NZ745908B2 - System for managing packages of shuffled playing cards - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention directed to a tracking system has been made for monitoring and recording movement of packages of playing cards in an entertainment facility. The tracking system comprising: a plurality of the packages (2) of the playing cards; a plurality of ID code sensors (R); a processor (7); and a database (7b). At least one of the ID code sensors (R) is installed at a storage area (8) where the packages (2) are stored in the entertainment facility. At least one of the ID code reader sensors (R) is installed in a forwarding area (13) where each of the packages (13) is in transit in the entertainment facility. Each of the ID code sensors (R) obtains the ID code (3) when any one of the packages (2) either enters or departs, or both enters and departs, the detectable range of the ID code sensor (R). The processor (7) writes the event record into the database (7b). The processor (7) creates the event record periodically based on the event signals generated by the ID code sensor (R). ); and a database (7b). At least one of the ID code sensors (R) is installed at a storage area (8) where the packages (2) are stored in the entertainment facility. At least one of the ID code reader sensors (R) is installed in a forwarding area (13) where each of the packages (13) is in transit in the entertainment facility. Each of the ID code sensors (R) obtains the ID code (3) when any one of the packages (2) either enters or departs, or both enters and departs, the detectable range of the ID code sensor (R). The processor (7) writes the event record into the database (7b). The processor (7) creates the event record periodically based on the event signals generated by the ID code sensor (R).
Description
[Document Name] Description
[Title of Invention] SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PACKAGES OF
ED PLAYING CARDS
ical Field]
The present invention relates to a system for
managing packages of shuffled playing cards for
preventing loss or replacement of the packages of the
cards while casinos using the packages of a number of
cards are ed, in the casinos, and card game
facilities using other card game tables.
[Background Art]
There are baccarat and ack in a number of live
table games performed in casinos or game facilities. In
these games, standard decks each including fifty-two
playing cards are used, and the cards are usually
distributed from a shooter including the plurality of
decks (six to nine or ten decks) shuffled in accordance
with the start of play. When an operator (hereinafter
described as a "dealer (D)") of a casino distributes
g cards to a game table in order to use them in
such a game, a result of the game is decided by
arrangement of the cards of the plurality of decks from
the shooter (a winner or a victor). Before the casino
uses these es for such a purpose, game cards of a
predetermined number of decks are shuffled in random
order (arrangement), and are dually packed in one
package.
Shortage and ge of the cards must not occur in
the casino. This is because when someone reads
arrangement of the cards included in the package, and
returns the package to the casino, he can predict a
result of a game at the time of the dealer (D) using the
read package.
In order to ensure a fair game by preventing the
shortage and exchange of the packages of the shuffled
game cards in the casino, the casino manages the packages
of the shuffled game cards, and riately performs
the game at the table (i.e., exchange of the packages of
the shuffled game cards, other cted or unauthorized
acts, etc. are eliminated). Packages of shuffled game
cards are well-known, and are disclosed in Patent
Literature 1 (US Patent Application Publication No.
2010/0327525).
[Citation List]
[Patent Literature]
[Patent Literature 1]
US Patent Application Publication No. 2010/0327525
[Summary of Invention]
[Technical Problem]
The present ion provides monitoring packages
of shuffled game cards of a casino in real time, in which
the casino can immediately cancel a game when something
unpredictable occurs by managing all the packages of the
shuffled game cards t in the casino. A reason why
the management is important is that if the shuffled
playing cards on a table are the ones lost once in the
casino, someone may know arrangement thereof.
The present invention has been made to solve the
above-described problem, and to provide a system for
monitoring packages of shuffled game cards for a casino
to stop the package of some sort of suspicious ed
game cards in the casino by managing all the packages of
the shuffled game cards in the casino.
[Solution to Problem]
In order to solve the above-described tional
problem, the present invention es a system for
managing packages of shuffled playing cards, the system
having: packages of shuffled playing cards in which
g cards included in a predetermined number of decks
are shuffled in random order and are individually packed
in one package, and in which a unique ID code is attached
to each unique package of the shuffled g cards; a
game table at which a game is performed using the
shuffled playing cards; a storage box that is installed
beside the game table, stores the ity of packages,
es one or more readers that read the ID codes of
all the packages, and includes an openable lid so that
the packages can be taken out one by one; and a control
device for monitoring whether or not the packages are
present in the storage box by monitoring the ID codes of
the packages read by the readers, and for outputting
monitoring results.
