera 2 and analyzing the image with the image analyzer 12. In addition, the total amount of the medals 9 stored in the medal tray 17 may be detected by embedding an RFID indicating the amount of the medals 9 therein and providing an RFID reader on the medal tray 17.

For example, the total amount of the medals 9 on the medal tray 17 before the game is started is Bb, and the total amount of the medals 9 on the medal tray 17 after the game is completed and the discarded medals are collected and the paid-out medals are paid out is Ba. In this game, the total amount of all play positions 7 of the medals 9 placed in the P region is bp, the total amount of all play positions 7 of the medals 9 placed in the B region is bb, and the total amount of all play positions 7 of the medals 9 placed in the tie region is bt. For example, when the win-or-lose result of the game is a B win, ba-Bb = bp-Bb + bt should be established. Alternatively, the total amount Ba of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 after the end of the game should be (Bb + bp-Bb + bt). In other cases, it is possible to determine that there is a cheat or an error in the collection or repayment of the medals.

Fig. 3A is a diagram showing details of the medal tray according to the embodiment, and fig. 3B is a diagram showing another example of the medal tray. The medal tray 17 is provided with a collected medal tray 171 and a refund medal tray 172, the collected medal tray 171 collects and temporarily stores the medals 9L placed by the lost player 6L, and the refund medal tray 172 stores the medals 9W to be refunded. The image analysis device 12 and the control device 14 grasp the position, type, and number of tokens 9L placed on the losing player 6L, and calculate the added-value portion of the tokens 0L in the game (the due value of the tokens 9 in the collected token tray 171). Further, the image analyzer 12 and the controller 14 grasp the actual total amount of the medals 9 in the collected medal tray 171, and compare the actual total amount with the total amount to determine whether there is a difference.

Further, by using the medals 9 in the paid-out medal tray 172 for the refund of the medals 9W for the won player 6W, it is possible to secure a sufficient time for the image analysis device 12 and the control device 14 to grasp the actual total amount of the medals 9 in the collected medal tray 171 after collection.

The game table 4 includes a discard area 41 and/or a discard slit 42 for discarding the cards C used in the game. At the end of each game, the cards C used in the game are collected and placed in the discard area 41 or the discard slit 42 on the game table 4 to be discarded.

The game table 4 is further provided with a mark 43 showing win or loss of the game. Fig. 5A is a plan view showing the front surface of the mark, and fig. 5B is a plan view showing the back surface of the mark. In a card game, two kinds of a mark 43a indicating P-house win and a mark 43B indicating B-house win are used, and when the dealer 5 comes out of the game result, the mark of the winning one of P-house or B-house is turned over. Thereby, win or loss of the game is displayed clearly on the table. The reversed logo is restored by the dealer 5 after the collection and repayment of the medals 9 are completed. By resetting the flag, it also means that the next game can be started.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the control device 14 calculates the balance of the medals for each game based on the amount of medals placed on the game table 4 and the win-or-lose result of the game, and verifies the increase in the balance of the medals in the medal tray 17 after the game. When the control device 14 detects a difference in the verification, it issues an alarm or adds a record indicating the difference to the record of the video captured by the camera 2. The casino operator can investigate the cause of the difference by confirming the video.

In the cheating detection system of the present embodiment, the added or subtracted amount of tokens in the game calculated from the positions, kinds and number of tokens 9 placed by all players 6 in the game and the win/lose result of the game obtained by the win/lose result determination means is added to or subtracted from the total amount of tokens 9 in the token tray 17 before the respective games are cleared, and the due total amount of tokens 9 in the token tray 17 after the clearing at the end of the game and the actual total amount of tokens 9 in the token tray 17 at the end of the game obtained by the image analysis means 12 are compared to determine whether or not there is a difference between the due total amount and the actual total amount.

The control device 14 grasps the position, type, and number of tokens placed by each player via the image analysis device 12, grasps the actual total amount of tokens in the token tray when collection of all the lost tokens placed by each player is completed, compares the nominal total amount of tokens 9 in the token tray 17 obtained by adding the increment of the token tray 17 in the game to the position, type, and number of tokens placed by the lost player with the actual total amount of tokens 9 in the token tray 17, and determines whether or not there is a difference between the nominal total amount and the actual total amount, with respect to the total amount of tokens in the token tray 17 before clearing from each game.

The control device 14 compares the nominal total amount of the tokens 9 in the token tray 17 obtained by adding the increment of the token tray 17 in the game to the position, kind, and number of the tokens 9 placed by the losing player with the actual total amount of the tokens 9 in the token tray 17, determines that there is no difference between the nominal total amount and the actual total amount, and compares the nominal total amount of the token tray 17 after the completion of the game with the actual total amount of the tokens 9 in the token tray 17 at the completion of the game obtained by the image analysis device 12, determines that there is a payout error when it is determined that there is a difference between the nominal total amount and the actual total amount, and generates a payout error signal notifying the payout error.

The medal tray 17 is provided with a collected medal tray 171 that collects and temporarily stores the medals 9 placed on the lost player, and the image analysis device 12 compares the due total of the medals 9 in the collected medal tray 171, which is obtained by adding the added amount of the medals 9 in the game calculated from the position, the kind, and the number of the medals 9L placed on the lost player, with the actual total of the medals 9 in the collected medal tray 171, and determines whether or not there is a difference between the due total and the actual total.

