WO2001020489A1 - Casino table automatic video strategic event annotation and retrieval - Google Patents
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- the need for increased visual surveillance and retrieval of data at the pit level provides evidence based recall in dispute resolution, allows for analysis of dealer behavior and gaming safeguards, provides marketing information to the casino towards player needs and gaming habits, allows for detailed evaluation of all transactions at any point or place in time throughout the casino, in a effort to maintain the integrity of the game and comply with casino control authority regulations and provides security surveillance of all activities carried on at the casino.
- Most casinos have a surveillance system consisting of cameras located in the ceiling which transmit video to a central surveillance centre, where operators can display video from selected cameras on display monitors.
- the video from key cameras is usually recorded on analog video tapes.
- recorded video tapes can be examined to determine the actual sequence of events.
- the tapes can also be examined if the casino regulation authority or police suspect illegal activity has taken place.
- This invention annotates the video with details of the strategic event, eg player ID, staff ID, dollar value of transaction, nature of transaction, table location, etc, providing immediate real-time text information to the operator.
- each of the analog tape recorders has to have the tape removed periodically, depending on the tape maximum recording time, and replaced by a new tape. Then the removed tape (holding the recorded video) has to be indexed and stored. This is a very labour intensive activity.
- Recently analog video recording tape has begun to be replaced by digital recording devices reducing some of these problems.
- This invention provides timely and annotated video information which allows for the provision of security on a table by table basis, discourages the potential for player/dealer collusion, allows for the correction of errors due to dealer fatigue, stress and continuous transactional acuity, protects the interests of the casino by the provision of video evidenced based recall of information and allows regulatory authorities and police to investigate any suspicious activity.
- an object of the invention to provide apparatus for the automatic and simultaneous video monitoring of casino transactions at any table or pit or cage window in the casino, coupled with text annotation to match and clarify the visual image.
- Annotation and indexation of strategic events is governed by selected activities such as tray count, drop, player fill or credit, table opener/closer, staff log on or log off, etc.
- An additional object of the invention is to allow the simultaneous monitoring of all gaming activities at the same time as allowing for the continued provision of gaming/player functions at the table, pit or cage window.
- a player commences gaming at a gaming table and identifies himself verbally or by passing his casino club card to the pit staff.
- the pit staff record the commencement of play by swiping the player's casino club card on a data capture device at the table or elsewhere or manually entering the player ID into the casino management system.
- the ID of the player As the start of any player's gaming activity is designated as a strategic event, the ID of the player, the location of the table, the position at the table occupied by the player, etc is annotated in text onto the video .
- the start of a player's gaming activity eg in the case of an excluded player or a player suspected of using illegal methods
- the video from the ceiling and / or table camera(s) recording the strategic event is displayed on the surveillance operator's monitor along with the strategic event text annotation.
- the same video may also be displayed on a large screen for the whole surveillance department to view along with the strategic event text annotation.
- the video with the strategic event text annotation may be displayed anywhere in the casino that the communications network provides access to the video, eg in the pit, in the casino shift manager's office, in administration, in marketing, in security, in regulatory offices, etc.
- the preferred implementation is with table based display units but display can occur anywhere the casino communications network gives access to the video storage.
- Display at the table can be a powerful tool in the resolution of disputes and may even discourage the occurrence of disputes.
- Display at the table can be achieved in either of two approaches. Firstly, the table data capture device can display the video to be viewed by pit staff and even by the player when appropriate by turning the display towards the player. Secondly, a second display unit can be mounted permanently on the table facing the direction of the players. This second approach also allows the display of marketing, learn-to-play the game and other information when not needed to display video for dispute resolution. Periodically displaying segments of the realtime video as it is recorded by the table or ceiling cameras can also remind players of the existence of pervasive surveillance and discourage illegal activity and disputes.
- the cameras on the table and in the ceiling record video of the transaction possibly into separate table camera storage and ceiling camera storage systems, eg ceiling cameras into analog tape recording units (VCRs) because this is the surveillance technology generally in use in casinos at present, table camera video into digital storage units as these cameras will mainly be installed in the era of digital recording technology.
- VCRs analog tape recording units
- table camera video into digital storage units as these cameras will mainly be installed in the era of digital recording technology.
- the strategic event text annotation is written onto the video storage and is used as indexing information for later retrieval of the video.
- the casino may wish to review video segments with strategic event text annotation relating to specific strategic events.
- the specific strategic events could be the start of gaming activity of all players who started gaming activity on any table in pit 9 between the hours of 8am and 11am during September 1999. By entering these parameters, the casino is able to rapidly and accurately retrieve the video segments and strategic event text annotations.
- the invention is a system for the improved surveillance of table game and cage window areas of a casino that automatically:
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