In addition, the present invention provides es
of shuffled playing cards for being used in the abovedescribed
system.
In order to solve the above-described conventional
problem, the present invention provides a storage box
that stores packages of shuffled g cards and
monitors ID codes attached to the packages, the storage
box having: a storage box that stores the plurality of
packages, includes one or more readers that read the ID
codes of all the packages, and includes an openable lid
so that the es can be taken out one by one; and a
control device for monitoring whether or not the packages
are present in the storage box by monitoring the ID codes
of the packages read by the readers, and for outputting
monitoring results.
As is explained hereinafter, there are other aspects
in the present invention. Accordingly, disclosure of the
present invention is intended to provide some aspects of
the present invention, and is not intended to limit the
scope of the invention described and claimed here.
[Brief Description of gs]
[Figure 1] Figure 1 is a ctive view of a package,
and shuffled playing cards from which packaging has been
removed, which are used for a card shooter device of a
system for managing the packages of the shuffled playing
cards of an embodiment of the present invention.
[Figure 2a] Figure 2a is a diagram showing an outline of
a whole system for managing the packages of the shuffled
playing cards of the embodiment of the present invention.
[Figure 2b] Figure 2b is a ctive view showing a
trolley for carrying the packages of the shuffled playing
cards of one of the embodiments of the present invention
from a backyard to a game table pit in a state where the
packages are stored in cartons.
[Figure 2c] Figure 2c is a perspective view g a
trolley for carrying the packages of the shuffled playing
cards of one of the embodiments of the present ion
from the backyard to the game table pit.
[Figure 3] Figure 3 is a perspective view showing that
the shuffled playing cards of one of the embodiments of
the present invention are carried to the backyard and a
pit of a casino table from a factory in a form of being
loaded as the packages, in the cartons, and on a pallet.
[Figure 4] Figure 4 is a plan view of a table and a
storage box of the ment of the present ion.
[Figure 5] Figure 5 is a perspective view showing an
outline of the storage box and a carton cabinet of the
embodiment of the present invention.
e 6] Figure 6 is a perspective view of the storage
box of the same embodiment in a state where a lid is
opened.
[Figure 7] Figure 7 is a perspective view of the storage
box of the same embodiment showing a state where a carton
has been set.
[Figure 8] Figure 8 is a perspective view of the storage
box of the same embodiment in a state where packaging of
the carton has been removed.
[Figure 9a] Figure 9a is an enlarged perspective view of
a partition plate of the same embodiment.
[Figure 9b] Figure 9b is an enlarged perspective view of
the ion plate of the same embodiment.
[Figure 10] Figure 10 is a perspective view of the
storage box of the same embodiment in a state before the
packages are set.
[Figure 11] Figure 11 is a perspective view of the
storage box of the same embodiment in a state where the
packages are set.
[Figure 12] Figure 12 is a perspective view of the
storage box in the same embodiment showing a state where
the es are taken out from the storage box one by
[Description of Embodiment]
Details of the present invention will be explained
after. However, the following detailed explanation
and accompanying drawings do not limit the invention.
Explanation of preferred embodiment
<Example 1>
An embodiment of a system for managing a package 2
of shuffled playing cards 1s will be explained
hereinafter. Figure 1 is a perspective view of: the
e 2 of the shuffled g cards 1s; a reader R
that reads a bar code 3 (as an ID code 4) of the package
2 of the shuffled playing cards 1s; a card shooter device
S used in a table game in a casino ; and a storage box
that manages the after-mentioned package 2 of the
shuffled playing cards 1s. Figure 2a is a diagram
g an outline of a whole system for managing
packages of shuffled playing cards of the ment of
the present invention.
The respective shuffled playing cards 1s include a
predetermined number of decks ly, six, eight, nine,
or ten decks), are shuffled in random order and arranged
in unique and random arrangement order, and are packed so
as to be the package 2 to which a uniquely identifiable
shuffle card ID (the bar code 3, a RFID tag, or the like)
has been attached as the ID code 4 in a factory 5. In
this example, the ID code 4 is attached to the package 2
in a form of the bar code 3 (a two-dimensional code as a
QR Code (registered trademark) may be ed) read by
the bar code reader R and the other RFID tag reading
means (not shown) of the card shooter device S, or in a
form, such as the RFID tag. The package 2 is sealed by a
sealing material or a shrink packaging material at the
factory 5.
