PH12015000249A1 - Event recording system for gambling apparatus - Google Patents
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The invention aims to perform event recording on a gambling console mainly through a game status monitoring device to monitor start and end of an event on the gambling console to control an image capturing device to capture image pictures of a game display unit and generate a plurality of event recording image pictures marked a number of round of game and an event that are saved in a data storage unit, or record continuous event recording image pictures. Through a relation recording unit start time and end time of the event, and related locations of the continuous event recording image pictures at the start time and the end time of the corresponding event also can be recorded, and a relation record- table can be generated that, along the continuous event recording image pictures, can be saved in the data storage unit.
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EVENT RECORDING SYSTEM FOR GAMBLING :
APPARATUS To
The present invention relates to a casino management - system and particularly to a monitoring system for casino - management. 0
A conventional casino, please referring to FIGS.1 and 2, = generally has a plurality of gambling apparatus for players to - do gambling games. The gambling apparatus mainly can be divided into gambling consoles 1 (as shown in FIG. 1) or a physical table 2 (as shown in FIG. 2) tended by a dealer fo deal cards. Both types allow the players to play games.
In order to meet requirements of security management and | B i 15 keeping evidences and ensure that the gambling apparatus function smoothly the conditions of all the gambling apparatus in the casino have to be fully known and maintained properly. : Hence the cas'no generally has installed a casino monitoring - system that includes a plurality of video cameras 3 and a plurality of monitoring screens (not shown in the drawings) corresponding to the lenses 3. The video cameras 3 aim to ; monitor operation of the gambling apparatus (gambling consoles 1 or physical tables 2). Depending on requirements and onsite environment the video cameras 3 and the gambling apparatus can be arranged in a one-to-one, many-to-one or ! .
one-to-many fashion to meet extensive monitoring ph requirements.
Thus management personnel can monitor the monitoring > screens online constantly to know instantly what have + happened to the gambling apparatus, and get image evidences - to find out the truth in the event of disputes to take proper o : However, when the aforesaid conventional casino = monitoring system is in actual use, and disputes take place on the gambling apparatus, if the management personnel have to rely the image evidences to settle the causes of the disputed events, getting and reviewing the images recorded by the ~~ casino monitoring systems often takes a long period of time.
Moreover, trying to clear up the relationship of the disputed events (such as a certain game outcome) and the nage evidences often is contestable in practice. Hence it is a tedious ~~ and time-consuming process and difficult to make proper settlemyat instantly. Namely, the tasks of doing comparison. : manually and scanning the image evidences thoroughly and gleaning the mating image footages take a lot of time and efforts, and erroneous interpretation and judgment occur easily.
As a result, unless a significant event takes place the aforesaid practice is rarely being implemented.
Therefore the primary object of the present invention is to provide an event recording system for gambling apparatus to ~ : capture image pictures of events happened to a corresponding o : gambling console to facilitate fast and accurate retrieval of the > captured image pictures when disputes occur to allow H management personnel to take proper action immediately. = : To achieve the foregoing object the present invention o mainly can be implemented in two approaches. -
The first approach, the invention proceeds event recording on a gambling console equipped with a game display unit. The - system includes a game status monitoring device, an image capturing device and a data storage unit. The game status monitoring device is connected to the gambling console and : monitors start and end of an event, and generates respectively a start signal and an end signal at the start and the end of the event generation. oT : : The image capturing device is connected to the game ~~ status monitoring device and the gambling console, and starts ¢ipturing image pictures of the game display unit spon receiving the start signal, and stops the image pictures capturing operation upon receiving the end signal, and generates a plurality of event recording image pictures marked the event. The data storage unit is connected to the image capturing device to receive and save the event recording image pictures. :
In the second approach the image capturing device also can capture the images pictures of the gambling apparatus to - generate a series of continuous event recording image pictures, - and the game status monitoring device generates directly and : respectively a start time and an end time when the event starts 7 and ends. The invention also includes a relation recording unit i: connected to the game status monitoring device and the image capturing device to record the start time and the end time of © the event, and related locations of the continuous event ° recording image pictures corresponding to the start time and ” the end time to generate a relation record table. The data storage unit receives and saves the continuous event recording image pictures and the relation record table.
Thus, through the game status the start and end of the event of the gambling console can be monitored. Through the image capturing device the image pictures of the game display : unit can be captured to generate a plurality of event recording image pictures marked the event. Since the event recording © 1mage pictures have the event marked thereon management personnel can quickly get the corresponding event recording image pictures whenever disputes take place later. In thesecond approach the continuous event recording image pictures are captured, and through the relation record table generated by the relation recording unit that records the start time and the end time of the event, and the related locations of the continuous event recording image pictures corresponding .
to the start time anc the end time, management personnel also n can quickly get the corresponding image footage in the : continuous event recording image pictures when disputes =o occur through the relation record table, thereby management . personnel can quickly and correctly get the images of the Tn ; disputed event to restore the actual situation and make proper - action immediately. ®
The foregoing, as well as additional objects, features and @ advantages of the invention will be more readily apparent “ from the following detailed description, which proceeds with reference to the accompanying embodiments and drawings.
