TWI620145B - Side recording system of game device - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a side record for a gaming machine, which mainly monitors the start and end of an event of the gaming machine through a game state monitoring device to control an image capturing device to capture the game display unit. And displaying a plurality of video images indicating the game number and event of the game field to be stored in a data storage unit, or continuously recording the continuous video, and recording the start time of the event through an associated recording unit and Ending the associated position of the start time point and the end time point of the event corresponding to the continuous side video, and storing the associated record table and the continuous side video file into the data storage unit, whereby the manager can Quickly remove the desired side video to restore the actual situation and make proper disposal at the first time.

Description

Side recording system of game device

The present invention relates to a casino management system, and more particularly to a surveillance system for casino management.

Please refer to "Figure 1" and "Figure 2". The casino is equipped with a plural game device for players to play the game. The game device can be divided into the machine game machine 1 (as shown in Figure 1). ) There are two types of physical desktops (such as shown in Figure 2) that have a dealer license, which can provide players to play.

In order to ensure the security and preservation of the evidence, and to ensure that the plural game device can operate smoothly, it is necessary to grasp the status of all the gaming devices in the casino. The casino generally sets up a casino monitoring system, which includes a plurality of surveillance cameras 3 and a plurality of pairs. The plurality of monitoring screens (not shown) of the monitoring lens 3 should be plurally used for monitoring the operation of the complex game device (gaming machine 1 or physical desktop 2), and according to the needs of the on-site environment. The complex monitoring lens 3 and the plurality of gaming devices can be set one-to-one, one-to-one or one-to-many to meet the needs of full-scale monitoring.

Therefore, the manager can monitor the complex monitoring screen from time to time to know the occurrence of the plural game device at the first time, and use the visual evidence to clarify the truth and make correct disposal when the disputed event occurs.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional casino surveillance system, when there is a controversial event in the game device, if the manager wants to clarify the cause of the dispute by using the image evidence, it is necessary to access the record recorded by the casino surveillance system for a long time. Image, and to confirm the relevance of the dispute (a certain game outcome) and the visual evidence, in practice, there are many controversies. It is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but usually cannot be properly disposed of at the first time. In other words, by manually comparing the time, slowly browsing the image evidence and extracting the corresponding video clips is quite time-consuming and laborious, and is prone to misjudgment, so unless there is a major event, it is rarely implemented in practice.

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to disclose a skimming system of a gaming device, which can record a side video corresponding to an event occurring in a gaming machine, and can quickly and correctly find a side video of a disputed event in case of a controversial event. So that managers can make the most appropriate disposal in the first place.

Based on the above objects, the present invention can be mainly divided into two embodiments.

In a first embodiment, the present invention provides for recording a game machine, the game machine having a game display unit including a game state monitoring device, an image capturing device and a data storage unit, wherein the game state The monitoring device is connected to the gaming machine, and monitors the start and end of an event of the gaming machine, and generates a start signal and an end signal respectively at the beginning and the end of the event.

The image capturing device is connected to the game state monitoring device and the gaming machine. The image capturing device receives the start signal, starts capturing the image image of the game display unit, and stops after receiving the end signal. To generate a plurality of side video recordings of the event. The data storage unit is connected to the image capturing device and receives and stores the plurality of video images.

In the second embodiment, the image capturing device of the present invention can also capture a video image of the gaming device to generate a continuous video, and the game state monitoring device directly generates an initial start and end of the event respectively. a time point and an end time point, and an associated recording unit is connected to the game state monitoring device and the image capturing device to record the start time point and the end time point of the event and the event corresponding to the continuous side video The associated position of the start time point and the end time point generates an associated record table, and the data storage unit receives and stores the continuous side video and the associated record table.

According to the present invention, the present invention monitors the start and end of the event of the game machine through the game state, and uses the image capture device to capture the image frame of the game display unit to generate a plurality of video images indicating the event. Since the plurality of video images are marked with an event, the manager can find the corresponding side video at the fastest speed when a dispute arises in the future. In another embodiment, the continuous side video is recorded, and the associated record table is generated by the associated record unit, and the associated record table records the start time and the end time of the event and the start time of the event corresponding to the continuous video. The associated position of the point and the end time point, so the same manager can use the associated record table to find the video clip corresponding to the dispute when the dispute occurs, so that the manager can quickly And correctly obtain the image of the disputed event, restore the actual situation, in order to make the correct disposal at the first time.