In order that the game recording device 11 can analyze the record of the game in which the difference occurs when the control device 14 determines that the actual total amount of the medals 9 grasped in the medal tray 17 of the dealer 5 of the game table 4 does not correspond to the difference between the amount of the medals placed by all the players and the amount of the medals increased or decreased calculated from the win-or-lose result of the game, the game recording device 11 is configured to give an index or time to the acquired image or to specify and reproduce the collection scene or the payout scene of the medals 9.

In this way, the control device 14 obtains the total amount of tokens in the cleared token tray 17 at the end of the game via the image analysis device 12, but the determination after clearing in this case is a time when any of the following cases 1) to 4) occurs:

1) The end of the repayment for the won game chip 9;

2) When the cards C used in the game are collected and discarded in the discard area 41 or the discard slit 42 of the table;

3) When a predetermined button attached to the win-or-lose result judgment device is pressed;

4) The flag 43 indicating the win-or-lose is restored.

The control device 14 is an artificial intelligence effective use type or deep learning structure as follows: the position (position for P, B, or PAIR) and the amount (kind and number) of medals placed at each play position 7 of the game table 4 can be grasped, and the win-or-lose history of each player 6 obtained from the win-or-lose result of each game and the amount (win amount) of the medals obtained are compared with the statistical data of many (big data) games in the past, and extracted as an abnormal situation (set by the casino). Typically, the apparatus is provided with a control device 14 of an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or a deep learning structure as follows: the occurrence of a winning amount of a certain amount (100 ten thousand points) or more, or the continuation of a state in which the amount of deposited tokens is small when losing and the amount of deposited tokens is large when winning at the play position 7 of a certain game table 4 in a plurality of games, can be extracted as an abnormal situation by comparing this with statistical data (big data or the like) of the past games.

Further, the control device 14 (integrated with the image analysis device 12) of the cheat-detecting system is configured to identify the individual player 6 at the play position 7 where the player is extracted as an abnormal situation or won by a predetermined amount or more. For such player 6 identification, the image analysis device 12 obtains an image of a face by feature point extraction or the like, and assigns an identification number (ID or the like) thereto. The control device 14 has a warning function of notifying the presence of the specified player 6 to another gaming table when the specified player is out of the seat and sits on the other gaming table. Specifically, a manager who manages each game table 4 or a dealer (or dealer) is notified to prevent further abnormality.

The control device 14 further includes a database in which a purchase history of the tokens 9 purchased by the banknotes K is stored, and compares and determines whether or not the amount of the grasped tokens 9 in the token tray 17 of the dealer 5 of the game table 4 is reduced by the payout amount of the token 9 corresponding to the banknote K for purchase or the total amount of the payout amount of the banknote K corresponding to the purchased token 9 with reference to the database for a certain time or a day.

In the above example, the individual player 6 may be unsure and the win-or-lose history and the amount of medals (winning amount) obtained for each play position 7 may be monitored. In this case, although each player 6 cannot be tracked and investigated when the player 6 is out of seat, it is possible to detect an abnormal situation such as a state in which the amount of deposited medals is small when losing at a specific play position 7 of one game table 4 and the amount of deposited medals is large when winning continues in a plurality of games. When such a play position 7 is detected, it is suspected that a cheat or an error is present at the play position 7. By verifying the video in which the play position 7 is captured, cheating or an error can be found.

Specifically, the camera 2 is provided to photograph at least the medal 9 placed in the placement area 8 of the game table 4. The image analyzing device 12 analyzes the image captured by the camera 2, and detects the positions P, B, and the tie of the depositing area 8 at which the medals are deposited and the amount of the deposited medals for each user position 7. The card dispensing device 3 functions as a win-or-lose result determination device for determining a win-or-lose result of the game. The controller 14 records (monitors) the win-or-lose history of each play position 7 and the amount of the medal (medal acquisition amount) based on the position (P, B, or tie) in the placement area 8 where the medal 9 is placed and the win-or-lose result of the game. In addition, only one of the win-or-lose history and the acquired amount of the medals may be recorded. When the win-or-lose history and/or the history of the acquired amount of medals is compared with the statistical data of many (big data) games in the past to be an abnormal situation (set by the casino), the controller 14 determines the player position 7 as a play position where cheating is suspected.

In the case where a cheating action is suspected for a certain player position 7, the cheating detection system may generate an alarm (light, sound, or vibration) in a manner that is at least noticeable to the dealer at that point in time. This can prevent continuation of the cheating act by interrupting the subsequent game or the like at least at the location. In addition, information indicating that a cheating action is suspected may be added to the video captured and recorded by the camera 2. Thus, the reason of the suspicious cheating behavior can be investigated by confirming the video.

