Abstract: A method and apparatus for a chip tracking system. For example, an apparatus comprises a chip tray and a tracking controller. The chip tray has a plurality of light sensors positioned inside a column. In some instances, the tracking controller is configured to perform operations that cause the apparatus to detect a level of ambient light at each of the plurality of light sensors and determine, in response to detection of the level of ambient light at each of the plurality of light sensors, a number of gaming chips placed inside the column. The tracking controller is further configured to perform operations that cause the apparatus to compute, in response to determination of the number of gaming chips, a chip-column value. In some instances, the tracking controller is further configured to automatically indicate the chip-column value via one or more electronic devices communicatively coupled to the chip tray.

Abstract: A method and apparatus to automatically calibrate one or more attributes of a gaming system. For instance, the gaming system determines, in response to analysis by a processor of image data via a machine-learning model, an orientation of an affixed (e.g., printed) fiducial marker positioned in a known location on a planar playing surface of a gaming table. The system also transforms, in response to determining the orientation, first geometric data associated with an object on the planar playing surface to isomorphically equivalent second geometric data. The system also digitally illustrates, via an augmented reality overlay of the image data using the isomorphically equivalent second geometric data, a graphical representation of the object positioned relative to the fiducial marker on the planar playing surface.