A management control device 7 in a casino 6 is used
to manage whether or not the package 2 is lost, or
whether or not the number of the es 2 is more
increased than the number of packages 2 accepted in a
backyard 8 of the casino 6. If the package 2 is lost or
missing, in order to win a game, the following acts may
be performed: someone tears the package 2 to then read
order of cards in the package 2; he mixes his own cards
in the cards in the package 2; or he exchanges several
cards in the package 2 so that the cards distributed to
himself are previously arranged in certain arrangement,
and returns the package used at the game table to a pit
or the table of the casino. In order to solve the abovedescribed
problem, there is provided a system for
ng or monitoring the packages 2 of all the shuffled
playing cards in the casino 6 using the management
control device 7.
The packages 2 to which the bar codes 3 have been
attached as the unique ID codes are supplied to the
backyard 8 of the casino 6. All the ID codes 4 of the
packages 2 carried to the backyard 8 are registered in a
se 7b (a memory etc.) of the management control
device 7 (as a registration step of ering all the
ID codes 4 in the database). All the ID codes 4 (the bar
codes 3 (they may be two-dimensional codes as QR Codes))
of the packages 2 carried to the backyard 8 at this stage
are registered to create a basic database. In order to
register all the ID codes of the packages 2 supplied to
the casino 6, data from the factory, an after-mentioned
carton ID code 30, or an after-mentioned pallet ID 40 may
be used instead of g all the bar codes 3 of the
packages. In carrying-out of the present invention, a
camera 12 or an RFID tag reading device (not shown) may
be used instead of a bar code reader (not shown) in order
to er or read the ID code 4. The packages may be
carried from the factory etc. as a carton CA in a state
where eighteen packages of the shuffled playing cards 1s
(refer to Figure 3) are present (several cartons CA may
be put on a pallet PA). The carton ID code 30 or the
pallet ID 40 may be used to er the ID codes of the
es 2 carried to the backyard 8 from the factory 5.
The packages 2 each with the bar codes 3 are stored
in the cartons CA while being d to the casino 6,
the cartons CA are put on the pallet PA, and then the
packages 2 are stored in the backyard 8 (refer to Figure
3). The unique carton ID code 30 is attached to each
carton CA, and the unique pallet ID 40 is attached to
each pallet PA. The carton ID code 30 is associated with
the ID codes of the packages stored in the carton CA, and
is previously registered in the database 7b of the
management control device 7. The pallet ID 40 is
associated with the corresponding carton ID code 30 on
the pallet PA and the ID codes 4 of the packages 2 stored
in the carton CA, and is previously registered in the
database 7b of the management control device 7. All the
ID codes 4 of the packages 2 are associated with the
carton ID code 30 of the carton CA in which the packages
2 have been stored, and the pallet ID 40.
The packages 2 are usually carried to a game table
pit 10 from the backyard 8 by a plurality of trolleys 9
while they are stored in the cartons CA (refer to Figure
2b), are taken out from the cartons CA in the game table
pit 10, are stored for a certain period, and subsequently,
the packages 2 are manually taken out from the game table
pit 10 by a dealer (D) etc., are put on the game table 11,
and are used at the game table. The ID codes 4 of all
the packages of the shuffled playing cards (or the carton
ID codes 30 of the cartons CA in which the packages 2 are
stored) are read by the camera 12 or bar code readers 451,
551, 651, and 751 at a predetermined place, and thereby
all the packages 2 (or the cartons CA in which the
packages 2 are stored) present in the casino 6 are
monitored. The monitoring camera 12 is arranged or
installed in order to be able to read from the backyard 8
the bar codes 3 (as the ID codes) of all the existing
packages 2 of the shuffled playing cards present in the
game table pit 10 (or the carton ID codes 30 of the
cartons CA in which the es 2 are stored).