The cheat detection system in the casino having the gaming table of the present embodiment further has a function of performing an inspection when paper coins and game coins are frequently purchased on the gaming table 4. In a casino such as a casino, before a game, the player 6 purchases a token with paper (cash or the like) at a predetermined token purchase location. However, when the player 6 uses the optical medals, the player can purchase the medals 9 with cash (paper money) on the game table and continue the game without leaving the game table 4. However, there is an opportunity for cheating between the dealer 5 and the player. The game medals 9 are purchased with cash (paper money) on the game table, and need to be played when the game is not being played. The card shoe machine 3 can detect the start and end of the split of the card (determination timing of win-or-lose) in order to determine win-or-lose of the game. Therefore, the card issuing device 3 detects a situation other than the issue (dealing) of the card, and the control device 14 detects that the token 9 is being purchased on the game table 4 (shown in fig. 6) in a situation other than the dealing (dealing) of the card. The dealing of the cards (or other situations) can be detected based on information obtained from the operation of the card dealing device 3 or the dealer 5.

The control device 14 performs image analysis of the surface of the banknotes K, and can recognize the number and amount of the banknotes. Further, the game table 4 is irradiated with near ultraviolet light to detect the authenticity mark G of the bill, and thereby, whether or not the bill K for purchasing the game chip 9 is a genuine bill is verified. As shown in fig. 6, the control device 14 is an artificial intelligence effective use type or deep learning structure as follows: the authenticity mark G is also subjected to image analysis and verified, the total amount of genuine bills is recognized, even if a plurality of tokens to be purchased on the amusement table are hidden by the blind spot of the camera 2, the total amount of tokens can be recognized, and the total amount of the tokens K to be purchased from the player on the amusement table 4 and the total amount of the tokens 9 to be purchased from the dealer 5 can be compared to determine whether the amounts of the tokens K and 9 are the same.

The control device 14 is an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or deep learning structure as follows: the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 of the dealer 5 of the game table 4 can be compared to see whether or not the amount of money is reduced in accordance with the payout amount of the medal corresponding to the bill for purchase after the medal is purchased with the medal and cleared. It is also conceivable to grasp the total amount of the medals 9 in the medal tray 17 of the dealer 5 at all times in advance by RFID or the like of the medals 9. Further, the total amount of the medals 9 stored in the medal tray 17 can be detected by photographing the medal tray 17 in which the medals 9 are stored with the camera 2 and analyzing the image with the image analyzing device 12.

The control device 14 verifies whether or not the decrement of the amount of the medal 9 in the medal tray 17 before and after the purchase of the medals with the medals matches the payout amount of the medals as a result of the image analysis on the game table 4. The amount of paid-out bills may be input to the control device 14 by the dealer 5 through a keyboard input or the like, or may be determined by capturing an image of the bill paid-out game table 4 with the camera 2 and analyzing the image with the image analysis device 12.

As described above, the control device 14 determines whether or not the decrement of the medal 9 in the medal tray 17 due to the purchase of the medal with the medal matches the amount of the bill paid to the dealer 5 by the player 6. Further, the controller 14 is an intelligent controller capable of comparing and calculating the difference between the deposit amount of the banknotes by the dealer 5 (usually, based on a keyboard input or the like) and the calculated amount of the banknotes based on the image analysis result of the image analyzer 12 after the game pieces are purchased and cleared with the banknotes, and may be an artificial intelligence utilization type or a deep learning structure.

Further, the control device 14 is an artificial intelligence effective use type or deep learning structure capable of calculating a total sum of money input by the dealer at the game table 4 for the dealer and a match/mismatch between the total sum of money input by the dealer and a match of the total sum of money based on the image analysis result of the image analysis device 12.

The control device 14 compares and determines whether or not the amount of the medal 9 grasped in the medal tray 17 of the dealer 5 of the game table 4 is reduced based on the payout amount of the medal 9 corresponding to the bill used for purchase or the payout amount of the bill corresponding to the purchased medal 9 after the medal 9 is purchased with the medal.

(embodiment 2)

There is a certain card game in a large number of table games played in casinos such as casinos. These games use a standard deck of 52 playing cards, and a game card is dealt onto a game table from a card dealing device having a plurality of previously shuffled decks (from 6 to 9 or 10 decks), and a win or loss is determined based on the number of cards (card face size) dealt and a game rule.

The dealing of cards from the card dealing device and the refinement of the amount of the guest (game participant) to be placed are performed by a dealer or the like who is in charge of the game table. In casinos such as casinos, attempts are being made to prevent errors and cheating in the actuations of the placement amounts of the guests (game participants).

In the card game monitoring system described in international publication WO2015/107902, a change in medals is read using a monitoring camera, and it is checked whether or not a placement amount is paid out to a winner.

The following problems exist with respect to the placement of a guest in a card game and the refinement of the placement amount of the guest (game participant) by the dealer: the time when these operations are performed, who the medals are placed, or whether or not the medals have been removed cannot be detected, and therefore, whether or not these operations are correct cannot be grasped.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a cheating detection system according to embodiment 2 is a cheating detection system for a casino having a game table, and includes:

a game monitoring device that monitors the progress of a game being played at a game table using a camera;

an image analysis device that performs image analysis on the video obtained by the camera;

a card issuing device that determines and displays a result of losing or winning each game on the game table; and

a control device that determines the positions of medals placed on the game table by the game participants using the analysis result of the image analysis device in each game, and determines a winner and a loser among the participants of each game using the win-or-lose result;

the control device further has a function of determining at least one of:

1) In each game, whether there is no change of medals during a period from the start of drawing out of the cards or from the start of operation of the game by the dealer to the display of the win-or-lose result of the game by the card dealing device,

2) Whether or not there is no change in medals by a person other than the dealer while the dealer collects medals deposited by the losers among the game participants after each game is ended,

3) Whether or not the medals are added after each game is completed while the dealer collects the medals placed by the losers among the game participants,

4) Whether or not the dealer paid out the position of the medal placed by the winner among the game participants after each game is ended,

Further, the control device may be configured to determine at least one of the above 1) to 5) by detecting a change in the hands of the dealer and the game participants, a change in the medal, or a change in the hands and a change in the medal using the analysis result of the image analysis device.

