JP2021007485A - Game table system - Google Patents

Abstract

To make it possible to prevent a game from progressing while changes have occurred in a game medium arranged in a bet region of a game table.SOLUTION: A game table system 1 has a touch panel 41 that receives an operation by a dealer pertaining to the progress of a betting game. The game table system 1: detects the start of the betting game proceeding on a game table 2; disables reception of an operation pertaining to the progress of the betting game by the touch panel 41 after the timing at which the start of the betting game was detected; reads a specified IC tag by wireless communication; and, when an IC tag detection unit 8 has detected the specified IC tag, cancels the disabling, by an input-disabling unit 34, of the reception of the operation pertaining to the progress of the betting game.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates to a game table system that manages information regarding the progress of a table game.

In recent years, there is a semi-automatic table game system due to problems such as the time required for training dealers and the problem of preventing fraud. In such a semi-automatic table game system, the patterns and numbers of the playing cards taken out from the card shoe and the chips bet on the table are automatically read electronically and the game result is calculated and determined. To. For example, as in Patent Document 1, the total amount of chips bet by the user, the total amount of chips given by the dealer as a dividend to the user, etc. are displayed on the display of the dealer terminal, and the dealer advances the table game on the touch panel. Systems that manage are being adopted.

In such a system, after the chip including the IC tag bet by the user is read by the antenna provided on the game table to determine the bet amount, the bet target game to be bet is performed by operating the dealer's terminal or the like. To start. The dealer operates a game progress device such as a card shoe or a roulette device for supplying cards to advance the bet target game, and then operates a button or the like provided on the game progress device to end the bet target game. Let me. Then, the system displays an instruction for paying out chips and collecting chips on the dealer terminal based on the game result of the bet target game acquired from the game progress device and the bet of the user.

U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2017/0018140

By the way, the dealer terminal as described above cancels the started game in case, for example, the dealer performs an operation to start the bet target game even though the user's bet is not confirmed. It is common that the operation for this is possible. However, there are dealers who take advantage of such operations to gain an unfair advantage for a particular user. Specifically, a fraudulent dealer operates a card shoe or the like to cancel the game once with the game result of the bet target game appearing on the table, and such a game result is clear to a specific user. Let the winning target place a bet. After that, the dealer operates a button or the like provided on the card shoe to determine the game result of the bet target game, so that an act that surely brings victory to a specific user is possible.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a game table system capable of preventing fraud by a dealer.

The game table system of the present invention
A game start detector that detects the start of a bet target game that is progressing at the game table,
An input unit that accepts operations related to the progress of the bet target game by the dealer,
After the timing when the game start detection unit detects the start of the bet target game, the input invalidation unit that invalidates the acceptance of the operation by the input unit, and the input invalidation unit.
An IC tag detector that reads a specific IC tag by wireless communication,
When the IC tag detecting unit detects the specific IC tag, the input enabling unit cancels the invalidation of acceptance of the operation by the input invalidating unit, and
It is characterized by having.

According to the above configuration, after the bet target game is started, the operation of the progress of the game started by the dealer is invalidated by the input invalidation unit. Then, even after the bet target game is started, if a specific IC tag is detected by the IC tag detection unit, the input permitting unit can control the progress of the game. As a result, it is possible to enable or invalidate the operation for the progress of the bet target game depending on the presence or absence of the detection of the IC tag, so that it is possible to prevent fraud caused by the dealer performing the operation of the game progress.

In the game table system of the present invention
An event for advancing the bet target game is carried out, and it is connected to a game progress device that outputs event information related to the event so that data communication is possible.
The game start detection unit may determine that the start of the bet target game has been detected when the first event information from the game progress device is received.

According to the above configuration, it is determined that the bet target game has started when the first event is executed by the game progress device. As a result, after the game is started by operating the game progress device, the operation for the progress of the bet target game can be invalidated, so that it is possible to prevent fraud due to the dealer performing the game progress operation. It becomes.

It is a block diagram which shows the schematic structure of the game table system. It is a perspective view of a game table system. It is a top view of the game table system. It is a functional block diagram which shows the perspective view of the card shoe and the outline of a card shoe. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a dealer display. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a dealer display. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a dealer display. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a dealer display. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a dealer display. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of a dealer display. It is a figure which shows the employee management table. It is a flowchart of a main process. It is a flowchart of a bet movement check process. It is a flowchart of the end approval process.

The game table system 1 of the present invention invalidates an operation related to the progress of a table game by a dealer at the start of a game in a table game such as baccarat or poker, and enables the operation by detecting a specific IC tag. It is configured to be possible. A table game is a bet target game that is a target for betting by a user. That is, the user bets on any one or more of the bet targets that the bet target game can output as a game result.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game table system 1 of the present embodiment is connected to the server 100 so as to be capable of data communication. The game table system 1 is configured to sequentially transmit the game result, the payment amount paid to the user, the collection amount collected from the user, and the like to the server 100. As a result, it becomes possible to confirm the balance information of the game table system 1 on the server 100. Although not shown, a plurality of game table systems 1 can be connected to the server 100.

Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, such a game table system 1 is a dealer display having a game table 2, a control unit 3, and a touch panel 41 as an input unit for receiving input from the dealer. A card shoe 5 as a game progressing device, a common display 6, a game medium reading unit 7, and an IC tag detecting unit 8 are provided. The dealer display 4 accepts an operation related to the progress of the bet target game by the dealer. The card shoe 5 is a device that supplies cards for advancing the bet target game.

