UA72328C2 - Game equipment for table games with the use of playing-cards and tokens, specifically the playing-cards for black jack game - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to game equipment for table games with the use of playing-cards and tokens, specifically the playing-cards and tokens for Black Jack game. The proposed equipment contains a game table with a coating marked out with sectors for stakes, areas for placing tokens, and areas for laying playing-cards facing upwards, a game supervision system, a computer, and additionally, a unit for comparing playing-cards values. The game supervision system is based on an optoelectronic module for processing the images of objects disposed on the game table. The said module contains a unit for detecting and recording the value indications of the playing-cards that are taken out from the playing-card storage, a unit for detecting and recording the value indications of the playing-cards disposed on the game table, a unit for detecting and recording player stakes, a unit for detecting and recording the bank, and a control unit. The first input of the unit for comparing playing-cards values is connected to the output of the unit for detecting and recording the value indications of the playing-cards that are taken out from the playing-card storage, the second input is connected to the output of the unit for detecting and recording the value indications of the playing-cards disposed on the game table, and the output is connected to the input of the computer. The input of the control unit is connected to the output of the computer, the first output is connected to the input of the unit for detecting and recording the value indications of the playing-cards disposed on the game table, and the second output is connected to the input of the unit for detecting and recording the bank and the input of the unit for detecting and recording player stakes. The output of the unit for detecting and recording the bank and the output of the unit for detecting and recording player stakes are connected to the input of the computer. The optoelectronic module for processing the images of objects disposed on the game table is installed under the game table.

Description

The invention relates to gaming equipment for playing gambling games such as "Black Jack" and other similar games that use playing cards and game tokens.

Known gaming equipment for board games that use playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack" (see US patent Me5735525, dated 02.05.97, published 04.07.98, M.Kl.E AEZE1 /18), which includes a gaming table with a covering marked on betting sectors and other areas for the possible placement of game tokens, as well as areas for placing playing cards face up, a card shoe for storing and distributing playing cards that are drawn from it face up face down, equipped with a unit for recognition and registration of symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe.

The gaming table is equipped with bet registration sensors installed in the betting sectors and on other areas for the possible placement of tokens, as well as playing card sensors on the areas for placing them face up. The gaming equipment also contains a control device connected to a unit for recognizing and registering symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, with sensors for registering bets and sensors of playing cards in areas for placing them face up.

Known gaming equipment does not provide the possibility of real-time automatic control of compliance with the rules of the game at all its stages and the correctness of payment of winnings to players by the dealer.

This is explained by the fact that sensors for registration of bets and sensors of playing cards, which respond to the presence of an object and are placed on the gaming table, inform the control device only as a fact that the player made a bet and the playing card arrived at the section located in front of him. However, it is impossible to obtain information about the size of the bet, nor information about the symbols of the value of the playing card, which has reached the player, with the help of such gaming equipment. Thus, it is impossible to establish that the player received exactly the playing card that was drawn from the card shoe. It is impossible to track in real time and record violations of the rules of the game in the form of changing bets, and it is also impossible to control the correctness of the dealer's payment of winnings to players.

There is also known gaming equipment for board games that use playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack" (see US patent Me5605334, dated 04/11/95, published 02/25/97, M.Kl.E АЕЖЕ1/18), which includes a gaming table with a covering marked on betting sectors and other areas for the possible placement of game tokens, as well as areas for placing playing cards face up, a card shoe for storing and distributing playing cards drawn from it face down, equipped with a unit for recognition and registration of symbols of the value of playing cards drawn from the card shoe.

The gaming table is equipped with bet registration sensors installed in the betting sectors and on other areas for the possible placement of tokens, as well as playing card sensors on the areas for placing them face up. The gaming equipment also contains a control device connected to a unit for recognizing and registering symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, with sensors for registering bets and sensors of playing cards in areas for placing them face up. The control device is equipped with an information storage system.

Known gaming equipment does not provide the possibility of real-time automatic control of compliance with the rules of the game at all its stages and the correctness of payment of winnings to players by the dealer.

This is explained by the fact that the sensors installed on the game table generate signals about the presence of a bet in the sector designated for this and about the arrival of a playing card on the area intended for its placement face up, because they react only to the presence of objects in the areas where the sensors are installed.

