US-20260127931-A1 - GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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Abstract

A game management system that ensures that points are given according to the player's bet amount is provided. The game management system, which manages casino games played at a casino facility, consists of: an gaming table for playing games with game tokens; a camera that captures the bet game tokens and acquires an image; a control device that specifies the betting amount for each player position in the gaming table based on positions, types, and numbers of the game tokens; and a point processing unit that associates member ID of each player identified by the reader/writer device and the bet amount of each player position identified by the reader/writer device, and records them in a recording device, wherein the point processing unit gives the points according to the bet amount of each player identified by the reader/writer device.

Inventors

Yasushi Shigeta

Assignees

Angel Group Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260507
Application Date: 20251229
Priority Date: 20180226

Claims (20)

1 - 21 . (canceled)
22 . A game management system for management of a casino game played in a casino facility, the game management system comprising: a gaming table that includes a plurality of player positions and a betting target; and at least one processing device configured to, for respective ones of one or more players that are each at a respective one of the plurality of player positions: identify respective positions, types, and numbers of respective game tokens that have been placed in the betting target as a respective bet for playing a game for the respective player by analyzing an image of the game tokens captured by a camera; calculate a respective bet amount of the respective bet by the respective player based on the identified respective positions, types, and numbers of the game tokens; recognize the respective player that is participating in the game based on a video or three-dimensional image of the respective player; identify a respective member ID of the respective player; store, in a database in association with each other, (a) the respective member ID of the respective player and (b) a respective one of the identified bet amounts by using a result of the recognition of the respective player; and assign a respective number of points to the respective player based on the one of the identified bet amounts that is associated with the respective player.
23 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to: determine a result of the game; and for each of the one or more players, ascertain a respective winning/losing status and a respective balance of the respective player based on the result of the game and the respective bet amount associated with the respective player.
24 . The game management system according to claim 23 , further comprising a game token tray that accommodates the game tokens, wherein the at least one processing device is configured to determine a total amount of the game tokens that are in the game token tray and to compare a total amount of the ascertained balances with a total increase/decrease of the total amount of the game tokens that are in the game token tray between before and after settlement of the game tokens.
25 . The game management system according to claim 24 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to offer points to the players when the total increase/decrease and the total amount of the ascertained balances match each other as a result of the comparison.
26 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device includes a face authentication system for identification of the one or more players.
27 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device includes a reader device configured to read the respective member IDs from respective storage mediums carried by respective ones of the players, in which storage mediums respective ones of the member IDs are stored.
28 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to, for each of the player, ascertain and store in the database a respective start time and a respective end time of participation in the game by the respective player.
29 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to calculate for each of the players, respective bet amounts for each of a plurality of games.
30 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to generate an incentive based on an accumulation of bet amounts over a month or year.
31 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to generate an incentive based on an accumulation of bet amounts over a period of a predefined number of successive days.
32 . The game management system according to claim 22 , wherein the identification is performed based on an analysis of an image of the game tokens captured by a camera, the respective player that is participating in the game is recognized based on a video of the respective player, and the respective member ID of the respective player is identified based on the recognized respective player.
33 . A game management system comprising: a camera configured to capture an image of game tokens bet in the game by one or more players participating in a game at a respective player position of a game table in a casino facility, and a three-dimensional image or video of a player at the respective player position; and at least one processing device that is configured to: identify the one or more players; recognize at least one player of the one or more players that is participating in the game based on the video or three-dimensional image of the at least one player; and for respective ones of the one or more players at the respective player positions: identify based on performance of an image analysis on the image, respective positions and types of the game tokens that have been placed as a bet by the respective player; and calculate a respective bet amount of the respective bet of the respective player based on the identified positions and types of the game tokens and record respective points of the respective player according to the respective identified bet amount.
34 . The game management system according to claim 33 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to record the respective points in a respective storage medium carried by the respective player.
35 . The game management system according to claim 33 , further comprising a database, wherein the respective points of the one or more players are recorded in the database by the at least one processing device.
