Patents by Inventor Vlad CAZAN

Vlad CAZAN 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: 20240119791
    Abstract: Systems and methods of tracking playing chips on a gaining table. The system may include a game playing surface, a chip tray including a plurality of chip storage formations for receiving playing chips, a light emitting device to illuminate the playing chips, and a diffuser associated with the light emitting device to modify the light emitted by the light emitting device into a second light distribution pattern. Images of the illuminated playing chips are processed to identify the one or more playing chips and the one or more playing chip amounts associated with the one or more playing chips. The playing chip amounts are transmitted to a gaining monitoring server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN, Muhammad Talal IBRAHIM, Alexander George STAL
  • Patent number: 11948421
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods and devices for monitoring table activities at gaming tables in casinos and other gaming establishments. For example, embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods and devices for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables and transfers of chips between one or more players and a dealer. Embodiments described herein may include devices and systems particularly configured to monitor table activities that include betting activities and the transfer of chips (e.g. between a player and a dealer, or between a first player and a second player) at gaming tables to determine bet data including a number of chips in a betting area of the gaming table, a total value of chips in the betting area, the number of chips in a chip tray, a total value of chips in the chip tray, and so on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan
  • Publication number: 20240087414
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring progressive game activities at a plurality of gaming tables. For example, embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring that a bet for playing a progressive game was made, the amount of the bet, the position of the bet, the identification of the player who made the bet and the identification of the gaming table at which the bet was made. A progressive jackpot metric may be computed based on the data captured at the gaming table for increasing or decreasing one or more progressive jackpots. Visual elements corresponding to the one or more progressive jackpots may be rendered on a jackpot interface display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN, Russell Brooke DUNN
  • Publication number: 20230419769
    Abstract: A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN, Muhammad Talal IBRAHIM
  • Patent number: 11823532
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring progressive game activities at a plurality of gaming tables. For example, embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring that a bet for playing a progressive game was made, the amount of the bet, the position of the bet, the identification of the player who made the bet and the identification of the gaming table at which the bet was made. A progressive jackpot metric may be computed based on the data captured at the gaming table for increasing or decreasing one or more progressive jackpots. Visual elements corresponding to the one or more progressive jackpots may be rendered on a jackpot interface display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan, Russell Brooke Dunn
  • Publication number: 20230343172
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables, such as for example, counting the number of card hands at gaming tables. The devices may include a sensor array network to detect game events; a microcontroller for running logic level code for checking sensors of the sensors of the sensor array network for pre-defined thresholds defining the detected game events and in response generating game event data; and a connection cable for coupling to a server device for transmitting the game event data. Systems may connect client hardware devices with sensors for monitoring card game activities. A game monitoring server may collect, process and aggregate hand event data received from the client hardware devices to generate hand count data for gaming tables. A front end interface device may receive notifications relating to hand count data for provision to end user systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 4, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN
  • Patent number: 11749053
    Abstract: A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan, Muhammad Talal Ibrahim
  • Publication number: 20230260360
    Abstract: System, processes and devices for monitoring betting activities using bet recognition devices and a server. Each bet recognition device has an imaging component for capturing image data for a gaming table surface. The bet recognition device receives calibration data for calibrating the bet recognition device. A server processor coupled to a data store processes the image data received from the bet recognition devices over the network to detect, for each betting area, a number of chips and a final bet value for the chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN
  • Publication number: 20230260363
    Abstract: A system for monitoring gaining activities associated with a gaming surface, the system including a gaming equipment having the gaining surface and a display system connected to the gaming equipment, such as an improved limit sign. The system also includes device camera connected on the display system having a first field of view tracking, for example, betting markers, gaining tokens, a gaming participant and, the gaming surface. The system can interoperate with other camera systems to establish a common coordinate space for coordinated image processing and machine learning based on model representations of a spatial space using the common coordinate space. The calibration can occur dynamically to automatically adjust for camera reconfigurations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN, Andrzej KEPINSKI, Alexander George STAL
  • Patent number: 11694510
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables, such as for example, counting the number of card hands at gaming tables. The devices may include a sensor array network to detect game events; a microcontroller for running logic level code for checking sensors of the sensors of the sensor array network for pre-defined thresholds defining the detected game events and in response generating game event data; and a connection cable for coupling to a server device for transmitting the game event data. Systems may connect client hardware devices with sensors for monitoring card game activities. A game monitoring server may collect, process and aggregate hand event data received from the client hardware devices to generate hand count data for gaming tables. A front end interface device may receive notifications relating to hand count data for provision to end user systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan
  • Publication number: 20230173120