However, it is impossible to receive information about the size of the bet and about the symbols of the value of the playing card that arrived at the site for its placement face up. The control device can monitor only the arrival of the playing card from the card shoe to the playing place where the bet was made, but does not allow to establish the identity of the symbols of the value of the playing card received by the player and the playing card drawn from the card shoe. When using this gaming equipment, it is also impossible to control the correctness of the payment of winnings by the dealer to the players and the absence of violations of the rules of the game in the case of changes in rates, which such changes are provided for. As can be seen from the above, the only reliable information that can be obtained and entered into the information storage system of the control device is information about the symbols of the value of the playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, which is not enough for automatic control of the game in real time.

The closest in terms of technical essence and the technical result achieved to the claimed invention is gaming equipment for board games in which playing cards and game tokens are used, in particular for the game "Black Jack" (see German patent Me4439502 dated 08.11 .94, published 14.09.95, M. Cl. 9 AEZE9/00,

AbZE1/00), which includes a gaming table with a cover marked on betting sectors and other areas for the possible placement of game tokens, as well as areas for placing playing cards face up, a card shoe for storing and distributing playing cards that are drawn from it face down, equipped with an optoelectronic sensor of the movement of playing cards and a unit for recognizing and registering symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe, a system for monitoring the progress of the game, a computer connected to individual functional units by elements of wired or wireless communication , equipped with an electronic data processing system programmed in accordance with the rules of the game, which allows evaluating the signals coming from the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, and from the system for monitoring the progress of the game, connected to information storage system, as well as a processing visualization device in the computer data characterizing the course of the game.

The system for monitoring the progress of the game is made in the form of groups of sensors placed on the gaming table under its cloth covering, which fix the objects on the table and consist of a number of individual sensors and a game bet detector, which acts as an automatic recognition unit to register the bets made . Light-sensitive sensors, in particular photodiodes sensitive to infrared radiation, for example, silicon diodes, are used as individual sensors that make up groups of sensors that fix objects on the table. In the groups of sensors, individual light-sensitive sensors are arranged so that each object, which is placed on the table cover in a defined manner, in accordance with the rules of the game, a game token or a playing card, overlaps at least two sensors. The game bet detector, designed for automatic bet recognition, is a hand-held scanner that detects the color of the token and the number of tokens of the same color. The game bet detector can also be a high-frequency identification system that includes a transceiver station connected to tokens built-in responders. When high-frequency signals are sent to the defendant from the receiving-transmitting station, he sends back signals to the station that characterize the value of the token being evaluated. The defendants have inductive antennas. The token can have a device for storing information. The receiving-transmitting station has a high-frequency signal generator for simultaneous transmission of power, time and control signals to the respondent, a demodulator, a modulator, a control unit, a system of unified communications and signals, an electronic read/write unit, several inductive antennas. The block for recognition and registration of symbols of the value of playing cards drawn from the card shoe face down is made in the form of an optoelectronic sensor, which is placed on the path of movement of the playing card and registers the symbols of the value of playing cards drawn from the card shoe, which are placed on all playing cards in the same designated place. This optoelectronic sensor responds to the color of a specified area of the playing card, colored or not, and serves to turn on a source of light pulses at the moment when the value symbol of the playing card passes over the window of the card shoe. With the help of an optical deflecting device, such as using an optical prism or a mirror, the image of the value symbol of the playing card is transmitted to the PZD-image converter (PZ3 - a device with a charge connection).

Known gaming equipment does not provide the possibility of real-time automatic control of compliance with the rules of the game at all its stages and the correctness of payment of winnings to players by the dealer.