36 . The game management system according to claim 33 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to generate an incentive to respective ones of the one or more players based on the respective points recorded for the respective player.
37 . The game management system according to claim 33 , wherein the game management system is configured to manage a plurality of gaming tables, and the at least one processing device is configured to: ascertain a respective total bet amount for respective ones of the one of more players in a predetermined time or period, a respective net profit for respective ones of the one of more players in the predetermined time or period, or a net profit of a game promoter in the predetermined time or period; generate respective points or a respective status to respective ones of the one or more players under a predetermined condition based on the respective total bet amount of the respective player, the respective net profit of the respective player, or the net profit of the game promoter; and output the generated points or status.
38 . The game management system according to claim 37 , wherein the predetermined time or period is a day, a predefined number of successive days, or a month.
38 . The game management system according to claim 37 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to additionally generate points or status when the points are collectively generated in the predetermined time or period.
40 . The game management system according to claim 37 , wherein the at least one processing device is configured to output an offer of a right to enter a VIP room based on the points or status.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application is a continuation of US Pat. App. Ser. No. 17/991,027 filed Nov. 21, 2022, which is a continuation of US Pat. App. Ser. No. 16/975,508 filed Aug. 25, 2020, which is a national phase application under 35 USC § 371 of International Pat. App. PCT/JP 2019/005468 filed Feb. 15, 2019, which claims priority to JP Pat. App. 2018-031469 filed Feb. 26, 2018. The entire contents of each application are hereby incorporated by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a game management system for managing casino games which are played in casino facilities. BACKGROUND In the related art, a point service of offering a point when a client participates in a game has been provided as a part of a measure for keeping clients for the purpose of an increase in profits of a casino manager (a game promoter) in casino facilities. In this point service, a client can acquire an incentive when the client collects points. Specifically, a client first registers a member in a casino facility and then a member ID is given to the client. The member ID is stored in a member card which is carried by the client. The casino manager ascertains a time in which the client sits in a table and offers points corresponding to the time by reading the member card of the client when the client arrives at the table and when the client leaves the table. The offered points are records in a recording device of the casino facility in correlation with the member ID of the client. The casino manager consumes the points recorded in the recording device to offer an incentive to the client. In the point service according to the related art, points are offered according to the time in which a client sits in a table, but the client does not necessarily participate (perform betting) in all games even when the client sits in the table and may participate in a game sometimes while watching a game in which other clients participate. Accordingly, points are offered to a client who hardly participates in games and does not contribute to sales of the casino manager, which causes a loss of the casino manager. It is conceivable that points are offered according to an actual bet amount of a client. However, in this case, a dealer or a pit manager needs to manually input a bet amount whenever a client performs betting. Accordingly, an input miss or input omission is likely to occur. When a client claims that reasonable points are not offered for a bet amount, it cannot be verified and thus a casino manager has to offer points in response to the client's claim. There may be a client with malice who makes such a claim and thus the loss of the casino manager may be severely large. Therefore, an objective of the present disclosure is to provide a game management system that can reliably offer points corresponding to a bet amount of each player. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a game management system that manages a casino game which is played in a casino facility, the game management system including: a gaming table in which a game is played using game tokens; an information processing device that identifies a bet amount for each player position of the gaming table on the basis of a position, a type, and the number of game tokens which have been bet; a player identifying unit that identifies a player who participates in a game at each player position of the gaming table; and a point processing unit that stores a member ID of each player who is identified by the player identifying unit and a bet amount of each player position which is identified by the information processing device in a database in correlation with each other, in which the point processing unit has a function of giving points based on a bet amount of each player who is identified by the player identifying unit to the player. With this configuration, it is possible to reliably offer points based on a bet amount of a player. Note that, the information processing device may ascertain the position, the type, and the number of the game tokens on the basis of the image acquired by photographing the bet game tokens or may ascertain the position, the type, and the number of game tokens using other means. The game management system may further include a game result determining device that is able to determine a result of a game, and the point processing unit may be configured to ascertain winning/losing and a balance of each player on the basis of information of the bet amount of each player and information of the game result determined by the game result determining device. The game management system may further include a game token tray that accommodates the game tokens, and the information processing device may be configured to determine a total amount of the game tokens in the game token tray and to compare a total amount of the balance of each player with a total increase/decrease amo