The embodiments merely serve for illustrative purpose and are not the limitation of the invention.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a conventional gambling console.
FIG. 2 1s a schematic view of a conventional physical table. - FIG. 3 is a system architecture block diagram of a first embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 4 is another system architecture block diagram of the first embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 5 is a system architecture block diagram of a second embodiment of the invention.
FIG. 6 is another system architecture block diagram of the second embodiment of the invention. i
FIG. 7 is yet another system architecture block diagram of the —. second embodiment of the invention. ~
EMBODIMENTS _5 Please refer to FIG. 3 for a system architecture of a first - embodiment of the invention that aims to provide event . recording on a gambling console 10A. The gambling console = 10A is equipped with a game display unit 11. The invention includes a game status monitoring device 20, an image capturing device 30 and a data storage unit 40. The game status monitoring device 20 is connected to the gambling console 10A and monitors start and end of an event, and generates a start signal and an end signal at the start and the end of event generation. ES 15. The event can be a game process. The game status monitoring device 20 gets a game round number of each round of game and generates the start signal and the end signal of the event at the start time and the end time of each round of game.
Or the event can be a betting interface operation. When aplayer proceeds the betting interface operation till the game is activated, the start signal and the end signal of the event are generated respectively. Take a slot machine as an example.
When the player bets a certain lines or a certain type the start25 signal is generated. When the player’s betting ends and the game s:arts, the end signal is generated. <
Or the event can be a membership system operation. When 7 the player enters a membership system operation menu and > : leaves the membership system operation menu the start signal and the end signal of the event are generated respectively.
Or the event can be a console exception matter which can 0 be, but not limited to, a console door being opened, console © malfunctions, no action or other obvious abnormal conditions 0 or the like. When the console exception matter takes place or ” ends the gambling console generates the start signal and the end signal of the event respectively. oo
The image capturing device 30 is connected to the game = - status monitoring device 20 and the gambling console 10A, : and starts capturing image pictures of the game display unit 11 oo i3 upon receiving the start signal until receiving the end sigaal to stop capturing the image pictures, and generates a plurality of event recording image pictures marked the round of game : : number and the event. The data s*orage unit 40 is connected to the image capturing device 30 to receive and save the event recording image pictures.
So Please refer to FIG. 4 for another system architecture of the first embodiment in which a portable communication equipment 41 is included that can be a tablet computer, a handset, a mobile computer or the like. Through the portable communication equipment 41 the gambling console 10A can be connected in a line or wireless fashion to get the event : recording image pictures in the data storage unit 40. -
Please refer to FIG. 5 for a system architecture of a > second embodiment of the invention. It also aims to do event recording for the gambling apparatus LU. The image capturing device 30 is connected to the gambling apparatus 10 to 0 capture image pictures of the gambling apparatus 10 and = generate a series of continuous event recording image pictures. - ~The gambling apparatus 10 can be a gambling console 10A - equipped with a game display unit 11. The image capturing device 30 captures the image pictures of the game display unit 11. oo ~~ The game status monitoring device 20 also is connected to oo ~~ the gambling apparatus 10 and monitors start and end of an 3 15 event, and generates a start time and an end time at the start and the end of the event. : In practice the event can be a game process. The start time : and the end time are respextively the time of start and end of ~ each round of game. The game status monitoring device 20 can get the number of each round of game.
Or the event can be a betting interface operation. The start time and the end time are when a player proceeds the betting interface operation till the game is activated. More specifically, : the betting interface operation is the player performs operation on the betting interface of the gambling console, and
.. according to the gambling console type, can be a physical o button or a touch screen where operation is performed to do - betting. | =
Or the event can be a membership system operation. The - time when the player enters a membership system operation =
Co menu and leaves the membership system operation menu are in respectively the start time and the end time. =
Or the event can be a console exception matter. The time - when the exception matter takes place on the gambling : 10 console and end thereof are respectively the start time and the end time.