This is explained by the fact that the groups of light-sensitive sensors included in the game monitoring system are functionally intended only for recording the presence of objects on the game table in betting sectors and other areas for the possible placement of tokens, as well as in areas for placing playing cards. However, with the help of such sensors, it is impossible to determine which playing card has arrived at the area where its presence is recorded, and whether its value symbols are identical to the previously registered value symbols of the playing card drawn from the card shoe. Similarly, with the help of groups of light-sensitive sensors, it is impossible to determine the sizes of bets made by players. You can only establish the presence of bets in the designated sectors of the game table. To determine the number of tokens in a bet made by each player, in the system of monitoring the progress of the game of a well-known gaming equipment, a hand-held scanner is used, which registers a token or a column of tokens placed by each player separately, the image of which is then analyzed by the number and colors that determine the denominations of the tokens. In this way, the sizes of bets made by players are determined. The use of such a manual scanner does not allow you to monitor that during the entire game, any changes contrary to the rules of the game, such as increasing or decreasing the number, replacing one or more tokens with tokens of a different denomination, are not made in the bet made. Chips are scanned once and throughout the game, there is no control over the status of the bets made, because it is technically impossible to do so. When using tokens with built-in receivers and a transceiver station to monitor player bets, it is possible to ensure real-time control, but it is necessary to constantly send a signal to each token, receive an information signal from its receiver, process it to determine the value of the token, and only after this information can be sent for evaluation to the computer's electronic data processing system. The production of tokens with defendants requires high material costs, and the receiving-transmitting station contains a large amount of complex equipment of high cost. It is impossible to control the dealer's bank and the correctness of payout of winnings with the help of known equipment. Thus, continuous control over the course of the game at all its stages and compliance with the rules of the game in real time is not ensured.

The invention is based on the task of improving gaming equipment for board games that use playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack", by introducing new structural elements, new connections between structural elements and a new implementation of structural elements that will provide the possibility of real-time automatic monitoring of compliance with the rules of the game at all its stages and the correctness of payment of winnings to players by the dealer.

The task is solved by the fact that in gaming equipment for board games, which use playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack", which includes a gaming table with a covering marked on sectors for bets and other areas for possible placement of gaming tokens, as well as areas for placing playing cards face up, a card shoe for storing and distributing playing cards, which are drawn from it face down, equipped with an optoelectronic sensor of the movement of playing cards and a unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card a shoe, a system for monitoring the progress of the game, a computer connected to separate functional units by elements of wired or wireless communication, equipped with an electronic data processing system programmed in accordance with the rules of the game, which allows evaluating the signals coming from the recognition and registration unit symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the cards about the shoe with the front side down, and from the game monitoring system connected to the information storage system, as well as the computer-processed data visualization device, which characterizes the game progress, according to the invention, the new thing is that the game monitoring system during the course of the game, it is made in the form of an optoelectronic device for image processing of objects on the gaming table, which contains a unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards that come to each area for placing playing cards face up, a unit for recognizing and registering player bets, a unit for recognizing and registering bank the dealer and the control unit of the system for monitoring the progress of the game, and the gaming equipment is additionally equipped with a unit for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards, the first input of which is connected to the output of the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe, face down, the second its input is connected to the output of the recognition block i and the registration of the symbols of the value of the playing cards, which are received in each area for placing the playing cards face up, and the output is connected to the computer, the input of the control unit of the game monitoring system is connected to the computer, the first output of the unit control of the system for monitoring the progress of the game is connected to the input of the recognition and registration unit of the symbols of the value of the playing cards, which come to each section for placing the playing cards face up, and the second output is connected to the input of the recognition and registration unit of the dealer bank and the input of the recognition unit and registration of players' bets, the outputs of the recognition and registration unit of the dealer's bank and the unit of recognition and registration of players' bets are connected to the computer, while the optoelectronic device for processing the image of objects on the game table is placed above the game table.

What is also new is that the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, is made in the form of an optoelectronic device containing a lens, pZZ3 converters, image converters and a processor connected in series.

What is new is that the gaming equipment contains two or more systems for monitoring the progress of the game, which are located above the gaming table at a distance from each other and have a different angle of inclination relative to the horizontal surface of the gaming table, connected to the computer through an additional synchronization unit .

The causal relationship between the set of essential features of the invention and the technical result achieved is as follows.