In the carrying-out of the t invention, the
trolley 9 s the packages 2 of the ed playing
cards 1s used for a game from the backyard 8 to the game
table pit 10. In addition, a ity of AGVs
(automatic conveying vehicles) may be used as the trolley
9. Usually, although the packages 2 are carried to the
game table pit 10 from the backyard 8 in a state of being
stored in the s CA (refer to Figure 2b), the
embodiment is not limited to this, and it is also
possible to carry the packages 2 while being placed on
the y 9 as they are (refer to Figure 2c). The
plurality of es 2 (at least eighteen or thirty-six
packages) are stored in each game table pit 10, and are
manually carried to the game table 11 from there. When
the y 9 carries the plurality of cartons CA or
packages 2 from the backyard 8 to each game table pit 10,
they are carried through a programmed delivery route 13
in the casino 6. In so doing, the trolley 9 holding the
cartons CA or the packages 2 is monitored by the
ment control device 7 by using the camera 12 etc.
at a predetermined certain place of the delivery route 13
in the casino 6. In on, ID code readers 651 and
751 (other reading devices may be used) that read at
predetermined timing the carton ID codes 30 of the
cartons CA including the packages 2 or the bar codes 3
(as the ID codes) of the packages 2 may be installed
inside the trolley 9, and it is also possible to monitor
the packages 2 or the cartons CA placed on the trolley 9
by the ID code readers 651 and 751 (refer to Figures 2b
and 2c). Further, the trolley 9 may have a structure of
having transmission means 655 and 755 for reading at
predetermined timing the carton ID codes 30 of the
cartons CA including the packages 2 or the bar codes 3
(as the ID codes) of the es 2, and for transmitting
results of the reading to an outside or communicating
with the outside. Inside the trolley 9, the ity of
readers 651 and 751 are installed at scanning means 653,
753, and 754, the scanning means 653, 753, and 754 move
in an X direction and a Y direction, thereby each reader
moves in the X direction and the Y direction, and the
carton ID codes 30 of all the cartons CA or the bar codes
3 of the packages 2 that are stored in the trolley 9
always continue to be read. Lids 652 and 752 of the
trolley 9 include keys 656 and 756, and the cartons CA
and the packages 2 inside the y 9 can be prevented
from being taken out by locking the keys 656 and 756.
The management control device 7 is achieved by
er equipment (as a management control device having
the following functions), and functions of methods and
ses are achieved by installing in a computer a
m executed by a computer processor. The management
control device 7 performs management as follows.
1) A registration step of registering in the
database 7b all the ID codes 4 of the packages 2 carried
to the backyard 8. In order to register all the ID codes
4 of the packages 2 supplied to the casino 6, data from
the factory, the carton ID codes 30, or the pallet ID 40
can be used instead of reading all the bar codes 3 of the
es 2 or reading the ID codes 4 by the camera 12 or
the RFID tag reading device (not shown). A twodimensional
code reader as a QR Code reader can be used
for carrying out the present invention instead of the bar
code reader (not shown).
2) A management step of reading all the ID codes 4
of the packages 2 carried to the game table pit 10 by
ing the tive ID codes 4 of all the existing
packages 2 of the shuffled game cards by the ID code
readers 451 and 551 (the camera 12 or the other reading
device can be used) in the game table pit 10, and of
monitoring the respective ID codes 4 of all the existing
packages 2 of the shuffled game cards at the game table
pit 10.
In the management step in the game table pit 10, it
is inspected whether or not all the ID codes 4 of the
packages 2 are d in the backyard 8 for the first
time, and are registered in the database 7b. An image
obtained by the monitoring camera 12 is sent to the
management control device 7 by a transmission device (by
wired or wireless communication), is analyzed by the
management control device 7, and is confirmed as a proof
that all the ID codes 4 of all the packages 2 in the
image, and the ID codes 4 monitored by the monitoring
camera 12 or read by the bar code readers 651 and 751 are
actually present in the game table pit 10. The image is
obtained by the monitoring camera 12, and is transmitted
at predetermined timing (for example, every five minutes,
every hour, or the like). The management control device
7 makes all the ID codes 4 of all the ng packages 2
obtained by the monitoring camera 12 or read by the bar
code readers 651 and 751 coincide with registered
registration ID codes 4 of the packages 2 stored in the
database 7b at ermined timing (for example, every
five minutes, every hour, or the like) in each game table
pit 10. The registration ID codes 4 of the packages 2 in
the database 7b are basic data considered to be present
in the casino 6 as the es 2 carried (or the
packages 2 seem to be carried) to the backyard 8.