Further, the control device may be configured to determine whether the amount of medals paid out to winners by the dealer is correct or not, based on the amount of winner take among the game participants.

Further, the cheating detection system for a game may further include a monitor or a lamp that receives the determination result and performs warning or display.

According to the cheating detection system of the present embodiment, the time when a guest in a certain card game is placed and the number of game medals placed by a dealer are accurately calculated for the guest (game participant) can be detected, and the time when the game medals are placed or whether the game medals are taken away can be detected, and errors and cheating actions can be detected, and a warning or display can be given, thereby preventing the recurrence.

Before proceeding to the detailed description of the present embodiment, a flow of a certain card game performed in a casino such as a casino will be described. In embodiment 2, the same components as those in embodiment 1 will be denoted by the same reference numerals.

As shown in fig. 7, on the game table 4, a guest (game participant/player) 6 sits on a play position (chair) 7 in a face-to-face relationship with the dealer 5. Then, the guest (game participant) 6 places the medal 9 in the placement area 8 at hand (hereinafter, this is referred to as "placement") as to which of PLAYER P (PLAYER) and PLAYER B (BANKER) wins or becomes a TIE (TIE) as a result of win or loss of a certain card game. The dealer 5 also performs an operation (the state shown in fig. 7) such as shouting "No More Bet (placement acceptance completion)" to clock for the completion of placement by the guest (game participant) 6, and moving the hand laterally. In a certain card game, the guest (game participant) 6 cannot move a medal, place an additional medal, or retrieve a placed medal until the winning or losing result of the game is displayed by the card dispensing device 3 from the time when the drawing of a card or the operation of the dealer 5 to start playing the game is shout "No More Bet (placement acceptance end)".

Thereafter, the playing cards 1 are drawn out one by one from the card issuance apparatus 3 to the game table 4 with the back surfaces thereof facing upward. First, 4 cards are extracted, and as shown in (1) to (4) of fig. 8, the first card is assigned to P (PLAYER), the second card is assigned to B (BANKER), the third card is assigned to P (PLAYER), and the fourth card is assigned to B (BANKER), and the cards are arranged in front of zones 10 (P zone 10P and B zone 10B) viewed from the dealer 5 on the game table 4. Then, the fifth card 1 and the sixth card 1 are drawn by the dealer 5 according to the face sizes (numbers) of the first to fourth cards 1 and the conditions in the detailed rules of a certain card game, and these are assigned to P (PLAYER) or B (BANKER). Subsequently, the win or loss of the game is determined based on the face size (number) of the first to fourth cards 1 (fifth and sixth cards, as the case may be) and the detailed rules of a certain card game. Here, it is configured that in the card issuing apparatus 3, rules of a game are programmed in advance, and information (card face size (number) and suit) of the issued cards 1 can be read to determine win or loss of the game. Whether or not the win-or-lose determination result (win-or-lose result) determined by the card issuance apparatus 3 matches the win-or-lose result determined by the dealer or the like as described above is determined.

The following describes an overview of the overall cheat detection system in a casino game according to an embodiment of the present invention. Fig. 7 is a diagram showing an overview of the entire system, and the cheat detection system in a game in a casino includes: a game recording device 11 for recording the progress of a game played on the game table 4, including a guest (game participant) 6 and a dealer 5, as an image by the camera 2; an image analysis device 12 for performing image analysis on the video of the recorded progress state of the game; and a card issuing device 3 having a function of determining and displaying a result of winning or losing of each game on the game table 4. The card shoe 3 is a so-called electronic shoe that has been used by those skilled in the art, and is configured to program rules of a game in advance, detect the timing of the issuance of the card 1 at the start of each game by the dealer 5, and read information (the size (number) and suit) of each card 1 issued to determine win or lose of the game. For example, in a certain card game, the winning B, winning P, and the tie (and the round) are basically determined by the size of the face of 2 to 3 cards, respectively, and the determination result (win-or-lose result) is displayed by the display lamp 13.

The control device 14 of the cheat-detecting system has a medal-detecting function for specifying which of the placing areas 8 on the P side or the B side on the game table 4a guest 6 (game participant) has placed a medal 9, using the analysis result of the image analysis device 12 for each game. It is assumed that the position and total amount of the medal 9 (which of the placing areas 8 on the P side or the B side places the medal 9) cannot be read in general when the medals 9 overlap with each other in a staggered manner or fall into a dead space when viewed from the position of the camera 2. The control device 14 is configured to recognize the occurrence of a dead space in the tokens 9 (when a part of one token is hidden or when the entire token is hidden) and to accurately grasp the position, the number, and the like, by using a self-learning function or the like based on an existing artificial intelligence utility computer, a control system, a deep learning (construction) technique, and the like. The structure for detecting the position and type of the medal 9 in the placement area 8 is not limited to this, and may be configured to detect by reading an ID embedded in the medal, for example.