Implementation of a system for monitoring the progress of the game in the form of an optoelectronic device for image processing of objects on the game table placed above the game table, containing a unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing cards that come to each section for placing playing cards face up, including playing cards dealer, the unit for recognizing and registering players' bets, the unit for recognizing and registering the dealer's bank and the control unit for monitoring the progress of the game, provides an opportunity to continuously monitor compliance with the rules of the three at the game table. After recognition and registration of the symbols of the value of the playing card, which is removed from the card shoe and placed on the area for placing the playing cards of one of the participants of the game face up, the symbol of its value is instantly recognized and registered by the block that is included in the optoelectronic device and is intended for this purpose. Because the gaming equipment is additionally equipped with a unit for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards, the first input of which is connected to the output of the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, and its second input is connected to the output of the recognition unit and registration of the symbols of the value of the playing cards, which arrive at each site for placing the playing cards face up, and the output is connected to a computer equipped with an electronic data processing system programmed according to the rules of the game, an instant comparison of the symbols of the value of the drawn playing card is carried out from the card shoe, and the playing card that arrived on the game table. If they are identical, the control unit of the game monitoring system, which is connected to the computer by the input, after receiving information about the results of the comparison, does not prevent the further continuation of the game. If it turns out that the symbols of the value of the playing card drawn from the card shoe and the playing card that arrived on the gaming table are different, information about the violation of the rules of the game appears on the screen of the computer-processed data visualization device, and the system control unit monitoring the progress of the game issues a signal that prohibits further continuation of the game, and immediately reports the violation of the rules of the game to the inspection staff. In the process of handing out playing cards, the player's bet recognition and registration unit and the dealer's bank recognition and registration unit provide continuous automatic control to ensure that no changes contrary to the rules of the game occur in the player's bets and the dealer's bank. The information constantly flowing from these units to the computer's electronic data processing system, that the number of chips and their denominations, both in the players' bets and in the dealer's bank, remain unchanged, confirms that the game is taking place without violation of the rules . When increasing or decreasing the number of tokens in players' bets in cases not provided for by the rules of the game, when changing the denominations of these tokens, as well as when there are any changes that occurred in the dealer's bank, these blocks notify the computer's electronic data processing system of the occurrence of a freelance situation and information about it appears on the device for visualizing the processed data, and the control unit of the game monitoring system, after receiving a signal about the violation of the rules, again prohibits the further continuation of the game. If the game goes without breaking the rules and the dealer has played the game with one of the players, the control unit disables the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing cards on the game table. At this stage, the dealer's bank recognition and registration unit informs the computer's electronic data processing system of an increase or decrease in the dealer's bank by an amount corresponding to the dealer's win or loss, respectively. The unit for recognizing and registering the player's bet informs that the bet in the amount registered during the entire game has been deposited in the dealer's bank in the event of a player's loss, or the corresponding winnings have been paid to the player in the event of a dealer's loss. The results of this stage are displayed on the processed data visualization device and, if there are no violations in the game, the control unit of the game monitoring system, after receiving a signal about this, does not interfere with the operation of the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing cards arriving at the next area for placement face-up playing cards, as well as the player's bet recognition and registration unit to control the invariance of the bet amount and the dealer's bank recognition and registration unit to control that no changes occur in it. If information about a violation of the rules of the game by the player or the dealer appears on the processing data visualization device, it is immediately reported to the inspection staff, who makes a decision on the possibility of further continuation of the game. And thus, with constant real-time control of all stages of the game, the game continues until its end.

Ensuring the possibility of automatic verification and monitoring of compliance with the rules of the game is also achieved due to the fact that the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, is made in the form of an optoelectronic device containing a lens, pPpZZ converters image and processor connected in series. With this execution of this unit, the recognition and registration of the symbols of the value of the playing card, which is removed from the card shoe, are ensured, which take place continuously from the moment when the front edge of the playing card appears from the card shoe, the optoelectronic sensor turns on the unit, and until the moment when the back edge of the playing card comes out . At the same time, not only the symbols of the value of the playing card placed in a certain place are recognized, but the entire playing card is recognized and registered in the process of movement through the card shoe. During the movement of the playing card, the lens continuously forms information about each of its passing sections on the CCD image converters. Next, the information is sent to the processor, which registers the areas of the playing card during its movement in the card shoe and its complete image before it is removed from the card shoe. Thus, the possibility of violating the rules of the game when pulling out a playing card from the card shoe is completely excluded, and the comparison block receives reliable information about which playing card was pulled out of the card shoe and should enter the area for placing the playing card face up.

