Patents by Inventor Yasushi Shigeta

Yasushi Shigeta has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230059812
    Abstract: A game token by which a plurality of RFID tags embedded in a plurality of the game tokens stacked each other can be read in a relatively stable manner is provided. A game token is provided with a security part and a receiving part that receives the security part. The security part has a shape with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the receiving part, a structure with a plurality of plastic layers laminated together, an RFID tag, and a visible print layer indicating a type or ID of the game token. The receiving part has a surface The surface of the receiving part has a recessed portion for receiving the security, and the depth of the recessed portion is 25% or more of the thickness of the game token.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Patent number: 11587398
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20230039605
    Abstract: A game token tray system includes a game token tray having a dual tray structure in which a game token is stored. The game token tray system includes a double tray including a lower tray and an upper tray stacked on the lower tray to store a game token provided with an RF tag in which tag information is stored, a camera that acquires tray image data by imaging the game token stored in the upper tray, an RFID reading device that reads the tag information from the RF tag of the game token stored in the lower tray, and a game recording device that records the tray image data and/or an image analysis result of the tray image data about the game token stored in the upper tray and records the tag information read by the RFID reading device about the game token stored in the upper tray.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230038847
    Abstract: A detection system according to the present invention includes a control device detecting fraud performed in a game table by using a result of an image analysis performed by an image analyzing device, and substitute currency for gaming used for this detection system has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer is included at least in the middle, and white layers or thin-color layers (may be layers having a color thinner than that of the coloring layer) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer disposed in the middle. A multi-layer structure, in which a coloring layer is included, and white layers or thin-color layers (the layers may be layers of a color that is thinner than that of the coloring layer) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer of this middle, is employed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20230039390
    Abstract: A detection system including a control device detecting fraud performed in a game table by using a result of an image analysis performed by an image analyzing device is included. A substitute currency for gaming used for this detection system has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer is included at least in the middle, and white layers or thin-color layers (may be layers having a color thinner than that of the coloring layer; not illustrated in the drawing) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer disposed in the middle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230036863
    Abstract: A management system includes a recording device recording an image of a gaming chip and an inspection device determining a type and authenticity of the gaming chip. The gaming chip has a multilayer structure in which both sides of a colored layer are sandwiched between light color layers, surface printing representing a type of the gaming chip is performed on outer sides of the light color layers, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed on the colored layer of an inside of the light color layers by an infrared absorbing material. A visible light camera photographs a visible light image of the surface printing, and an infrared light camera photographs an infrared image of the internal printing. The inspection device determines the type and authenticity of the gaming chip using the visible light image and the infrared image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Patent number: 11568710
    Abstract: A management system includes a recording device recording an image of a gaming chip and an inspection device determining a type and authenticity of the gaming chip. The gaming chip has a multilayer structure in which both sides of a colored layer are sandwiched between light color layers, surface printing representing a type of the gaming chip is performed on outer sides of the light color layers, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed on the colored layer of an inside of the light color layers by an infrared absorbing material. A visible light camera photographs a visible light image of the surface printing, and an infrared light camera photographs an infrared image of the internal printing. The inspection device determines the type and authenticity of the gaming chip using the visible light image and the infrared image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20230027036
    Abstract: A method includes. determining numbers of a cards sequentially removed from a card shooter and delivered to one or more persons during a round of a card game. The method further includes determining, based on the determined numbers of the cards and based on one or more signals received from a set of card detecting optical sensors of a group of sensors located on one or more card guide rails, whether there is an attempt to draw a card from the card shooter after the round of the card game is over. The method also includes, based a determination of that the attempt occurred, generating a signal indicating the attempt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230020277
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230018148
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230018549
    Abstract: A detection system of the present disclosure stores positions and the amount of game tokens that a game participant places on a game table based on a measurement result by a bet chip measuring device in the same persons for each game participant or player positions of the game table. A management control device compares an actual winning rate and a total return amount with figures obtained by a probability statistic calculation at the time of an end of the number of games to determine whether there is a significant difference therebetween and specifies any one of the game participant or the player position, the game table, or a room having the game table where the significant difference is occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230013571
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230018470
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Patent number: 11557181
    Abstract: Administrating a package of shuffled playing cards to prevent fraudulent card exchanges. The administrating system is configured to calculate places and a number of packages of shuffled playing cards at places of the backyard, the places of playing tables, places of carriers and the disposition place using information obtained by the loading step and unloading step and the administrating system calculates by every ID codes bases 1) places of packages registered by the registering step for registering to a data base of administrating system and a number of packages place by place from information obtained from the loading step and the unloading step. The administrating system is configured to recognize whether there is a lost package by comparing the information of all ID codes registered in registering steps with the ID codes at places of packages obtained at the calculating step from the loading step and the unloading step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20230009277
    Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring shuffled playing cards. A shuffled card ID is associated with the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards. Each card delivered by a card feeder from the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards is inspected. It is determined whether there is a defect in the arrangement of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards. Upon a condition that a shuffled deck of playing cards is determined to be defective, at least one of discarding the defective shuffled deck of playing cards or preventing a recurrence of a defect found within the defective shuffled deck of playing cards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230010603
    Abstract: A card game matchup system includes a first acquiring portion configured to acquire a first image obtained by imaging a first field where a game card of a first player is placed to play a card game. The system also includes a second acquiring portion configured to acquire a second image obtained by imaging a second field where a game card of a second player is placed. The system also includes a first state recognizing portion configured to recognize a first game state by performing image recognition on the first image using artificial intelligence, a second state recognizing portion configured to recognize a second game state by performing image recognition on the second image using artificial intelligence, and a judging portion configured to judge a state of the card game in accordance with a rule of the card game based on the first game state and the second game state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230005329
    Abstract: The game system of the present invention comprises a game table having a betting area in which a plurality of betting targets are laid out, a camera that captures the game table and generates a captured image, and an information processing device that identifies which betting target the stack is bet on, wherein when a plurality of stacks of the gaming chips are bet on the same betting area, the information processing device, based on the captured image, determines which stack is the stack of main player and which stack is the stack of back-betting player.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Publication number: 20230001288
    Abstract: To prevent a loss or replacement of card packages while operating casinos using packages of multiple cards in the casinos or other card game facilities using card game tables, a management system for managing packages of shuffled playing cards is provided. The management system including a management control device stores ID codes attached to a plurality of packages brought into a management/storage box, constructs a database, reads the ID codes of the plurality of packages brought into the management/storage box at predetermined time intervals, confirms existence of each ID code registered in the database in the management/storage box, and manages the ID codes of the packages before use and the ID codes of the drawn packages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA
  • Patent number: 11544996
    Abstract: A management system includes a recording device recording an image of a gaming chip and an inspection device determining a type and authenticity of the gaming chip. The gaming chip has a multilayer structure in which both sides of a colored layer are sandwiched between light color layers, surface printing representing a type of the gaming chip is performed on outer sides of the light color layers, and an authenticity recognition mark is printed on the colored layer of an inside of the light color layers by an infrared absorbing material. A visible light camera photographs a visible light image of the surface printing, and an infrared light camera photographs an infrared image of the internal printing. The inspection device determines the type and authenticity of the gaming chip using the visible light image and the infrared image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20220415123
    Abstract: A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Yasushi SHIGETA