As described above, the control device 14 can grasp the position (position where P, B, or PAIR is placed), the type (value in which a different amount is assigned to each color of the medal 9) and the number of medals 9 placed by each player 6 by the camera 2 and the image analysis device 12, and can detect which guest 6 is placed for P (which guest 6 is placed for the highest amount when there are a plurality of guests 6 placed for P), and which guest 6 is placed for B (which guest 6 is placed for the highest amount when there are a plurality of guests 6 placed for B). The image analysis device 12 and the control device 14 in the present cheating detection system are configured to integrally or compositely include a computer, a program, and a memory that are configured by a plurality of configurations.

The control device 14 is configured as follows: the information on the size and the suit obtained by the image analysis device 12 from the video (using the camera 2) of each card 1 dealt at the game table 4 can be compared with the information on the size and the suit read by the card dealing device 3, and it can be determined that the cards are not matched. In accordance with the win-or-lose result of the game determined by the card issuing device 3 in each game, the control device 14 analyzes the video of the progress state of the game by the image analyzing device 12, and determines whether or not the collection of the lost medal 9 placed by the guest (game participant) 6 and the payout of the won medal to the winning guest (game participant) 6 have been correctly performed in accordance with the win-or-lose result of the game.

The control device 14 has the functions shown in the following 1) to 5) according to the rules of a certain card game, and determines whether or not a cheating against the rules is not performed as a characteristic function of the invention of the present application. That is to say that the first and second electrodes,

1) In each game, whether there is no change in the medal 9 during a period from a signal for starting drawing of the medal obtained from the card issuance apparatus 3 or from a game start operation performed by the dealer 5 pressing the start button 4s until the win-or-lose result of the game is displayed by the card issuance apparatus 3 is monitored (as shown in fig. 8) by the information obtained by the image analysis apparatus 12 using the camera 2.

2) After each game is completed, the image analysis device 12 monitors whether or not the dealer 6 has picked up the medal 9 without cheating while the dealer 5 collects the medal 9 placed by the loser among the game participants 6 (as shown in fig. 9) using the information obtained by the camera 2.

3) After each game is completed, the image analyzer 12 monitors, using the information obtained by the camera 2, whether or not a person other than the dealer 5 (winner or loser) has added the won medal 9W or has not replaced the medal 9 on the side of the win not placed, while the dealer 5 has collected the medal 9 placed by the loser among the game participants.

4) After each game is completed, the image analyzing device 12 monitors whether or not the dealer 5 has placed the medal 9 for the winner among the game participants 6 using the information obtained by the camera 2, and correctly places the paid-out medal 9W (as shown in fig. 10).

5) After each game is finished (the dealer 5 operates the card dispensing device 3 and displays the win-or-lose result on the display lamp 13), whether or not the winner 6W among the game participants 6 has taken the placed medal 9 and the paid-out medal 9W is monitored by the information obtained by the image analyzing device 12 using the camera 2 (as shown in fig. 11).

The control device 14 analyzes the information obtained by the image analysis device 12 using the camera 2 as follows. That is, the monitoring of 1) to 5) is performed by detecting the hand change, the medal change, or the hand change and the medal change of the dealer 5 and the game participant 6 using the analysis result of the image analysis device 12, but in this analysis, it is necessary to know at least who has taken the medal 9. Hereinafter, the method of this analysis will be described with reference to fig. 12 to 14.

The dealer 5 takes an analysis of the situation of the medal 9 placed by the game participant 6L (fig. 12).

The dealer 5 collects the medals 9 placed by the game participants 6L lost in the game. The information obtained by the image analysis device 12 using the camera 2 is analyzed and monitored, and whether it is collected is ensured. First, a change in the placed medal 9 from the present state (fig. 12A) to the absent state (fig. 12C) is detected by image analysis. Then, the image (fig. 12B) of the period from the present state to the absent state of the medal 9 is analyzed. In the image (fig. 12B) of the period from the present state to the absent state of the medal 9, which side the hand 5h is projected from (whether from above in fig. 12 or not) is analyzed, and when the hand is projected from above (or the hand appears from above and moves back upward, the hand 5h is determined as the dealer 5, and when the hand is projected from a direction other than this, it is determined as cheating, and cheating is detected based on such a rule.

While the dealer 5 collects the medals 9 placed by the losing game participants 6L in the game, it is monitored whether or not another person has taken the lost medals 9 without cheating (fig. 12 and 11). As shown in fig. 13, in the image of the period from the present state to the absent state of the medal 9, the image analysis of the situation taken by the loser 6L or the like among the game participants 6 detects that the hand 6h protrudes or moves from the lower side (originally from the upper side) of fig. 13, and determines that the hand 6h or the like other than the dealer 5 has taken the medal 9, and determines that there is a cheat.

The dealer 5 correctly pays out (places) the medal 9W for the won medal 9, which is taken by the winner 6W among the game participants 6. First, for the won medal shown in fig. 14A, the medal 9W is paid out in accordance with the rules of the game as shown in fig. 14B. A change from the state of the diagram shown in fig. 14A to the state shown in fig. 14B is detected, and at the same time, whether or not the hand is the hand 5h of the dealer 5 is detected by image analysis. Then, the control device 4 checks whether or not the hand 6h of the winner 6W among the game participants 6 is extended (moved) to the same slot as shown in fig. 14C, and then the medals 9 are all disappeared (state of fig. 14D) in this time, based on the result of the image analysis, in accordance with the rules of the game, thereby determining whether or not there is no cheating.