The card shoe 5 has a scanner, and when the dealer conducts an event to remove the card from the card shoe in order to deal the card to the user, the image of the card is read by the scanner. The card shoe 5 identifies the contents of the card, such as a mark or a pattern indicating the numerical value of the card or the type of suit, by executing a process such as an image recognition process on the image of the card read by the scanner. Each time such an event occurs, the card shoe 5 transmits event information including the contents of the specified card to the control unit 3.

In this hands-on form, baccarat is illustrated as a betting target game. Baccarat uniquely determines the progress and result of the betting game based on the cards sequentially taken out by the dealer. Therefore, the control unit 3 can determine the game result of the bet target game based on the contents of the card specified by the card shoe 5. The card shoe 5 itself may determine the game result and transmit the game result to the control unit 3. In addition, the betting target game is not limited to baccarat. The game table system 1 is configured to read the progress of the bet target game or the game result of the bet target game when the bet target game has a variable progress or result of the game depending on the selection of the user or the dealer. It may have a configuration for inputting the progress of the bet target game and the game result of the bet target game.

The game medium reading unit 7 has an antenna 71 and a reading control unit 72. The game table 2 is provided with a game medium arrangement area 210, which will be described later, in which the game medium is arranged, and the antenna 71 is arranged below each game medium arrangement area 210. The reading control unit 72 has a modulation function that converts data from a signal form suitable for information processing to a signal form suitable for data communication via an antenna 71, and converts a signal form of data communication into a signal form of information processing. It has a demodulation function. The reading control unit 72 acquires the information of the game medium arranged in the game medium arrangement area 210, and updates the information of the game medium.

Here, as the types (attributes) of the game media, there are convertible game media such as chips, tokens, and plaques, and non-convertible game media, which have currency information and game points of game points in electronic data or external form. This corresponds to a configuration in which the game value can be read from the outside. The outer surface form is a form that can be identified from the outside such as a color, a pattern, a character, an image, and a shape. Further, the convertible game medium refers to a game medium that can be used for games in a game field such as a casino and can be directly exchanged for currency. As a convertible game medium, for example, there is a negotiable plaque. Further, the fiat game medium refers to a game medium that can be used for betting in a game field such as a casino, but cannot be directly exchanged for currency. As a fiat game medium, for example, there is a non-negotiable plaque. For example, the attributes of the game medium include "cash", "junket cash", "junket NN (non-negotiable)", "premium cash", "premium NN (non-negotiable)" and the like. Here, "cash" means a convertible game medium issued by the game hall side to the participants. "Junket cash" means a convertible game medium issued by the junket side to participants. "Junket NN" means a fiat game medium issued by a junket to participants. "Premium cash" means a convertible game medium issued by the game hall to important participants. "Premium NN" means a fiat game medium issued by the game hall to important participants.

Further, the game medium is made of resin or the like, and an RFID tag, which is an IC chip for RFID, is built in the center thereof. The game medium stores an amount of money as a valuable value in the RFID tag, but may also store the following electronic information. For example, the electronic information includes identification information set in the game medium 8, attributes as described above, denomination, issuer, issue date, expiration date, and the like. The identification information is information for uniquely identifying the game medium. The denomination is information indicating which country's currency unit is the amount of money set in the game medium. The issuer is information indicating a person who issues a game medium. The issuer may be information that identifies a person who hands the game medium to the participants. For example, when a game field such as a casino issues game media directly to participants, the issuer becomes a game field, and when the game media issued by the game field is handed over to participants via a junket. The issuer is the information that identifies the junket.

The IC tag detection unit 8 has an antenna 81 and a reading control unit 82. The game table 2 is provided with an IC card arrangement area 220, which will be described later, for arranging an IC card containing a specific IC tag, and the antenna 81 is arranged below the IC card arrangement area 220. The reading control unit 82 has a modulation function that converts data from a signal form suitable for information processing to a signal form suitable for data communication via an antenna 81, and converts a signal form of data communication into a signal form of information processing. It has a demodulation function. The reading control unit 82 acquires the information contained in the IC tag of the IC card arranged in the IC card arrangement area 220 and outputs the information to the control unit 3.

In the present embodiment, an IC card containing an RFID tag, which is an IC chip for RFID, is exemplified as a target for detecting a specific IC tag, but the present invention is not limited thereto. For example, the target for detecting a specific IC tag may be a game medium bet by the user. That is, a specific IC tag may be built in all the game media bet by the user.

The control unit 3 includes a game media management unit 31, a game execution unit 32, a game start detection unit 33, an input invalidation unit 34, and an input allowance unit 35. The game media management unit 31 executes a process of managing the user's bet target, bet amount, dividend amount to the user, collection amount from the user, and the like, based on the information from the game media reading unit 7. The game execution unit 32 executes a process of determining the progress of the bet target game and the game result based on the event information from the card shoe 5. Based on the game result determined by the game execution unit 32, the game media management unit 31 determines the user to be paid, the amount to be paid, the bet target for collecting the bet game medium, and the like. The game medium management unit 31 and the game execution unit 32 display the game result of the bet target game and the win / loss of each user based on the game result on the common display 6.