The ID codes 4 of the packaged 2 in the game table
pit 10 are checked each time when each package 2 reaches
the game table pit 10 for monitoring (normally, in a
state where the es 2 are stored in the carton CA)
and when the package 2 alone is taken away from the game
table pit 10. The packages 2 in the game table pit 10
are monitored by the management control device 7 even at
timing decided whether or not the packages 2 are present
in the game table pit 10 (for example, every minute,
every five minutes, every hour, or every longer time).
The storage box 401 can be used to store the plurality of
packages 2 (or the cartons CA including the packages) of
the ed game cards, and to monitor the ID codes 4
(or the carton ID codes 30) attached to the packages in
the game table pit 10.
The package 2 present in the game table pit 10 is
manually d to the game table 11 by the dealer (D)
etc., and is put on the game table in order to use it for
a game (for e, baccarat game). When the shuffled
playing cards 1s are used for the game at the game table
11, the package 2 is unpacked and is installed in the
card shooter device S in order to be able to pull out the
ed playing cards 1s one by one from the card
shooter device S (refer to Figure 1). During the game,
the dealer (D) pulls out cards 1 from the card shooter
device S, and distributes them to the game table 11.
Just before the package 2 is torn on the game table
11, the ID code 4 of the package 2 is read by the bar
code reader R of the card shooter device S in order to
authenticate the ID code 4 of the package 2 having used
at each game table 11 (the ID code 4 of the package 2
used next is read as mentioned later, and the package 2
is set to be "used"). The registered ID code 4 of the
package 2 in the database is deleted from the database 7b,
or the package 2 is authenticated to have been used at
each game table 11 and then registered when selected so
as to be used for the next game at the playing table 11,
and is read by the bar code reader R. The ID code 4 of
the package 2 read to be used next is inspected by the
management control device 7 as follows: whether or not
the package 2 should be normally present at the game
table 11; or by ining the package 2 to be at least
one of the following cases, whether or not the package 2
has been delivered at normal timing; whether or not the
package 2 is the irregular suspicious one; whether or not
the package 2 should be on the game table 11; or whether
the package 2 has not arrived at regular timing or for a
regular period (it has not arrived at a normal ed
time).
1) Whether or not the package 2 has been carried via
the predetermined delivery route 13,
2) Whether or not the package 2 is the missing one
until now,
3) r or not the package 2 has been registered,
4) Whether or not the package 2 has been unused in
the game table pit 10 ing for a determined period,
) Whether or not the package 2 has been carried
from the cted game table pit 10, or whether it has
been carried via no game table pit 10,
6) Whether the package 2 is not used at any game
table 11 in the past.
The ID code reader (the bar code reader R is
included) is connected to a control device 112 on the
game table 11. The ious package 2 is detected by
the management control device 7 from inspection results
of the ID code 4 of the package 2. Presence of the
suspicious package 2 is ed to the card shooter
device S (or the other shuffle device etc.) so that the
detected suspicious package 2 is not used. The card
shooter device S may include output means of alarm or a
notice based on the inspection results of the ID code 4
of the package 2 in order not to use the suspicious
e 2, or to stop further use of the package 2. The
management step may r include a step of managing
whether or not all the registered ID codes 4 of the
packages 2 in the database 7b have been erased, or
whether or not the packages 2 have been authenticated to
be used at any game table 11 for a certain fixed period
(whether or not there are any packages 2 not used at the
game table for the certain fixed period (one week, one
month, or the like). The ID code reader R is directly or
indirectly ted to the card shooter device S on the
game table 11, and is configured so as to send the ID
code 4 of the package 2 to the management control device
7 in order to identify the ID code 4 of the package 2 to
be used next, and the card shooter device S receives a
command from the management control device 7.