Conventional knowledge

1‧‧‧Game machine

2‧‧‧Physical desktop

3‧‧‧ surveillance lens

This creation

10‧‧‧Game device

10A‧‧‧Game Machine

10B‧‧‧ physical desktop

11‧‧‧ Game display unit

20‧‧‧ Game state monitoring device

30‧‧‧Image capture device

40‧‧‧Data storage unit

41‧‧‧Portable communication equipment

50‧‧‧Associated Recording Unit

Figure 1 is a diagram of a conventional game machine entity.

Figure 2 is a diagram of a conventional physical desktop entity.

FIG. 3 is a system architecture diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a block diagram of another system of the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a system architecture diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a structural diagram of another system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is still another system architecture diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention.

The detailed description of the present invention and the technical description of the present invention are further illustrated by the accompanying drawings, but it should be understood that these embodiments are merely illustrative and not to be construed as limiting.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a system architecture diagram of a first embodiment of the present invention for recording a game machine 10A. The game machine 10A has a game display unit 11 including a game state monitoring. The device 20, an image capturing device 30 and a data storage unit 40, wherein the game state monitoring device 20 is connected to the gaming machine 10A, and monitors the start and end of an event of the gaming machine 10A, and the event The start and end of the generation respectively generate a start signal and an end signal.

The event may be a game process, the game state monitoring device 20 obtains the game field number of each round game, and generates the start signal of the event respectively at the start time point and the end time point of each round game. The end signal.

Alternatively, the event may be a bet interface operation. When the player performs the betting interface operation until the game is started, the start signal and the end signal of the event are respectively generated, and the slot machine is taken as an example to illustrate that when the player starts to press The start signal is generated when a few lines and which type are used, and the end signal is generated when the player ends the bet and the game is started.

Or the event may be operated by a member system. When the player enters the member system operation screen and leaves the member system operation screen, the start signal and the end signal of the event are respectively generated.

Alternatively, the event may be a machine exception event, including but not limited to the machine door being opened, the machine failure, no action, or other apparently different conditions, etc., when the gaming machine occurs The machine exception event and the machine exception event are terminated, respectively generating the start signal and the end signal of the event.

The image capturing device 30 is connected to the game state monitoring device 20 and the gaming machine 10A. The image capturing device 30 receives the start signal, starts capturing the image of the game display unit 11, and receives the end signal. Then stop to generate a plurality of side videos that indicate the game number and event. The data storage unit 40 is connected to the image capturing device 30 and receives and stores the plurality of video images.

Please refer to FIG. 4 for another system architecture diagram of the first embodiment of the present invention. The present invention may further include a portable communication device 41. The portable communication device 41 may be a tablet or a mobile phone. The mobile computer or the like can obtain the plurality of video clips of the data storage unit 40 by the portable communication device 41 by wired or wireless connection to the gaming machine 10A.

Referring to FIG. 5, a system architecture diagram of a second embodiment of the present invention is shown. In the second embodiment, the gaming device 10 is also side-recorded, and the image capturing device 30 is connected to the gaming device 10. The image of the game device 10 is captured and a continuous side video is produced. The game device 10 can be a game machine 10A. The game machine 10A has a game display unit 11 that captures the image of the game display unit 11.

The game state monitoring device 20 is also connected to the game device 10, and monitors the start and end of an event of the game machine 10A, and generates a start time point and an end time point respectively at the start and end of the event generation.

In practice, the event may be a game process, and the start and end time points of each round game are the start time point and the end time point, and the game state monitoring device 20 may acquire the game of each round game. Event number.

Alternatively, the event may be a bet interface operation, and the time point from when the player performs the beating interface operation to the start of the game is the starting time point to the ending time point. In more detail, the beating interface operation is the player. The operation is performed on the betting interface of the gaming machine, and according to the form of the gaming machine, the operation can be performed on a physical button or a touch screen to make a bet.

Alternatively, the event may be operated by a member system, and the time points when the player enters the member system operation screen and leaves the member system operation screen are the start time point and the end time point, respectively.

Alternatively, the event may be a machine exception event, and the time point when the machine machine exception event occurs and the machine exception event is terminated is the start time point and the end time point respectively.

The second embodiment further includes an associated recording unit 50, which is connected to the game state monitoring device 20 and the image capturing device 30, and records the game number of each round game (the event is a game). During the process, the start time point and the end time point of the event are associated with the start time point and the end time point of the event corresponding to the continuous side video, and an associated record table is generated, and the data storage unit 40 is connected to the The associated recording unit 50 and the image capturing device 30 receive and store the continuous side video and the associated recording table.

Referring to FIG. 6 , another system architecture diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention, wherein the gaming device 10 can be a physical desktop 10B, and the image capturing device 30 captures the physical desktop 10B. Image screen.