The game start detection unit 33 executes a process of detecting the start of the bet target game progressing on the game table. In the present embodiment, the game start detection unit 33 determines that the start of the bet target game has been detected when the event information indicating that the first card has been supplied from the card shoe 5 is received. Not limited to this, for example, when the game start detection unit 33 detects that the touch panel 41 has been operated to indicate that the bets of all users have been completed, the game start detection unit 33 starts the bet target game. It may be determined that it has been detected.

The input invalidation unit 34 executes a process of invalidating the acceptance of the operation related to the progress of the bet target game by the touch panel 41 after the timing when the game start detection unit 33 detects the start of the bet target game. In the present embodiment, the operation related to the progress of the bet target game is an operation of ending the ongoing bet target game in the middle, but the operation is not limited to this.

When the IC tag detecting unit 8 detects the IC card, the input allowing unit 35 cancels the invalidation of the acceptance of the operation related to the progress of the bet target game by the input invalidating unit 34.

As described above, the game table system 1 of the present embodiment has a game start detection unit 33 that detects the start of the bet target game that is progressing on the game table 2, and a touch panel 41 that receives an operation related to the progress of the bet target game by the dealer. After the timing when the game start detection unit 33 detects the start of the bet target game, the input invalidation unit 34 that invalidates the acceptance of the operation related to the progress of the bet target game by the touch panel 41 and the specific IC tag are wirelessly communicated with each other. When the IC tag detection unit 8 and the IC tag detection unit 8 read a specific IC tag, the input invalidation unit 34 cancels the invalidation of the acceptance of the operation related to the progress of the bet target game. It has 35 and.

Therefore, after the bet target game is started, the operation of the progress of the game started by the dealer is invalidated by the input invalidation unit. Then, even after the bet target game is started, if a specific IC tag is detected by the IC tag detection unit, the input permitting unit can control the progress of the game. As a result, it is possible to enable or invalidate the operation for the progress of the bet target game depending on the presence or absence of the detection of the IC tag, so that it is possible to prevent fraud caused by the dealer performing the operation of the game progress.

Further, in the present embodiment, the game table system 1 is connected to a card shoe 2 that outputs event information related to the event such that an event such as a card for advancing the bet target game is drawn and data communication is possible. The game start detection unit 33 determines that the start of the bet target game has been detected when the first event information from the card shoe 2 is received.

Therefore, when the first event is executed by the game progress device, it is determined that the bet target game has started. As a result, after the game is started by operating the game progress device, the operation for the progress of the bet target game can be invalidated, so that it is possible to prevent fraud due to the dealer performing the game progress operation. It becomes.

As shown in FIG. 2, the game table 2 has a top plate formed in a substantially semicircular shape. Users are lined up on the arc side of the top plate. A square notch is formed on the side opposite to the arc side of the top plate. The dealer operates the card shoe 2 and the touch panel 41 at the cutout portion to advance the betting target game. On the top plate of the game table 2, a game board 21 as a thin plate-shaped and substantially fan-shaped game medium arrangement area is detachably provided. The bet target game is played on the game board 21. That is, the card taken out from the card shoe 5 by the dealer is arranged on the game board 21, and the game medium bet by the user is arranged on the game board 21. Further, a dealer display 4, a card shoe 5, and a common display 6 are arranged on the upper surface of the game table 2. Further, although not shown, the control unit 3 is mounted at a position invisible from the outside of the game table 2. The control unit 3 is capable of communicating with the dealer display 4, the card shoe 5, and the common display 6.

In the following description, the arc side of the top plate is referred to as the front side (front direction) of the game table 2, the side opposite to the front side is referred to as the rear side (rear direction, depth direction), and the right side and the left side when viewed from the front side. May be referred to as the right side (right direction) and the left side (left direction) of the game table 2, respectively. Further, the direction including the front side and the rear side may be referred to as a front-rear direction, and the direction including the right side and the left side may be referred to as a left-right direction. The direction orthogonal to the front-back direction (thickness direction) and the left-right direction (width direction) may be referred to as a vertical direction or a height direction.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 21 is provided with a plurality of betting areas 210 for arranging game media when a user bets. The number of betting areas 210 corresponds to the number of users who can be seated in the game table 2. That is, one betting area 210 is used for each user. In the present embodiment, the number of bet areas 210 is 5, but is not limited to this. The bet area 210 is set to bet areas 211, 212, 213, 214, and 215 in order from the left side.

A game medium bet by the user is arranged in each betting area 210. The bet target game of the present embodiment is baccarat, and each bet area 210 has a bunker area 2101 and a player area 2102, respectively. When a user bets on a victory on the bunker side (hereinafter, also simply referred to as a bunker), the user arranges a game medium corresponding to a desired bet amount in the bunker area 2101. Further, when the user bets on the player's victory (hereinafter, also simply referred to as the player), the user arranges the game medium corresponding to the desired bet amount in the player area 2102. Hereinafter, in order to distinguish between a user who participates in a bet target game and a player who is a bet target player, a user who participates in the bet target game is also referred to as a participant.

Further, each bet area 210 has a bunker pair area 2103, a tie area 2104, and a player pair area 2105 used for side betting. When the participant bets on the fact that the bunker side wins and the hand is a pair (hereinafter, also referred to as a bunker pair), the participant arranges the game medium corresponding to the desired bet amount in the bunker pair area 2103. In addition, when betting on a draw, participants place a game medium corresponding to a desired bet amount in the tie area 2104. When the player side wins and bets that the hand is a pair (hereinafter, also referred to as a player pair), the participant places a game medium corresponding to the desired bet amount in the player pair area 2105.