The possibility of automatic control over compliance with the rules of the game is also achieved due to the fact that the gaming equipment contains two or more systems for monitoring the progress of the game, which are placed above the gaming table at a distance from each other and have a different angle of inclination relative to the horizontal surface of the gaming table, connected with a computer through an additional synchronization unit. In the course of the game, according to the rules adopted in the gaming house, the player can double the previously made bet or break the deck when receiving two cards of the same value and, accordingly, make a bet of the same amount (or double) on the second deck. Two players can play on the same playing seat at the game table, one of which, or both at once, can double the bets or split the deck by placing an additional bet on the second deck. All these actions are related to the fact that in the field of view of the lens of one game monitoring system, for example, players' hands periodically appear, which interferes with continuous observation of the game table and the changes that take place on it. When two or more game monitoring systems are placed above the game table, placed at a distance from each other at different angles of inclination relative to the horizontal surface of the game table, at each moment of time the synchronization unit through which the game monitoring systems are connected to the computer by computer, includes one or those of them that ensure receiving complete information from the gaming table about the playing cards coming to the areas designated for this, about the bets of the players and about the state of the dealer's bank. Thanks to this, in any situation, automatic control over compliance with the rules of the game and the correct payment of winnings to players by the dealer is ensured. Control over the course of the game takes place in a real chavba.

The essence of the invention is explained by the drawings, where Fig. 1 shows a gaming table with a game monitoring system installed above it, general view; in Fig. 2 - card shoe, side view, section; Fig. 3 is a block diagram of gaming equipment with one game monitoring system; in fig. 4 - the same, with three systems for monitoring the progress of the game.

Gaming equipment for board games using playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack", includes a game table 1 with a cover 2 marked into sectors C for betting and other areas 4 for possible placement of tokens, and section 5 for placing playing cards face up. A card shoe 6 is installed on the game table 1 for storing and distributing playing cards, which are drawn from it face down. The card shoe b with the distribution slot 7 is equipped with an optoelectronic sensor 8 of the movement of playing cards and a unit 9 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe 6 face down, which is made in the form of an optoelectronic device 10, which contains a lens 11, CCD image converters 12 and processor 13 are connected in series. Above the game table 1, a game monitoring system 14 is installed, which is made in the form of an optoelectronic device for processing the image of objects on the game table 1, containing a unit 15 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards that come to each section 5 for placing playing cards face down up, unit 16 for recognition and registration of players' bets, unit 17 for recognition and registration of the dealer's bank and unit 18 for controlling the system 14 for monitoring the progress of the game. The gaming equipment also includes a unit 19 for comparing symbols of the value of playing cards, a computer 20 equipped with an electronic data processing system 21 programmed in accordance with the rules of the game, which allows evaluating the signals received by the computer 20 connected to the information storage system 22, and device 23 for visualization of computer-processed data characterizing the progress of the game. The first input of the unit 19 for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards is connected to the output of the unit 9 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe 6 face down, and its second input is connected to the output of the unit 15 for recognizing and registering the value symbols of playing cards arriving at each site 5 for placing playing cards face up, and the output . connected to the computer 20. The input of the block 18 of the control system 14 of monitoring the progress of the game is connected to the computer 20, the first output of the block 18 of the control system 14 of monitoring the progress of the game is connected to the input of the block 15 of character recognition and registration values of playing cards arriving at each site 5 for placing playing cards face up, and the second output - with the input of the block 17 for recognition and registration of the dealer's bank and the input of the block 16 for recognition and registration of players' bets. The outputs of the dealer bank recognition and registration unit 17 and the player bet recognition and registration unit 16 are connected to the computer 20. The gaming equipment includes two or more game monitoring systems 14 placed above the gaming table 1 at a distance from each other under different angle of inclination relative to the horizontal surface of the gaming table 1, connected to the computer 20 through an additional synchronization unit 24.

A mechanical limiter of 25 possible movements of the playing card can be installed at the output of the card shoe above the unit 9 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards that are drawn face down from the card shoe, which provides the necessary for reading the position of the playing card face down during the drawing time playing card from card shoe 6 and reading information about the symbols of its value. The mechanical limiter of 25 possible movements allows only to stretch the playing card over the unit 9 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe 6 face down, and does not allow to turn it over until the information about the symbols of the value of the playing card is read .

Gaming equipment for table games that use playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack", works in this way.