The management control device 7 collates all the ID
codes 4 of all the existing packages 2 or the packages 2
included in the carton CA that have been obtained by the
readers 451 and 551 in each game table pit 10 with the
registration ID codes 4 of the packages 2 in the database
7b at predetermined timing (every five minutes, every
hour, or the like). The registration ID codes 4 of the
packages 2 in the database 7b are basic data considered
to be present in the casino 6 as the packages 2 carried
(seem to be carried) to the backyard 8. All the ID codes
4 of all the ng packages 2 or the packages 2
included in the carton CA that have been obtained by the
readers 451 and 551 in each game table pit 10 are
collated with the registration ID codes 4 of the packages
2 in the database 7b, y ring of all the
package 2 present in the game table pit 10 or the
packages 2 included in the carton CA is performed at
determined timing (every five minutes, or not more than
or not less than that). The management control device 7
can check whether or not there are remaining es 2
missing or considered not to be present in the game table
pit 10. The management control device 7 may report
results of the above-described management (collation
results thereof) to a management department of the casino
In monitoring and ing of the ID codes 4, it
can be confirmed whether or not all the registration ID
codes 4 of the packages 2 of the ed playing cards
have been deleted for riate timing, with the
shuffled playing cards being determined to be used ones
after the end of the game, by comparing all the ID codes
4 with the ID codes 4 of the new packages 2 carried to
the backyard 8. If one of the ID codes 4 of the packages
2 is not deleted, or is not authenticated to be used, it
means that the casino has inappropriate or suspicious
stock.
The image obtained by the monitoring camera 12 may
be analyzed by the management control device 7 as follows.
1) All the bar codes 3 relating to the ID codes 4 of
all the packages 2 in the image are recognized.
2) The bar codes 3 identified by a bar code reading
program are read as the ID codes 4.
3) Each ID code 4 is registered together with a read
place as a proof of the presence of the packages 2 at
ermined , such as every five minutes or every
hour.
4) All the ID codes 4 of all the existing packages 2
obtained by the monitoring camera 12 are collated with
the registration ID codes 4 of the es 2 stored in
the database 7b.
) In the database, it is ated whether or not
all the registration ID codes 4 of the packages 2
considered to have been carried to the backyard 8 and to
have been present in the casino 6, or r or not the
ID codes 4 of the packages 2 remain.
6) The ment control device 7 may report
results of the above-described management to the
management department of the casino 6.
The calculated ID codes all the ID codes 4 of the
packages 2 carried to (unloaded in) the backyard 8 and
registered (minus) all the ID codes 4 of the packages 2
obtained by the camera 12 or the bar code readers R, 451,
551, 651 and 751 also including the ID codes 4 erased or
authenticated to be used. These calculations are
performed at all places (all in the backyard 8, in the
game table pit 10, at the game table 11, and on the
trolley 9 of each . The ID codes 4, the number of
the packages lost after the presence of the es has
been confirmed, places where the lost packages have been
present (last places where the presence of the packages
have been confirmed) are reported. ring results
etc. of missing, the remaining ID codes 4, and the number
of the other existing packages may be displayed by a
monitor display 60 in the management department etc.
In these steps of managing the packages 2 of the
shuffled playing cards, each ID code 4 of the packages 2
on the delivery route 13, and all the trolleys 9 that
carry the packages 2 or the cartons CA from the backyard
8 may be monitored by the camera 12, and further, it is
also possible to decide a place of the trolley 9 by a
sensor (not shown), and to control the y 9 by an
automatic conveying vehicle system known as an AGV system
technology.
The ment control device 7 is programmed to
monitor each ID code 4 of the actual package 2. In
addition, the management control device 7 calculates and
registers each individual ID code 4 at all places based
on the places from all the existing actual ID codes 4,
and information obtained and analyzed by the camera 12
and the management l device 7, and thereby
ration IDs of the respective places obtained by the
monitoring camera are compared with each other, whereby
the lost ID codes 4 can be recognized.
The method further includes a monitoring step of
managing the number of all the existing packages 2 of the
shuffled playing cards in the backyard 8, and the game
table pits 10 and the game tables 11 of all the play
tables, and grasping whether or not the packages on the
trolley 9 are lost during a ng step by comparing
all the actual ID codes 4 on the tive trolleys 9
with information of all the ID codes of the packages
obtained when the packages are carried to the backyard 8.
The management step is very important for safe
operation of the casino. All the existing actual ID
codes 4 are compared with ation of the ID codes 4
of all the packages obtained when the packages 2 are
carried to the backyard 8 (or all the game table pits 10
or game tables 11 of the playing tables), and thereby it
is recognized whether or not there is a lost package or
an additional package at all the places. As a ,
all the actual packages 2 of the shuffled playing cards
are managed in the rd 8, in all the game table pits
or game tables 11 of the playing tables, and thereby
it is ensured that all the es in the casino are
controlled.