In this way, each of the areas 2101 to 2105 provided in the bet area 210 indicates the bet target. Hereinafter, each area 2101 to 2105 provided in the bet area 210 is also referred to as a bet target area 2100. Further, the game board 21 has a dealer area 2106 used by the dealer for payment, exchange, etc., and a commission area 2107 that the dealer can use for receiving commissions.

Although not shown, the antenna 7 is provided for each of the plurality of regions 2101 to 2105 of the game board 21 described above. This makes it possible to read the valuable value of the game medium for each area 2101 to 2105.

Further, the game table 2 is provided with an IC card reading area 220. An antenna 81 of the IC tag detection unit 8 is provided below the IC card reading area 220, and the IC card is detected by holding an IC card having a specific IC tag over the IC card reading area 220. It has become like.

The card shoe 5 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the card shoe 5 has a storage unit 512, a guide path 514, a detection unit 520, a display unit 516, a control board 530, and an operation unit 550.

The storage unit 512 stores a plurality of game cards in a stacked state. In the storage unit 512, the game cards are stored so that the front side faces downward. The storage unit 512 has a card number detection sensor (not shown) capable of detecting the number of stored game cards.

The guide path 514 guides the game card drawn from the storage unit 312 to the card ejection end 518.

The display unit 516 displays the identification information of the game card. The identification information of the game card is identified by the control board 530 described later. The identification information of the game card is unique information of the game card, and is information including suit information and numerical information. Suit information and numerical information are drawn on the game card. Suit information is four types of information consisting of hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The numerical information is 13 types of information consisting of numbers 2 to 10, J (JACK), Q (QUEEN), K (KING), and A (ACE).

The detection unit 520 has an irradiation unit 522 and a light receiving unit 524. The irradiation unit 522 emits infrared rays. The infrared rays emitted from the irradiation unit 522 are applied to the game card. The game card is manually moved along the guide path 514 by the dealer. Infrared rays are emitted toward the game card located at the guide path 514.

The light receiving unit 524 receives the reflected infrared light emitted from the game card. The light receiving unit 524 is composed of a plurality of long light receiving elements (not shown). The plurality of light receiving elements are arranged in a row and arranged so as to be parallel to the longitudinal direction of the game card moving along the guide path 514. As described above, the game card has suit information and numerical information drawn on it, and the reflected light includes suit information and numerical information.

The control board 530 includes a control unit 532, a light source adjusting unit 534, a light source driving unit 536, a light receiving conversion unit 538, and a communication unit 540.

The control unit 532 is composed of a CPU, a ROM, a RAM (none of which are shown), and the like. The light source adjusting unit 534 adjusts the amount of infrared rays emitted from the irradiation unit 522. The light source driving unit 536 emits infrared rays when the game card is located in the guide path 514. The light receiving conversion unit 538 converts the amount of reflected light received by the light receiving unit 524 into an analog signal and outputs it to an analog / digital converter (not shown). The control unit 532 converts the image data obtained from the digital signal into the identification information of the game card.

The communication unit 540 is communicably connected to the control unit 3. The communication unit 540 outputs information including the identification information of the game card and the number of the drawn card in the bet target game to the control unit 3 as event information. The control unit 3 determines the progress of the game from the suit information and the numerical information included in the identification information of the game card.

Further, when the number of game cards stored in the storage unit 512 is equal to or less than a predetermined number, the communication unit 540 outputs a card replenishment signal prompting the replenishment of the game cards to the control unit 3. ..

The operation unit 550 is an operation button (not shown) and is configured to be able to accept an operation from the outside. When the operation unit 550 receives an operation from the outside, the control unit 532 generates event information indicating the end of the bet target game, and the communication unit 540 transmits the event information indicating the end of the bet target game to the control unit 3 ( (See Fig. 1). That is, when the game card is next taken out by the dealer, the event information transmitted to the control unit 3 includes information indicating that the card is the first card in the bet target game.

As described above, the display unit 516 displays the identification information of the game card identified by the control board 530. The dealer can confirm whether or not the identification information displayed on the display unit 516 matches the identification information of the game card taken out from the card shoe 510.

The control board 530 converts the identification information of the game card based on the analog signal output from the detection unit 520. However, depending on the state of the detection unit 520, the state of the game card, and the state of the guide path 514, the information may be converted into information different from the identification information of the taken out game card. In addition, an error may occur because the information cannot be converted into the identification information of the game card. For example, the conversion of the identification information of the game card is affected by dirt adhering to the game card, dust of the detection unit 520, and the like.

Therefore, the dealer visually confirms whether or not the information displayed on the display unit 516 matches the identification information of the game card actually taken out. If the identification information displayed on the display unit 516 is different from the identification information of the game card actually taken out, the dealer operates the touch panel 41 or the like to input the identification information of the game card actually taken out. To do. The game card identification information input from the touch panel 41 or the like is output to the control 3 as true identification information, and the result of the game is determined. By doing so, the fairness of the game can be maintained.

The card shoe 510 described above optically acquires the identification information of the game card by the detection unit 520. In recent years, game cards incorporating RFID tags may be used. The RFID tag stores the identification information of the game card. When a game card having an RFID tag built-in is used, an antenna for reading the RFID tag may be provided on the card shoe 5 or the game table 2 to read the identification information of the game card from the RFID tag.