Further, the control device 4 is configured to determine whether or not the amount of medals paid out to the winner by the dealer 5 is correct, based on the amount of medals 6W among the game participants 6. Specific examples are shown below. It is assumed that the position and total amount of the medal 9 (which of the placing areas 8 on the P side or the B side places the medal 9) cannot be read in general when the medals 9 overlap with each other in a staggered manner or fall into a dead space when viewed from the position of the camera 2. The control device 14 is configured to recognize the occurrence of a dead space in the tokens 9 (when a part of one token is hidden or when the entire token is hidden) and to accurately grasp the position, the number, and the like, by using a self-learning function or the like based on an existing artificial intelligence utility computer, a control system, a deep learning (construction) technique, and the like. The structure for detecting the position 8 and the type of the medal 9 in the placement area 8 is not limited to this, and may be configured to detect by reading an ID embedded in the medal, for example.

As described above, the control device 14 can grasp the positions 8 (positions where P, B, or PAIR are placed), the types (values in which different amounts are assigned to the medals 9 for each color), and the number of the medals 9 placed by each player 6 by the camera 2 and the image analysis device 12, and can detect which guest 6 is placed for P (which guest 6 is placed for the highest number when there are a plurality of guests 6 placed for P), and which guest 6 is placed for B (which guest 6 is placed for the highest number when there are a plurality of guests 6 placed for B).

Further, the control device 14 of the cheating detection system of the present game analyzes and monitors the information obtained by the image analysis device 12 using the camera 2 by the above-described technique according to the rule of a certain card game. The monitoring shown in 1) to 5) above is performed to determine whether or not the cheating against the rule is not performed. When the cheating is detected, the card issuing detector 14C turns on the abnormality indicator lamp 16 provided in each of the card issuing device 3 and the game table 4, and outputs 15 the detected cheating to a casino management department or the like wirelessly or by wire. Further, a monitor or a lamp for receiving the determination result and giving a warning or display may be provided in another place.

As described above, the control device 14 detects the cheating behavior and sends the display signal to the indicator lamp 13 or the abnormality indicator lamp 16 of the card issuance device 3 at the detected time or at an appropriate timing, but the card issuance device 3 may be activated to stop the issuance of the card 1 after the cheating or erroneous time is detected in addition to the warning.

An embodiment of a card shoe 3 used in the table game system of the present invention will be described below with reference to fig. 15 to 19. The card issuing apparatus 3 includes: a card storage unit 102 that stores a plurality of shuffled playing cards 1s; a card guide section 105 that guides the shuffled playing cards 1 when the dealer 5 or the like manually draws the shuffled playing cards 1 one by one from the card storage section 102 to the game table 4; an opening 106 for taking out the card 1 guided by the card guide 105; a card detection unit (card detection sensors 22 and 23) that detects that the shuffled playing cards 1 are being extracted when the shuffled playing cards 1 are being extracted; a card reading unit 108 that reads information indicating at least a few (card face sizes) of the shuffled playing cards 1; a control unit 109 for determining win or loss of the card game based on the number (the size of the face) of the shuffled playing cards 1 sequentially read by the card reading unit 108; a result display lamp 13 for displaying the win-or-lose result determined by the control unit 109; a dealing regulation device 30 which is provided in the opening 106 and regulates the card 1 to come in and go out of the card storage 102; and a management control unit 114 having the same functions as those of the control device 14, which are integrated, and having the following functions: when the control device 14 detects an error or a cheating action by a dealer in a game, the card dispensing device 3 is prevented from dispensing a card again at a time after the time when the error or the cheating action is detected or at a predetermined time.

Next, the dealing regulation device 30 for regulating the entrance and exit of the card 1 into and from the card housing 102 will be described with reference to fig. 17 and 16. The dealing regulation device 30 is provided in a card guide 107 of a card guide portion 105, and the card guide portion 105 guides the cards 1 taken out one by one from an opening 106 in front of the card housing portion 102 onto the game table 4. The dispensing restricting device 30 has the following structure: when the card 1 passes through the slit 33 between the card guide section 105 and the guide cover of the card guide 107, the lock member 34 presses the card 1 to prevent the card 1 from entering and exiting the slit 33. The lock member 34 is moved as indicated by an arrow m so as to be able to take two states, a position (restricting position) where the card 1 is pressed and a passing position where the card 1 can pass, by a driving unit 35 such as an electromagnetic solenoid or a piezoelectric element. The driving unit 35 is controlled by a control unit 109 connected directly or indirectly to the control device 14 by wire or wirelessly, and moves the locking member 34 between two states, i.e., a position where the card 1 is pressed and a position where the card 1 can pass through. The control unit 109 stores therein a rule of a certain card game by programming in advance.