Before the start of the game, the dealer thoroughly shuffles the playing cards, preferably using a device intended for this purpose, and then places them face down in the card shoe 6 in the direction of the dealing slot 7 made in it. Each of the players at the game table 1 makes his the rate

by placing chips in the betting sector C marked on deck 2 opposite his playing space.

If the bet consists of several tokens, they are set in a column. The dealer's bank is located on the game table 1 in special open boxes placed near his playing place on the site 4, in which tokens are placed on the edge. Unit 16 for recognition and registration of players' bets and unit 17 for recognition and registration of the dealer's bank of the system 14 for monitoring the progress of the game located above the game table 1 transmit information about the size of the bets made at each game place and about the size of the dealer's bank to the computer 20 , from where it enters the electronic data processing system 21. Then the dealer deals playing cards from right to left to all players one at a time and takes one for himself. At the same time, at the moment when the edge of the playing card crosses the boundary of the operating zone of the optoelectronic sensor 8 of the movement of playing cards, it includes a block 9 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing card, which is drawn from the card shoe b face down, made in the form of an optoelectronic device 10. Lens 11 of the optoelectronic device 10 in the process of moving the playing card through the mechanical limiter 25 of possible movements continuously forms information about each of its passing sections, and then about the entire playing card on the CCD image converter 12, from where it is sent for further processing to the processor 13, where the images of each part of the playing card that passed in front of the lens are processed and compared with the full image of the playing card before it is removed from the distribution slot 7 of the card shoe 6. If the images are identical, unit 9 transmits information to unit 19 for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards . If the images are different, block 19 signals a violation of the game rules. The information about the image of the playing card, received at the site 5 for placing the playing cards face up on the gaming table 1 and assigned to a specific player, is transmitted to the unit 19 for comparing the symbols of the value of the playing cards by the unit 15 for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of the playing cards face up. After comparing the images received from units 9 and 15, the unit 19 for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards transmits information about their identity or difference to the computer 20, from where it enters the electronic data processing system 21, which processes this information in accordance with the rules of the game and transmits the data processed in the computer 20 to the visualization device 23. If the rules of the game are followed, the playing cards are dealt in the same way sequentially to each player and the dealer. Then the second playing card is dealt in the same way, starting with the first player on the right, and the second playing card of the dealer is placed face down. After receiving the second playing card, each player can double the bet, take additional playing cards, or, when receiving two, for example, a ten, split the deck in two, placing the same bet on the second deck, and can also double the first bet. Each player can also make an insurance bet by placing it on area 4 of game table 1. An insurance bet is equal to half of the original bet and is made by the player to insure his original bet against the dealer winning if the dealer is dealt the first high value playing card, such as a ten. If the dealer wins, that is, if he has a "Black Jack" - 21 hole, the player wins a double insurance bet. If the dealer does not get 21 holes, the player loses the insurance bet, but plays the normal game at his original bet. Two players can play on the same playing spot, one or both of whom can simultaneously do all the above actions with playing cards and bets. The dealer plays with each of the players in turn, while the game with the next player can be played only after the dealer, having played with the previous player, has taken the bet, replenishing the bank, in case the player loses, or has paid out the winnings from his bank, if the dealer has lost . In the process of handing out playing cards, block 9 performs continuous recognition and registration of the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe 6 face down, and block 15 - recognition and registration of the symbols of the value of playing cards that enter each section 5 for placing the playing cards face down side up Information from blocks 9 and 15 is sent to block 19 for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards, from where the computer 20 receives information about the results of the comparison. The electronic data processing system 21 evaluates the signals received by the computer 20 and displays the processing results on the visualization device 23. In the event that information about a violation of the rules of the game appears on the display device 23 during the distribution of playing cards, the inspection staff is immediately notified, who evaluates the situation and makes a decision to continue or stop the game. Simultaneously with blocks 9, 15 and 19, information about the situation on the gaming table 1 is collected and transferred to the computer 20, block 16 for recognition and registration of players' bets and block 17 for recognition and registration of the dealer's bank. Information about any changes that occur during the distribution of playing cards, in the bets of the players or the dealer's bank, are sent to the electronic data processing system 21 and evaluated by it from the point of view of compliance with the rules of the game. If there are any violations, information about this appears on the visualization device 23 and the inspection staff is notified. After the completion of the distribution of playing cards, the control unit 18 of the game monitoring system 14 turns off the unit 15 and leaves only the units 16 and 17 in operation, which recognize and register information about the changes that occur in the bets of the players and the dealer's bank during mutual settlements after the end of the game with each of the players. This information enters the electronic data processing system 21 of the computer 20, which processes it taking into account the previously received information about the value of the playing cards from the dealer and from each of the players and evaluates whether the mutual calculations correspond to the rules of the game. The data obtained as a result of the processing are displayed on the visualization device 23 and, in the case of receiving information about violations of the rules, are brought to the attention of the inspection staff to take measures to resolve the situation. System 14 continues to monitor the progress of the game until the end of settlements between the dealer and the last player. All information received in the system 21 of electronic data processing from the unit 16 for recognition and registration of players' bets and the unit 17 for recognition and registration of the dealer's bank, which are included in the system 14 for monitoring the progress of the game, as well as from the unit 19 for comparing the symbols of the value of playing cards, is received to the information storage system 22. Data from system 21 is also received here after electronic processing.