Further, even when a game card having an RFID tag built-in is used, the identification information of the game card may be read from the RFID tag and the identification information of the game card may be optically detected. By comparing the identification information of both, the identification information of the true game card can be easily determined.

Furthermore, the game table 2 may be provided with a surveillance camera (not shown). The game card may be photographed by such a surveillance camera, and the identification information of the game card may be detected and compared. The identification information of a true gaming card can be determined more easily.

The game table system 1 repeatedly executes four phases according to the bet target game progressed by the dealer. That is, the game table system 1 repeatedly executes the bet phase, the bet monitoring phase, the collection phase, and the payment phase. Hereinafter, the display screen displayed on the dealer display 4 in each phase will be described. The dealer operates the touch panel 41 and the card shoe 5 while checking the dealer display 4, and advances the bet target game on the game table 2.

The bet screen displayed on the dealer display 4 in the bet phase will be described. The betting phase begins when the payment phase ends. The payment phase will be described later. When the betting phase is started, the game table system 1 displays a betting screen displaying the betting status of the participants on the dealer display 4.

As shown in FIG. 5, the dealer display 4 has five bet display areas 420 (bet display areas 421 and 422) corresponding to the bet areas 211, 212, 213, 214, and 215 for each participant seated in the game table 2. 423, 424, 425), the indicator screen 426, the bet confirmation button 430, and the message screen 431 are displayed. Further, a main menu button 427, a tip change button 428, and a rolling button 429 are displayed at the lower left of the dealer display 4.

On the dealer display 4, the bet display area 421 is displayed at the left end portion, and information on the valuable value of the game medium arranged in the bet area 211 is displayed. On the dealer display 4, the bet display areas 422, 423, and 424 are displayed at the upper part, and information on the valuable value of the game medium arranged in the bet areas 212, 213, and 214 is displayed. On the dealer display 4, the bet display area 425 is displayed at the right end portion, and information on the valuable value of the game medium arranged in the bet area 215 is displayed. In this way, the arrangement of the bet display areas 421, 422, 423, 424, and 425 displayed on the dealer display 4 is the arrangement of the bet areas 211, 212, 213, 214, and 215 on the game board 21 as seen from the dealer side. It is compatible. Further, the indicator screen 426 is displayed at the center of the dealer display 4. Further, the message screen 431 is displayed below the indicator screen 426. The bet confirmation button 430 is displayed at the lower right of the dealer display 4. On the indicator screen 426, "Place Bets" is displayed, indicating that the betting phase is currently in progress.

The bet display area 420 (bet display area 421, 422, 423, 424, 425) includes a player bet display area 4211, a bunker bet display area 4212, a player pair bet display area 4213, and a tie bet display area 4214, respectively. It has a bunker pair bet display area 4215 and. In the player bet display area 4211, the total value of the valuable value of the game media arranged in the player area 2102 is displayed. In the bunker bet display area 4212, the total value of the valuable values of the game media arranged in the bunker area 2101 is displayed. In the player pair bet display area 4213, the total value of the valuable values of the game media arranged in the player pair area 2105 is displayed. In the tie bet display area 4214, the total value of the valuable value of the game media arranged in the tie area 2104 is displayed. In the bunker pair bet display area 4215, the total value of the valuable values of the game media arranged in the bunker pair area 2103 is displayed.

For example, "P5,000" is displayed in the bunker bet display area 4212 of the bet display area 422. From this, it can be seen that the game medium worthy of 5000 PHP (Philippine peso) is arranged in the bunker area 2101 of the bet area 212. Further, "P100" is displayed in the player pair bet display area 4213 of the bet display area 422, and "P100" is displayed in the bunker pair bet display area 4215 of the bet display area 422. As a result, the dealer can understand that the game medium worthy of 100 PHP is arranged in the player pair area 2105 of the bet area 212 and the game medium worthy of 100 PHP is arranged in the bunker pair area 2103 of the bet area 212. ..

Further, "P4,000" is displayed in the player bet display area 4211 of the bet display area 424. As a result, it can be seen that the game medium worthy of 4000 PHP is arranged in the player area 2102 of the bet area 212. Further, "P100" is displayed in the player pair bet display area 4213 of the bet display area 424, and "P100" is displayed in the tie bet display area 4214. As a result, the dealer can understand that the game medium worthy of 100 PHP is arranged in the player pair area 2105 of the bet area 214, and the game medium worthy of 100 PHP is arranged in the tie area 2104 of the bet area 214.

The game table system 1 periodically detects the game medium arranged in the bet target area 2100. Therefore, the bets placed by the participants on the game board 21 at any time are periodically reflected on the screen of the dealer display 4.

In this way, the dealer can confirm on the game board 21 how much bet amount each participant has bet on which bet target by checking the dealer display 4. ..

When the area where the bet confirmation button 430 is displayed on the dealer display 4 is touched, the bet is confirmed. That is, the game table system 1 executes a scan process for each bet area 210 at the timing when the bet confirmation button 430 is touched (bet confirmation timing). Then, the game table system 1 stores the state of the game medium arranged in the bet target area 2100 for each bet target area 2100 of each bet area 210, and determines this as a participant's bet. Therefore, the amount of the game medium to be collected and the amount of the game medium to be paid to the participants will be determined based on this bet.