Next, a modified example of the dispensing restricting device 30 will be described with reference to fig. 18B. The dispensing restricting device 40 in the modification has the following configuration: when the card 1 passes through the slit 33 between the card guide portion 105 and the card guide 107 (guide cover), the lock member 36 protrudes into the slit 33 to prevent the card 1 from moving. The lock member 36 is movable as indicated by an arrow m so as to be able to take two states, a position (restricting position) at which the card 1 is prevented from moving and a passing position at which the card 1 can pass, by a driving unit 37 such as an electromagnetic solenoid or a piezoelectric element. The driving unit 37 is controlled by a control unit 109 connected to the control device 14 to move the lock member 36 between two states, i.e., a position for preventing the card 1 from moving and a position for allowing the card 1 to pass through.

Next, the details of the code reading unit 108 that reads the code 52 indicating the number (number, face size) of the card 1 from the card 1 when the card 1 is manually drawn out from the card housing unit 102 will be described. Fig. 17 is a plan view of a main part of the card issuance apparatus 3. In the figure, the code reading unit 108 is provided in a card guide section 105, and the card guide section 105 guides the cards 1 manually taken out one by one from an opening 106 in front of the card housing section 102 onto the game table 4. The card guide 105 is an inclined surface, and card guides 107 also serving as sensor covers are attached to both side edges. Each of the 2 card guides 107 can be attached and detached by a screw or the like (not shown). When the card guide 107 is removed, the sensor group 115 of the code reading unit 108 is exposed. The sensor group 115 includes 4 sensors, and includes 2 ultraviolet ray sensitive sensors (UV sensors) 20 and 21 and object detection sensors 22 and 23.

The object detection sensors 22 and 23 are optical fiber sensors for detecting the presence or absence of the card 1, and can detect the movement direction of the card 1. The object detection sensor 22 is located on the upstream side of the card guide 105 along the moving direction of the card 1, and the other object detection sensor 23 is located on the downstream side. As shown in the drawing, two object detection sensors 22, 23 are disposed on the upstream side and the downstream side with the UV sensors 20, 21 interposed therebetween. The UV sensors 20 and 21 include an LED (ultraviolet LED) emitting ultraviolet light and a detector. The mark M of the code 52 is printed on the card 1 with ultraviolet light emitting ink which emits a color when irradiated with ultraviolet light, and the card 1 is irradiated with ultraviolet light (near ultraviolet light) and reflected light of the mark M of the code 52 of the card 1 is detected by a detector. The UV sensors 20, 21 are connected to the code reading section 108 and the control section 109 by cables. The code reading unit 108 determines the combination of the marks M and the number (the size of the card face) corresponding to each code 52 based on the output signals of the detectors of the UV sensors 20 and 21.

The code reading unit 108 controls the start and end of reading by the UV sensors 20 and 21 by the control unit 109 based on the detection signals of the object detection sensors 22 and 23. The control unit 109 also determines whether or not the card 1 has normally passed through the card guide 105 based on the detection signals of the object detection sensors 22 and 23. As shown in fig. 19, a square mark M indicating the size (number) and suit (e.g., a red peach or a black peach) of the card is arranged in 2 columns and 4 rows at the edge of the card 1. When the UV sensors 20 and 21 detect the mark M, an ON signal is output. The code reading unit 108 determines the relative relationship between the two signals input from the 2 UV sensors 20 and 21. Thus, the code reading unit 108 identifies the code based on the relative difference or the like of the 2 marks M detected by the 2 UV sensors 20 and 21, and identifies the number (card face size) and the type (suit) of the corresponding card 1.

The relationship between the code 52 and the outputs of the ON signals of the 2 UV sensors 20, 21 is shown in fig. 19. From the results of comparison of the relative changes in the outputs of the ON signals of the UV sensors 20, 21, a predetermined combination of the marks M can be specified. As a result, if 4 combinations of the marks M in the upper and lower 2 rows are printed in 4 rows, 256 kinds of codes of 4 kinds to the power of 4 can be configured. Each of the 52 cards of the playing card is assigned to one of the 256 codes and stored as a look-up table in a memory or a program, and the code reading unit 108 is configured to specify the number (card face size) and the type (suit) of the card 1 by specifying each code 52 and using a preset look-up table (not shown). Further, since 256 kinds of codes can be associated with 52 cards in a freely combinable manner and stored in the lookup table, the combination is complicated, and the combination of 256 kinds of codes and 52 cards can be changed depending on time and place. The code is preferably printed with paint that is visible by receiving ultraviolet light, in a position that does not coincide with the indicia of the card's type and the index 103.

In the above embodiment, the image analyzer 12 and the controller 14 are devices having an artificial intelligence efficient use type or deep learning structure, but the image analyzer 12 and the controller 14 may analyze the image and perform the various kinds of control described above using a Scale-Invariant Feature Transform (SIFT) algorithm, a Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), deep learning (deep learning), mechanical learning (machine learning), or the like. These techniques are techniques for recognizing an object included in a captured image by performing image recognition on the captured image, and in particular, in recent years, the object is recognized with high accuracy by using a deep learning technique in which a neural network is multilayered. The deep learning technique generally identifies objects with high accuracy by overlapping layers across multiple stages at an intermediate layer between an input layer and an output layer of a neural network. This deep learning technique, in particular, a convolutional neural network, has a higher performance than identifying an object from an existing image feature amount, and is thus attracting attention.