Before the shuffled playing cards 1s are set in the
card shooter device S, a cut card 1c is inserted
thereinto. The cut card 1c is inserted into a latter
half (the remaining portion is approximately one-quarter
or one-fifth) of the shuffled playing cards 1s when used
for the game. In order to prevent that ranks of the
respective cards 1 distributed during the game are
counted by players etc., and that ranks of the cards that
have not been drawn yet are predicted when they run short,
the cut card 1c is used to end the game in a state where
approximately twenty to forty cards are left in the card
shooter device S. Usually, when the cut card 1c is drawn
during the game, use of the currently used shuffled
playing cards 1s is ed after the game or a little
after the game, and the game is ended. The shuffled
playing cards 1s in the card shooter device S are
exchanged for a new set, and a game is newly started.
In the example, the game table pit 10 is installed
at the side of the game table 11, and es a storage
box 401. The package 2 used in a next game is housed in
the storage box 401, and the dealer (D) takes out the
package 2 used in the next game from the storage box 401,
and sets the shuffled playing cards 1s in the card
shooter device S. Therefore, the storage box 401 is put
beside the dealer (D) at the side of the game table 11.
In addition to the storage box 401, a carton cabinet
501 that stores the cartons CA may be further included.
The plurality of (eighteen) packages 2 used in games from
the next time are stored in the e box 401 (refer to
Figure 11). The unopened carton CA including the
plurality of (eighteen) packages 2 is stored in the
carton cabinet 501 (refer to Figure 5). The carton ID
code 30 is attached to the carton CA, and the carton ID
code 30 attached to the carton CA always continues to be
read by the reader 551 installed in the carton cabinet
501. The carton CA stored in the carton cabinet 501 is
taken out from the carton t 501 in order to be used
in the next game after all the packages 2 in the storage
box 401 are used, the whole carton CA is moved to the
storage box 401 of the game table pit 10, and the
packages 2 in the carton CA are used for the game.
Next, there will be explained a method for housing
the carton CA into the storage box 401, and a method for
taking out the packages 2 used in the next game from the
storage box 401.
After all the packages 2 in the storage box 401 are
used, a top lid 452a is opened, a leg 461 of a rotary lid
452b is pulled out to the front, the rotary lid 452b is
rotated by 90 degrees to make it el to a floor
surface, and the leg 461 of the rotary lid 452b is stood
ally to a floor surface (refer to Figure 6).
In a state where the rotary lid 452b is made
parallel to the floor surface, the carton CA taken out
from the carton cabinet 501 is installed on a back
surface of the rotary lid 452b (refer to Figure 7). At
this time, the carton CA is installed so that the ID
codes 4 attached to the packages 2 included in the carton
CA appear on upper surfaces of the packages 2. Packaging
of the carton CA is removed, and the ID codes 4 attached
to the packages 2 are exposed (refer to Figure 8). Next,
gaps are formed between lines of the ed packages 2,
projections 472 of a partition plate 471 are fitted in
the gaps, and the partition plate 471 is installed on the
upper surfaces of the packages (refer to Figures 9 and
). Hereby, since a state where the gaps are present
between the packages 2 can be kept, there is an effect of
making each package 2 easily taken out from the storage
box 401 later. Here, tips of the projections 472 of the
partition plate 471 are each formed in a pointed shape,
and thereby it becomes possible to easily fit them
between the packages 2 (refer to Figure 9b).
Next, the rotary lid 452b is rotated by 90 degrees
to thereby be returned to an original position. The top
lid 452a is then closed (refer to Figure 11). The
plurality of readers 451 are installed at scanning means
453 inside the storage box 401, each reader moves in a Z
direction by the ng means 453 moving in the Z
ion, and the ID codes 4 of all the packages 2
stored in the e box 401 always continue to be read
(refer to Figure 10).
The game is ended as described above, and in order
to newly begin a game, the dealer (D) exchanges a set of
the shuffled g cards 1s in the card shooter device
S for a new set. In order to exchange for the new set,
the dealer (D) opens the top lid 452a of the storage box
401, and takes out the package 2 stored in the storage
box 401 by his hand (refer to Figure 12). Next, the
dealer (D) reads the ID code 4 of the package 2 newly
taken out from the storage box 401 by the reader R
included in the control device 112, opens the package 2,
and sets the ed playing cards 1s in the card
shooter device S (refer to Figure 1).