When the bet phase ends, the game table system 1 starts the bet monitoring phase. In the bet monitoring phase, the game table system 1 monitors the game medium bet by the participant on the game board 21 and prevents the participant from moving to the next phase when a change occurs in the bet.

As shown in FIG. 6, in the bet monitoring phase, the main menu button 427, the chip change button 428, and the rolling button 429 are hidden on the bet monitoring screen displayed on the dealer display 4. Then, the EXIT button 432 is displayed. The dealer can recognize that the bet of the participant has been confirmed and the bet monitoring phase has started because the background color of all the bet display areas 420 has been changed.

The game table system 1 repeats the scanning process during the bet monitoring phase. That is, the game table system 1 executes a scan process to detect the game media arranged in each bet target area 2100 of each bet area 210, and determines the second bet amount of each bet area 210. The second bet amount is a valuable value indicated by the game medium for each bet target area 2100 arranged in each bet area 210 at a timing after the bet confirmation timing. The second bet amount is updated each time the scan process is executed in the bet monitoring phase. In the bet monitoring phase, the game table system 1 compares with the stored first bet amount each time the second bet amount is determined. Although not shown, when the first bet amount and the second bet amount are different, the game table system 1 displays the different contents on the dealer display 4.

Further, as shown in FIG. 7, when the EXIT button 432 is touched in the bet monitoring phase, the confirmation dialog 433 is displayed. If CANCEL is touched, the bet monitoring phase continues. On the other hand, when OK is touched, the IC tag detection unit 8 scans the IC card arrangement area 220 and performs detection processing of the IC card having a specific IC tag.

As shown in FIG. 8, when the IC card is not in the IC card arrangement area 220, a warning 434 indicating that the bet target game cannot be ended in the middle is displayed. When the IC card is in the IC card arrangement area 220, the warning 434 is not displayed, all the confirmed bets are canceled, and the bet phase is returned. In this way, after the timing when the start of the bet target game is detected, the acceptance of the operation for the progress of the bet target game by the touch panel 41 is invalidated. Further, when the IC tag detection unit 8 detects a specific IC tag, the invalidation of the acceptance of the operation for the progress of the bet target game by the touch panel 41 is canceled. In this way, since the operation of redoing the bet target game once started is invalidated without a specific IC card, it is possible to prevent an operation error by the dealer.

In this bet monitoring phase, the dealer repeatedly removes cards from the card shoe 5 to advance the bet target game. The game table system 1 determines the game result based on the contents of the cards read by the card shoe 5, and ends the bet monitoring phase. The game table system 1 does not allow the end of the bet monitoring phase when the confirmed bet is changed. That is, the game table system 1 determines the game result and ends the bet monitoring phase on the condition that the first bet amount and the second bet amount match. Then, the game table system 1 is disabled from accepting operations for the progress of the bet target game during the bet monitoring phase indicating from the start to the end of the bet target game, and the IC tag detection unit 8 detects a specific IC tag. If this is the case, the invalidation of the acceptance of the operation for the progress of the betting target game by the touch panel 41 is canceled.

The game table system 1 starts the collection phase when the bet monitoring phase ends. In the collection phase, the game table system 1 identifies the bet target area 2100 in which the game medium to be collected is arranged and displays it on the dealer display 4 based on the game result. That is, the game table system 1 determines the win or loss for each bet target area 2100 of each bet area 210 based on the game result, and the target area 2100 that has been lost as the game medium is arranged is shown on the dealer display 4. ..

As shown in FIG. 9, the bet display area 420 corresponding to the bet area 210 in which the game medium to be collected is arranged is highlighted on the dealer display 4. Further, the areas 4211 to 4215 corresponding to the bet target area 2100 in which the game medium to be collected is arranged in the bet area 210 are highlighted. For example, the background color of the areas 4211 to 4215 corresponding to the bet target area 2100 in which the game medium to be collected is arranged is shown in blue. Further, the background color of the bet display area 420 corresponding to the bet area 210 having the bet target area 2100 on which the game medium to be collected is arranged is shown in gold. In addition, other areas are grayed out. As a result, the dealer can easily determine the bet target area 2100 in which the game medium to be collected is arranged.

On the indicator screen 426, "Collection" is displayed, indicating that the collection phase is in progress. Further, in the area between the indicator screen 426 and the message screen 431, the game result is shown as, for example, "BANKER WIN". In addition, a tool button 440 is displayed at the lower right of the collection screen.

The game table system 1 repeatedly executes the scanning process for the bet area 210 while the collection screen is displayed. As a result, the game table system 1 monitors whether the game medium to be collected is correctly collected. When all collections are completed, the collection phase ends and the payment phase begins.

The game table system 1 starts the payment phase when the collection phase ends. In the payment phase, the game table system 1 identifies and displays the bet target area 2100 on which the game medium to be paid is arranged on the dealer display 4 based on the game result. That is, the game table system 1 determines the win or loss for each bet target area 2100 of each bet area 210 based on the game result, and the game medium is arranged and the winning bet target area 2100 is displayed on the dealer display 4. Shown.