In the convolutional neural network, an identification target image with a tag is learned, and a main object included in the identification target image is identified. When a plurality of main objects exist in a learning image, the main objects are specified by a region rectangle, and the image corresponding to the specified region is labeled for learning. Further, in the convolutional neural network, it is also possible to determine a main object in an image and the position of the object.

When the convolutional neural network is further described, in the identification flow of the object, an edge extraction process or the like is performed on the identification target image to extract a candidate region from local features, and the candidate region is input to the convolutional neural network, and is classified based on the extracted feature vector, so that the classified candidate region with the highest reliability is obtained as the identification result. The reliability is an amount indicating how much the similarity between a certain image region and a subject of an image learned together with a tag is relatively higher than the similarity of other levels.

Further, the apparatuses having an artificial intelligence effective utilization type or a deep learning structure are described in U.S. Pat. No. 9361577, U.S. Pat. No. 2016-171336, U.S. Pat. No. 2015-036920, and japanese patent laid-open 2016-110232, and the descriptions thereof are incorporated in the present specification by reference.

While various embodiments of the present invention have been described above, it is needless to say that the above embodiments can be modified by those skilled in the art within the scope of the present invention, and the device of the present embodiment may be modified as appropriate according to the requirements in the game to which the present invention is applied.

Description of the symbols

1. Playing cards

1s multiple shuffle playing cards

2. Surveillance camera

3. Card issuing device

4. Game table

5. Dealer

6. Guest (Game participant/player)

7. Chair (Ref. TM. Chair)

8. Placement area

9. Game coin

10. Region(s)

10P region

10B region

11. Game recording device

12. Image analysis apparatus

13. Result display lamp

14. Control device

14C card issuing and detecting device

15. Output (abnormality determination result, etc.)

16. Abnormal display lamp

30. Dispensing restriction device

33. Slit with a slit

34. Locking element

35. Driving part

36. Locking element

37. Driving part

40. Dispensing restriction device

102. Card receiving part

103. Indexing

105. Card guiding part

106. Opening part

107. Card guide

109. Control unit

112. And a side monitor.

Claims

1. A token identification system for identifying tokens on a gaming table, the gaming table having a plurality of play positions, each play position comprising one or more placement areas, wherein,

the medal identification system includes:

a camera positioned above the game table such that an optical axis direction of the camera forms an angle with an upper surface of the game table, and captures an image of the game table including one or more placement areas and game chips placed in the one or more placement areas; and

an image recognition device is configured to, in a case,

identifying the type and number of tokens placed on the game table based on the image and by using artificial intelligence technology or neural network,

transmitting information on the type and number of tokens recognized by the image recognition device to a management device,

wherein the type and number of tokens identified by the image identification device, together with a game result of a game played on the game table, can be used by the game device to manage performance of a game played on the game table.

2. A token identification system according to claim 1,

the game result of the game played on the game table is determined by a game result acquisition means.

3. A token identification system according to claim 2, wherein,

the information sent by the image recognition device is used by the management device to determine a balance and/or total placement amount along with the game result obtained by the game result obtaining device.

4. A token identification system according to claim 2,

the information sent by the image recognition means is used by the management means, together with the game result acquired by the game result acquisition means, to determine the balance and/or total placement amount of one or more placement areas.

5. A token identification system according to claim 2,

the image recognition device recognizes the type and number of tokens on the game table for one or more of the plurality of play positions,

the information sent by the image recognition device is used by the management device, together with the game result obtained by the game result obtaining device, to determine a balance and/or a total placement amount for one or more of the plurality of play positions.

6. A token identification system according to claim 2, wherein,

the token identification system is mounted to a plurality of gaming tables,

the information transmitted by the image recognition means is used by the management means to determine the balance and/or total placement amount of each of the plurality of amusement tables together with the game result acquired by the game result acquisition means.

7. A token identification system according to claim 2, wherein,

the token recognition system is mounted to a plurality of gaming tables,

the information transmitted by the image recognition means is used by the management means together with the game result acquired by the game result acquisition means to determine the balance and/or total placement amount of one or more of the plurality of gaming tables.

8. A token identification system according to claim 2,

the medal identification system further includes a player identification system configured to determine an identity of a player and the medals placed by the player,

the information sent by the image recognition device is used by the management device to determine the player's placement amount along with the player's identity as recognized by the player recognition system.

9. A token identification system according to claim 1,

the image recognition system identifies a placement amount of the game piece placed in each of the one or more placement areas.

10. A token identification system according to claim 1,

the image recognition device recognizes the game pieces placed by a plurality of players.

11. A token identification system according to claim 1,

the image recognition means is for the management means to record a history of the placement amount at a prescribed timing.

12. A token identification system according to claim 1,

the medal recognition system further includes a player recognition system configured to determine an identity of a player and the medals placed by the player,

the information transmitted by the image recognition device is used by the management device to determine a win or lose history of the player together with the player recognized by the player recognition system.

13. A token identification system according to claim 1,

the game played at the gaming table is a card game,

the one or more placement areas are provided with one or more placement object areas including a P area, a B area, and a local area, a P.P area and/or a B.P area,

the image recognition device recognizes the type and number of tokens placed in the P area, the B area, the sum area, the P.P area, and/or the B.P area,

the image recognition means is for the management means to manage the placement amounts of the P area, the B area, the sum area, the p.p area and/or the b.p area.