The second embodiment mainly includes a relation recording unit 50 which is connected to tbe game status monitoring device 20 and the image capturing device 30, and
HT, 15 records the number of each round of game {when the event is a game process), start time and end time of the event, and related locations of the continuous event recording image pictures correspondi:rg to the start time and the end time, and generates a relation record table. The data storage unit 40 is connected to the relation recording unit 50 and the image capturing device 30, and receives and saves the continuous event recording image pictures and the relation record table. :
Please refer to FIG. 6 for another system architecture of the second embodiment in which the gambling apparatus 10 can be a physical table 10B, and the image capturing device
: 30 captures onsite image pictures of the physical table 10B. 2
Please refer to FIG. 7 for yet another system architecture o of the second embodiment in which a portable communication c equipment 41 is included to connect to the gambling console ol 10A to get the continuous event recording image pictures and = the relation record table saved in the data storage unit 40. -
As a conclusion, the invention mainly monitors start and = end of an event of the gambling console through the game = status, and controls the image capturing device to capture the - image pictures of the game display unit at the start time and end time of the event, and generates a plurality of event recording image pictures marked the event, hence management can quickly get the corresponding event recording image pictures when disputes take place in the15 future. | oo
Or another implementation approach can be adopted by recording continuous event recording image pictures and generating a r¢iation record table through a relation recording - unit. The relation record table registers event start time and event end time and related locations of the continuous event recording image pictures corresponding to the event start time : and the event end time, hence management also can quickly get the corresponding image footage from the continuous event recording image pictures through the relation record table when disputes take place. : ;
As a result, the management personnel merely have to - know the number of the round of game and the event type to quickly and correctly get the images of the disputed event to > restore the actual situation, thereby can take proper action immediately to meet use requirements. -
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1. An event recording system for gambling apparatus to do 7 even recording for a gambling console equipped with a game > display unit, comprising; - a game siatus monitoring device connected to the Bo gambling console to monitor start and end of an event on the “ gambling console and generate respectively a start signal and ® an end signal upon the start and the end of the event; ~ an image capturing device which is connected to the game 7 status monitoring device and the gambling console, and starts capturing image pictures of the game display unit upon - oo receiving the start signal and stops capturing the image = pictures upon receiving the end signal to generate a plurality of event recording image pictures marked the event: and a data storage unit connected to the image capturing : device to receive and save the event recording image pictures.
2. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim : 1, > wherein the event is a game process, the game status monitoring device getting a number of round of game of each round of game and generating the start signal and the end signal at a start time and an end time of each round of game,
3. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the event is a betting interface operation performed A by a player till a game is activated to generate respectively the start signal and the end signal of the event.
4. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim < 3, wherein the betting interface operation is performed on a =o physical button or a touch screen of the gambling console. >
5. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim H 1, wherein the event is a membership system operation that - allows a player to enter a membership system operation menu o and leave the membership system operation menu to generate = respectively the start signal and the end signal. =
6. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim - 16 1, wherein the event is a console exception maiter, the gambling console generating respectively the start signal and the end signal when the console exception matter takes place and ends. : :
7. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim 1 further including a portable communication equipment oo : which is connectable to the gambling console to get the event recording image pictures in the data storage unit. ~~
8. An event recording system for gambling apparai~s to do event recording for a gambling apparatus, comprising: an image capturing device connected to the gambling apparatus to capture image pictures of the gambling apparatus : to generate a series of continuous event recording image pictures; a game status monitoring device connected to the : gambling apparatus to monitor start and end of an event on the gambling apparatus and generate respectively a start time and on an end time upon the start and the end of the event; ~ a relation recording unit which is connected to the game = status monitoring device and the image capturing device, and . records the start time and the event end time of the event and = related locations of the continuous event recording image pictures corresponding to the start time and the end time to = generate a relation record table; and - © a data storage unit connected to the relation recording unit and the image capturing device to receive and save the continuous event recording image pictures and the relation record table. Co
9. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim 8, wherein the gambling apparatus is a gambling console which includes a game display unit, the image capturing to te : device capturing image pictures of the game display unit. co
10. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of CC claim 8, wherein the gambling apparatus is a thysical table, the image capturing device capturing onsite image pictures of the physical table.
11. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim 8, wherein the event is a game process, each round of game starts at a start time and ends at an end time, the game status monitoring device getting a number of round of game of each round of game, the relation recording unit recording the number of round of game of each round of game. -
12. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of ~ claim 8, wherein the event is a betting interface operation @performed by a player till a game is activated from the start . time till the end time. =
13. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of 0 : claim 12, wherein the betting interface operation is performed © : on a physical button or a touch screen on the gambling - apparatus. . oo 10
14. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of claim 8, wherein the event is a membership system operation that allows a player to enter a membership system operation
. menu and leave the membership system operation menu at : respectively the start time and the end time. Co 15 .
15. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of SE claim 8, wherein the event is a console exception matter, the exception matter being started and ended respectively on the BE console at the start time and the end time.-
16. The event recording system for gambling apparatus of E 20 claim 8 further including a portabie communication equipment which is connectable to the gambling apparatus to get the continuous event recording image pictures and the relation record table in the data storage unit. ]
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