As shown in FIG. 10, when there are a plurality of winning participants, payment is made sequentially for each participant. In the example of FIG. 10, the participant who bet on the bet area 212 and the participant who bet on the bet area 215 win, and the payment of the bet area 212 is displayed first. Specifically, on the payment screen, the bet display area 422 on which the payment is displayed is highlighted. Also, the bet amount in the bet display area 425 corresponding to 215 for which payment has not been completed is highlighted. On the indicator screen 426, the total bet amount, the commission amount, and the payment amount of the target area 2100 that won in the bet area 212 are displayed. In this embodiment, the commission amount is set to 5% of the payment amount and is deducted from the payment amount if the bunker wins.

In the payment phase, the bet area 210 is scanned when it is the turn of payment. That is, when the payment phase is started and when the paying participant is selected, the scanning process of the corresponding bet area 210 is repeatedly executed.

The dealer places the paying game medium in the winning bet area 2100 before handing the payment to the participants. When the game medium placed in the bet target area 2100 by the participant as a bet and the game medium placed in the same bet target area 2100 by the dealer as payment become appropriate, the payment to the participant is completed.

For example, as shown in FIG. 10, if a participant in the betting area 212 bets 5000 PHP against the bunker area 2101 and wins, the dealer deducts 5% of the commission from the participant to 4750 PHP. Is the payment amount. When all payments are completed, the payment phase ends and the bet phase returns.

The employee management table stored in the server 100 will be described with reference to FIG. The employee management table has an employee ID column and a level column. In the employee ID column, identification information for identifying an employee of the game hall where the game table 2 is installed is stored. This identification information matches the identification information stored in the IC tag of the IC card possessed by the employee. Information indicating employee authority is stored in the level column.

For example, in the game table system 1, when the bet target game is requested to be interrupted, the IC card arranged in the IC card arrangement area 220 is read, and the level of the employee ID matching the identification information of the IC card is "managed". If you are a "person", your request will be approved and you will be allowed to interrupt the betting game.

The operation of the game table system 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart. In the following description, it is assumed that the power is turned on in the game table system 1.

As shown in FIG. 12, in the control unit 3, various processes are executed by the main processing routine. Hereinafter, the processing executed by the control unit 3 will be specifically described. First, a bet screen as shown in FIG. 5 is displayed on the dealer display 4, and a chip scan is executed (S1). That is, by causing the antenna unit 22 to execute the scanning process, the information of the game media arranged in each bet target area 2100 of each bet area 210 is acquired, and the acquired information is displayed on the dealer display 4. After that, it is determined whether or not an error chip is arranged on each bet area 210 (S2). If the error chip is arranged (S2: YES), the process returns to step S1 and the scan process is executed again. That is, if an error chip is present, the chip scan is repeated until the error chip is removed.

On the other hand, when the error chip is not arranged (S2: NO), it is determined whether or not the bet confirmation button 430 on the bet screen is touched (S3). If the bet confirmation button 430 is not touched (S3: NO), the process returns to step S1 and the scan process is executed again. That is, the chip scan is repeated until the bet confirmation button 430 is touched.

On the other hand, when the bet confirmation button 430 is touched (S3: NO), the chip rescan process is executed (S4). That is, the antenna unit 22 is made to execute the scanning process, and the information of the game medium arranged in each bet target area 2100 of each bet area 210 is acquired. Then, when the event information indicating that the first card has been taken out is received from the card shoe 5, the bet is confirmed based on the information of the game medium acquired in step S4, and the bet phase ends (S5).

Then, as the bet monitoring phase, the bet movement check process is executed (S6). The bet movement check process will be described later. Then, it is determined whether or not the game is completed (S7). That is, it is determined whether or not the operation unit 550 of the card shoe 5 is operated to receive the event information indicating the end of the bet target game from the card shoe 5. If the bet target game does not end (S7: NO), the bet movement check process in step S6 is executed again.

On the other hand, when the bet target game ends (S7: YES), the collection process is executed as the collection phase (S8). In the collection process, a collection screen (see FIG. 9) is displayed on the dealer display 4, and chip scanning is executed for the bet area 210 in which the technical media to be collected are arranged, and it is confirmed whether the game media has been properly collected. Will be done. In the payment process, the payment screen (see FIG. 10) is displayed on the dealer display 4, the scan process is executed for the payment area, and it is confirmed whether the game medium is properly assigned. Then, as a payment phase, payment processing is executed (S9). After that, the synchronization process is executed (S10), and the process returns to step S1. In the synchronous process, various information based on the result of the bet target game is transmitted to the server 100 (see FIG. 1). The server 100 is connected to a plurality of game table systems 1 so as to be capable of data communication. Each game table system 1 associates the game result and the balance information based on the game result with the participants, and transmits the game result to the server 100 each time the game result is output. The game result is whether the bunker or the player has won. The income and expenditure information is information on the amount paid by the dealer to the participant and information on the amount collected by the participant from the dealer. The balance information may be the balance of one game table system 1 as a whole, or may be the balance of each participant in one game table system 1.

As shown in FIG. 13, when the bet movement check process is executed in the main process, the bet monitoring screen is displayed on the dealer display 4 and the chip scan is executed (S11). Then, it is determined whether or not the EXIT button 432 on the bet monitoring screen is touched (S12). When the EXIT button 432 is touched, it is determined in the confirmation dialog 433 (see FIG. 7) whether or not OK is touched (S14).

When OK is not touched (S13: NO), it is determined whether or not the chip has been moved based on the information of the game medium acquired in step S10 (S14). If the chip is moved (S14: YES), the process returns to step S10. That is, the chip scan is repeated until the chip movement is eliminated. Further, when the chips are moved, the dealer display 4 shows information (difference between the first bet amount and the second bet amount) regarding the moved game medium. If the chip is not moved (S14: NO), this routine is terminated and the process returns to the main process.