If necessary, all data about each stage of the game or about the entire game can be obtained from the information storage system 22.

The claimed gaming equipment may contain two or more systems 14 for monitoring the progress of the game, which are placed at a distance from each other and have a different angle of inclination relative to the horizontal surface of the gaming table 1, connected to the computer 20 through an additional synchronization unit 24 . Players' hands can act as a barrier to continuous automatic control of the game by a single system 14 during a player's shuffle, when players make insurance bets, double their original bets, and also bet on a second deck when the deck is shuffled. When using several systems 14 for monitoring the progress of the game, the synchronization unit 24 selects which or which systems 14 for monitoring the progress of the game will provide continuous monitoring of the situation at the game table 1 at this moment in time.

As can be seen from the above, the claimed gaming equipment provides automatic control over compliance with the rules of the game at all its stages and the correctness of the dealer's payment of winnings to players in real time. Such tracking of the entire course of the game when using high-speed data processing of the course of the game allows you to receive information about the quality of the dealer's work, about the methods of conducting the game by each of the players. Thanks to this, a high level of technical control is ensured, violations of the rules are prevented and casino security is increased.

In gaming equipment for table games that use playing cards and tokens, in particular, for the game "Black Jack", which is claimed, a game table 1 with a cover 2, marked on sectors C for betting and other areas 4 for the possible placement of tokens, as well as areas 5 for placing playing cards face up, and the card shoe 6 with the distribution slot 7 and the optoelectronic sensor 8 of the movement of playing cards are made in the same way as in the gaming equipment known from the prototype or using any other standard gaming tables and card shoes known in the art. The optoelectronic device 10, containing the lens 11, the CCD image converters 12 and the processor 13, as well as the game monitoring system 14, can be optoelectronic devices made, for example, on the basis of an intelligent video camera IVK-1, containing an optical device, video sensor, digital image processing processor, non-volatile memory device, reprogrammable memory device for storing programs and configuration parameters in case of complete power failure, digital inputs/outputs for communication with peripheral equipment, transceiver "for connecting to a standard channel K5-232 (see V. Boyun, Yu. Sabielnikov.

Intelligent video camera. Scientific and technical magazine "Zlektronnyue komponent! and systems!". Kyiv, NPF MO

MA, Me2, 2002, pp. 33-35). The video sensor NOS5Z-2020 by Adiepi is used in the intelligent video camera

Tesppoiodiez, which provides the possibility of changing the recognition parameters, and the processor of digital signal processing AOBR-2183 of Apai!od Oemise5. The intelligent video camera provides processing of video images in real time and allows recognition of both the entire viewing sector and individual zones with a fixed and automatic setting of the exposure and video signal amplification factor. It is used as an autonomous identifier of objects, a recorder of dynamic objects, a high-speed motion detector, a system of panning and montage of video sequences. The AOB5R-2183 processor, which is the central control and processing device, has high speed and a large volume of "fast" internal memory of programs and data to solve the problem of ensuring control of the game progress in real time.