As mentioned above, since the ID codes 4 of all the
packages 2 stored in the e box 401 always continue
to be read by the reader 451 in the storage box 401, it
is grasped which package 2 having which ID code 4 was
taken out when the dealer (D) takes out the package 2
from the storage box 401. It is determined whether or
not the d ID code 4 and the ID code 4 of the
package 2 used next read by the reader R ed in the
control device 112 coincide with each other, whereby it
can be confirmed whether or not the package 2 taken out
from the storage box 401 at the last minute is the
package 2 used for the next game by the card shooter
device S.
Keys 456 and 556 are included in a lid 552 of the
carton cabinet 501 and the top lid 452a of the storage
box 401, and the packages 2 in the storage box 401 and
the carton CA in the carton cabinet 501 can be prevented
from being taken out by locking the keys 456 and 556. In
addition, a gap 462 is provided in a lower part of the
storage box 401, and packaging materials removed from the
cartons CA can be temporarily stored.
Results of uing to read the carton ID code 30
of the carton CA stored in the carton cabinet 501 by the
reader 551, and results of continuing to read the ID
codes 4 of the es 2 stored in the storage box 401
by the reader 451 are reported to the management control
device 7 through the control device 112.
Further, means for displaying the reading results of
the ID codes 4 of the packages 2 stored in the storage
box 401 and the reading results of the carton ID code 30
of the carton CA stored in the carton cabinet 501 (a
e box lamp 483, a storage box monitor 482, etc.)
may be provided in the storage box 401 and the carton
cabinet 501 (refer to Figure 5 etc.). Furthermore, it is
also possible to y on the storage box monitor 482
the results of management by the management control
device 7, and a message sent from the management
department. Note that the means for displaying the
reading results, such as the e box lamp 483 and the
storage box monitor 482 may be installed at a place for
the dealer (D) to easily see during the game, for example,
near the top lid 452a.
Although the suitable embodiment of the present
invention considered at present has been explained
hereinbefore, it is tood that various deformations
can be made to the embodiment, and it is intended that
the accompanying claims include such all the deformations
within the true spirit and the scope of the present
invention.
Claims (2)
1. A system for administrating a plurality of playing cards or chips, which has been provided with an ID code being unique to each of the playing cards or chips, the system comprising: a storage for containing the playing cards or chips for monitoring each of ID codes provided with the playing cards or chips; and an administrating controller, which has been provided with a computer le medium that stores a database in relation to the ID codes of the playing cards or chips, wherein further the system has a ID code reader for obtaining ID-code information on each of the ID codes of the playing cards or chips in the storage, and a ication means for sending the ID-code ation obtained by the first ID code reader to the administrating controller, and the administrating controller is configured to obtain repeatedly every ID-code ation of each playing cards or chips in the storage and inspect whether there is a mismatch n the playing cards or chips existing in the storage and the playing cards or chips which had been contained in the storage.
2. The administrating system according to claim 1, n the administrating controller is configured to be programmed to judge at least one of the followings items; r any of the playing cards or chips is not missing, and whether any of the g cards or chips has not been registered in the database. 3 The administrating system according to claim 1, wherein the ID code reader is any one of a barcode reader, a 2-dimentional code reader, a camera and an RFID tag reader. 4 The administrating system according to claim 1, wherein the ID-information is image data of the ID code. 5 The administrating system according to any one of claims 1 to 4 further comprising: a lock means for preventing from taking the playing cards or chips out from the storage. 6 A storage for containing g cards or chips, the storage comprising: an ID code reader for obtaining ID-code information on ID code provided with the playing cards or chips, and a communication means for sending the ID-code information obtained by the ID code reader to an administrating ller, wherein the administrating controller is configured to obtain repeatedly obtain code information of the playing cards or chips in the storage and judge whether there is a mismatch between the playing cards or chips existing in the storage and the playing cards or chips which had been ned in the storage. 7 The storage according to claim 6, wherein the ID code reader is one of a barcode reader, a 2-dimentional code reader, a camera and an RFID tag reader. 8 The storage according to claim 6, wherein the ID-information is image data of the ID code. 9 The storage according to any one of claims 6 to 8 further sing: a lock means for preventing from taking the playing cards or chips out from the storage. [
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