On the other hand, when OK is touched (S13: YES), the end approval process described later is executed (S15). Then, in the end approval process, it is determined whether or not the end is approved (S16). If not approved (S16: NO), the process proceeds to step S14. If approved, the process returns to step S1 in the main process. That is, the repetition of the scanning process when the game medium is moved is stopped, and the bet monitoring phase returns to the bet phase.

Next, with reference to FIG. 14, a flowchart of the end approval process called from the bet movement check process (see FIG. 13) will be described.

First, the IC card arrangement area 220 is scanned (S100). That is, it is determined whether or not the IC card is arranged in the IC card arrangement area 220. When the IC card is placed (S101: YES), the employee ID is acquired from the IC tag of the IC card (S102). Then, a request including the employee ID is transmitted to the server 100, and the level of the IC card is inquired (S103). Then, the server 100 determines whether or not the employee ID of the IC card has administrator authority based on the response including the level (S104). That is, whether or not the scanned IC card contains a specific IC tag is determined by whether or not the level associated with the employee IC indicated by the IC card is the administrator authority.

In the present embodiment, the server 100 is inquired to determine whether or not the level associated with the employee IC indicated by the IC card is administrator authority, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the IC tag itself of the IC card may include information indicating that the user has administrator authority.

If the authority is administrator (S104: YES), this routine is terminated and the process returns to the bet movement check process after the result is set to "approved" (S105). Specifically, information indicating approval is stored in a predetermined area of the memory included in the game table system 1, which is not shown. In the bet movement check process, the area is referred to and it is determined whether or not the bet movement is approved.

When it is determined in step S101 that there is no IC card (S101: NO), or when it is determined in step S104 that the employee ID indicated by the IC card is not administrator authority (S104: NO), the result is "non-". After being set to "Approval" (S106), this routine is terminated and the process returns to the bet movement check process.

In the present embodiment, the IC card is scanned every time OK is touched on the confirmation dialog 433 as shown in FIG. 7 and an operation related to the progress of the bet target game is requested, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game table system 1 may be configured so that the warning 434 (see FIG. 8) is not displayed by operating the OK button in the confirmation dialog 433 when the IC card is placed in the IC card placement area 220. .. Further, the game table system 1 continuously repeatedly scans the IC card arrangement area 220 so as to invalidate the operation itself of the EXIT button 432 when the IC card is not arranged in the IC card arrangement area 220. It may be configured.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, only specific examples are illustrated, and the present invention is not particularly limited, and the specific configuration of each means and the like can be appropriately redesigned. In addition, the effects described in the embodiments of the present invention merely list the most preferable effects arising from the present invention, and the effects according to the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not it.

Moreover, in the above-mentioned detailed description, the characteristic parts have been mainly described so that the present invention can be understood more easily. The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described in the detailed description described above, and can be applied to other embodiments, and the scope of application thereof is diverse. In addition, the terms and usages used in the present specification are used to accurately explain the present invention, and are not used to limit the interpretation of the present invention. Further, those skilled in the art will find it easy to infer other configurations, systems, methods and the like included in the concept of the present invention from the concept of the invention described in the present specification. Therefore, the description of the scope of claims must be regarded as including an equal structure without departing from the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. In addition, the purpose of the abstract is to simplify the technical content and essence of this application by the Japan Patent Office, general public institutions, and engineers belonging to this technical field who are not familiar with patents, legal terms, or technical terms. It is intended to be able to make a prompt judgment through a thorough investigation. Therefore, the abstract is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to be evaluated by the statement of claims. Further, in order to fully understand the object of the present invention and the peculiar effect of the present invention, it is desired that the interpretation is made with full consideration of the documents and the like already disclosed.

The detailed description described above includes processing performed on the computer. The above explanations and expressions are described for the purpose of being understood by those skilled in the art most efficiently. In the present specification, each process used to derive the result of 1 should be understood as a self-consistent process. Further, in each process, electrical or magnetic signals are transmitted / received, recorded, and the like. In the processing in each processing, such signals are expressed by bits, values, symbols, letters, terms, numbers, etc., but it should be noted that these are used only for convenience of explanation. There is a need. In addition, the processing in each processing may be described in terms common to human behavior, but the processing described in the present specification is, in principle, executed by various devices. In addition, other configurations required to perform each process are self-evident from the above description.

1 Game table system 2 Game table 3 Control unit 4 Dealer display 5 Card shoe 6 Common display

Claims (2)

A game start detector that detects the start of a bet target game that is progressing at the game table,
An input unit that accepts operations related to the progress of the bet target game by the dealer,
After the timing when the game start detection unit detects the start of the bet target game, the input invalidation unit that invalidates the acceptance of the operation by the input unit, and the input invalidation unit.
An IC tag detector that reads a specific IC tag by wireless communication,
When the IC tag detecting unit detects the specific IC tag, the input enabling unit cancels the invalidation of acceptance of the operation by the input invalidating unit, and
A game table system characterized by having. The game table system according to claim 1.
An event for advancing the bet target game is carried out, and it is connected to a game progress device that outputs event information related to the event so that data communication is possible.
The game start detection unit determines that the start of the bet target game has been detected when the first event information from the game progress device is received.