Please refer to FIG. 7 for another system architecture diagram of the second embodiment of the present invention. The same embodiment may further include a portable communication device 41. The portable communication device 41 is connected to the portable communication device 41. The gaming machine 10A obtains the continuous video of the data storage unit 40 and the associated record table.

As described above, the present invention mainly monitors the start and end of the event of the game machine through the game state, and controls the image capture device to capture the image of the game display unit at the time of the start and end of the event. The picture and the multiple side video recording the event, so when there is a dispute in the future, the manager can find the corresponding side video as quickly as possible.

Alternatively, in another embodiment, the continuous side video film may be recorded, and the associated record table is generated by the associated recording unit, and the start time point and the end time point of the associated record record event and the event corresponding to the continuous side video are started. The associated position of the start time point and the end time point, therefore, allows the manager to use the associated record table as quickly as possible to find the corresponding video clip from the continuous side video.

According to this, as long as the manager knows the game number and the type of the event, the image of the dispute event can be quickly and correctly obtained, and the actual situation can be restored, so that the manager can make the correct disposal at the first time to meet the demand for use. .

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the embodiments of the present invention. That is, the equivalent changes and modifications made by the scope of the patent application of the present invention are covered by the scope of the invention.

Claims (14)

A skimming system for a game device for recording a game machine, the game machine having a game display unit, comprising: a game state monitoring device, the game state monitoring device connecting the game machine, and monitoring The start and end of an event of the gaming machine, and the start signal and the end signal are respectively generated at the beginning and the end of the event; an image capturing device, the image capturing device is connected to the game state monitoring device And the game machine, the image capturing device receives the start signal, starts capturing the image screen of the game display unit, and stops after receiving the end signal to generate a plurality of side video images indicating the event; and a a data storage unit connected to the image capturing device and receiving and storing the plurality of video images. A skimming system for a gaming device according to claim 1, wherein the event is a game process, the game state monitoring device obtains a game number of each round of the game, and the start time of each round of the game The point and end time points respectively generate the start signal and the end signal of the event. The skimming system of the gaming device according to claim 1, wherein the event is a betting interface operation, and when the player performs the beating interface operation until the game is started, the initial signal of the event is generated respectively. The end signal. The skimming system of the gaming device of claim 3, wherein the beating interface operates to operate on a physical button or a touch screen of the gaming machine. The skimming system of the gaming device according to claim 1, wherein the event is a member system operation, and the start signal of the event is generated when the player enters the member system operation screen and leaves the member system operation screen respectively. With the end signal. The skimming system of the gaming device according to claim 1, wherein the event is a machine exception event, and the event occurs when the machine exception event occurs and the machine exception event is terminated. The start signal and the end signal. The side recording system of the gaming device of claim 1, further comprising a portable communication device, wherein the portable communication device is coupled to the gaming machine to obtain the plurality of sides of the data storage unit Video. A skimming system for a game device for recording a game device, the game device being a game machine, the game machine having a game display unit, comprising: an image capture device, the image capture device Connecting the game device to capture an image of the game display unit and generating a continuous side video; a game state monitoring device, the game state monitoring device connecting the game device, and monitoring the start of an event of the game machine And ending, and generating a start time point and an end time point respectively at the beginning and the end of the event generation; an associated record unit, the associated record unit connecting the game state monitoring device and the image capturing device, and recording the The start time point and the end time point of the event and the associated position of the continuous side video corresponding to the start time point and the end time point of the event and generate an associated record table; and a data storage unit, the data storage unit is connected to the Correlating the recording unit with the image capturing device, and receiving and storing the continuous side video and the associated record table. The skimming system of the gaming device of claim 8, wherein the event is a game process, and the starting and ending time points of each round of the game are the starting time point and the ending time point, and the The game state monitoring device obtains the game number of each round of the game, and the associated recording unit records the game number of each round of the game. The skimming system of the gaming device of claim 8, wherein the event is a betting interface operation, and the time from when the player performs the beating interface operation to the start of the game is the starting time point to the end. Time point. A skimming system for a gaming device according to claim 10, wherein the beating interface operates to operate on a physical button or a touch screen of the gaming machine. The skimming system of the gaming device of claim 8, wherein the event is a member system operation, and the starting time is when the player enters the member system operation screen and leaves the member system operation screen. Point and the end time point. The skimming system of the gaming device according to claim 8, wherein the event is a machine exception event, when the gaming machine occurrence of the machine exception event and the time limit of the machine exception event are respectively terminated, respectively The starting time point and the ending time point. The side recording system of the gaming device of claim 8, further comprising a portable communication device, wherein the portable communication device is connected to the gaming device to obtain the continuous video of the data storage unit Record the associated record.