The optoelectronic device 10 and the game monitoring system 14 can also be made on the basis of the intelligent video camera M5 710 (see Intelligent video camera M5 710. Scientific and technical journal "Electronic components and systems" Kyiv, NPF MO MAIiI5, Me1, 2001, p.46), containing an optical sensor, a processor, a computing device, peripheral devices and a power supply unit. As a sensitive element in the M5 710 intelligent camera, a CCD sensor with high capability is used, which allows. The frame change period can be set from 1/50 to 1/10000 of a second. It is possible to work in half-frame or full-frame mode with software-settable image formats. The intelligent video camera M5 710 allows you to receive undistorted images even of fast-moving objects.

When performing the game monitoring system 14 on the basis of intelligent video cameras IVK-1 or U5 710, high reliability and speed of the unit 15 recognition and registration of symbols of the value of playing cards arriving at each area for placing playing cards face up, unit 16 recognition and registration of players' bets and block 17 of recognition and registration of the dealer's bank, which are included in system 14.

The control unit 13 of the game monitoring system 14 can be made on the basis of standard single-board computers, for example, ZVO VI 2000, containing up to 28 inputs/outputs.

The computer 20, which ensures the interaction of all functional units, can be made in the form of a single-board computer KOVO-603, which has two O5V ports. One О5В-ptort is used to connect blocks that provide control over the course of the game, and the second О5В-tort provides connection to the system 21 of electronic data processing. This port also changes the software that determines the rules of the game. Information about the computer is given in the scientific and technical magazine "Zlektronnye komponent! y sistem!" Kyiv, NPF MO MAT5, Me9, 2002, p. 26.

The electronic data processing system 21, to which the information about the progress of the game received by the computer 20 is transferred, can be made on the basis of a single-board computer MOS-6060 (see Single-board computer МС-6060 of the Rogmeyi company. Scientific and technical magazine "Electronic components and systems!", Kyiv, NPF MO MA, Me9, 2002, p.36), which has wide functional capabilities.

The information storage system 22 and the computer-processed data visualization device 23 can be made in the same way as in the gaming equipment known from the prototype.

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1. Gaming equipment for board games that use playing cards and game tokens, in particular for the game "Black Jack", including a gaming table with a surface marked into betting sectors and other areas for the possible placement of game tokens, as well as areas for placing playing cards face up, a card shoe for storing and distributing playing cards that are drawn from it face down, equipped with an optoelectronic sensor of the movement of playing cards and a unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards that are drawn from the card shoe, a monitoring system for during the course of the game, a computer connected to individual functional blocks by elements of wired or wireless communication, equipped with an electronic data processing system programmed in accordance with the rules of the game, which allows evaluating the signals coming from the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe with the front side down, and v d system for monitoring the progress of the game, connected to the system of saving information, as well as a device for visualizing the data processed in the computer, characterizing the progress of the game, which differs in that the system for monitoring the progress of the game is made in the form of an optoelectronic device for processing the image of objects on the gaming table, which contains a unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards that come to each section for placing playing cards face up, a unit for recognizing and registering players' bets, a unit for recognizing and registering the dealer's bank, and a control unit for monitoring the progress of the game, and gaming equipment is additionally equipped with a unit for comparing symbols of the value of playing cards, the first input of which is connected to the output of the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe, face down, the second input of which is connected to the output of the recognition and registration unit symbols of the value of playing cards, which arrive at each site for placing playing cards face up, and the output is connected to the computer, the input of the control unit for monitoring the progress of the game is connected to the computer, the first output of the control unit for monitoring the progress of the game is connected with the input of the unit for recognition and registration of symbols of the value of playing cards, which enter each section for placing playing cards face up, and the second output - with the input of the unit for recognition and registration of the dealer's bank and the input of the unit for recognition and registration of players' bets, the outputs of the unit for recognition and registration the bank of the dealer and the unit of recognition and registration of players' bets are connected to the computer, while the optoelectronic device for processing the image of objects on the game table is placed above the game table. 2. Gambling equipment according to claim 1, which is characterized by the fact that the unit for recognizing and registering the symbols of the value of playing cards, which are drawn from the card shoe face down, is made in the form of an optoelectronic device containing a lens, a CCD (a device with a charging connection by language) - converters, image converters and a processor connected in series. 3. Gaming equipment according to claim 1, which is characterized by the fact that it contains two or more systems for monitoring the progress of the game, which are located above the gaming table at a distance from each other and have a different angle of inclination relative to the horizontal surface of the gaming table, connected to the computer computer through an additional synchronization unit.