    Abstract: A system and device for sterilizing gaming tokens stored in gaming equipment containers such as a tray having apertures for receiving gaining tokens in parallel rows. The system and device includes a sterilizing lid that can be positioned over a complementary tray having modular roller inserts inserted, the modular roller inserts operating in concert with the sterilizing lid to rotate the gaming tokens while the sterilizing lid emits a sterilizing light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Alexander George STAL, Andrzej KEPINSKI, Vlad CAZAN, Adrian BULZACKI
  • Patent number: 11636731
    Abstract: System, processes and devices for monitoring betting activities using bet recognition devices and a server. Each bet recognition device has an imaging component for capturing image data for a gaming table surface. The bet recognition device receives calibration data for calibrating the bet recognition device. A server processor coupled to a data store processes the image data received from the bet recognition devices over the network to detect, for each betting area, a number of chips and a final bet value for the chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan
  • Publication number: 20230032920
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods and devices for monitoring table activities at gaming tables in casinos and other gaming establishments. For example, embodiments described herein relate to systems, methods and devices for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables and transfers of chips between one or more players and a dealer. Embodiments described herein may include devices and systems particularly configured to monitor table activities that include betting activities and the transfer of chips (e.g. between a player and a dealer, or between a first player and a second player) at gaming tables to determine bet data including a number of chips in a betting area of the gaming table, a total value of chips in the betting area, the number of chips in a chip tray, a total value of chips in the chip tray, and so on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN
  • Publication number: 20220277619
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring progressive game activities at a plurality of gaming tables. For example, embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring that a bet for playing a progressive game was made, the amount of the bet, the position of the bet, the identification of the player who made the bet and the identification of the gaming table at which the bet was made. A progressive jackpot metric may be computed based on the data captured at the gaming table for increasing or decreasing one or more progressive jackpots. Visual elements corresponding to the one or more progressive jackpots may be rendered on a jackpot interface display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN, Russell Brooke DUNN
  • Patent number: 11335166
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring progressive game activities at a plurality of gaming tables. For example, embodiments described herein relate to systems and methods for monitoring that a bet for playing a progressive game was made, the amount of the bet, the position of the bet, the identification of the player who made the bet and the identification of the gaming table at which the bet was made. A progressive jackpot metric may be computed based on the data captured at the gaming table for increasing or decreasing one or more progressive jackpots. Visual elements corresponding to the one or more progressive jackpots may be rendered on a jackpot interface display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan, Russell Brooke Dunn
  • Publication number: 20210375092
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables, such as for example, counting the number of card hands at gaming tables. The devices may include a sensor array network to detect game events; a microcontroller for running logic level code for checking sensors of the sensors of the sensor array network for pre-defined thresholds defining the detected game events and in response generating game event data; and a connection cable for coupling to a server device for transmitting the game event data. Systems may connect client hardware devices with sensors for monitoring card game activities. A game monitoring server may collect, process and aggregate hand event data received from the client hardware devices to generate hand count data for gaming tables. A front end interface device may receive notifications relating to hand count data for provision to end user systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN
  • Publication number: 20210365690
    Abstract: A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN, Muhammad Talal IBRAHIM
  • Patent number: 11087141
    Abstract: A platform, device and process for capturing images of the surface of a gaming table and determining the quantity, identity, and arrangement of chips bet at a gaming table. Image data is captured corresponding to the one or more chips positioned in at least one betting area on a gaming surface of the respective gaming table and the data is processed to filter out the background, establish a two dimensional grid of points of interests and corresponding histograms for classifying the one or more chips through identifying a dominant classification of each row in the grid of points of interests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan, Muhammad Talal Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 11062558
    Abstract: Systems, methods, devices, and computer readable media for monitoring card game activities at gaming tables, such as for example, counting the number of card hands at gaming tables. The devices may include a sensor array network to detect game events; a microcontroller for running logic level code for checking sensors of the sensors of the sensor array network for pre-defined thresholds defining the detected game events and in response generating game event data; and a connection cable for coupling to a server device for transmitting the game event data. Systems may connect client hardware devices with sensors for monitoring card game activities. A game monitoring server may collect, process and aggregate hand event data received from the client hardware devices to generate hand count data for gaming tables. A front end interface device may receive notifications relating to hand count data for provision to end user systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: ARB LABS INC.
    Inventors: Adrian Bulzacki, Vlad Cazan
  • Publication number: 20210019989
    Abstract: System, processes and devices for monitoring betting activities using bet recognition devices and a server. Each bet recognition device has an imaging component for capturing image data for a gaming table surface. The bet recognition device receives calibration data for calibrating the bet recognition device. A server processor coupled to a data store processes the image data received from the bet recognition devices over the network to detect, for each betting area, a number of chips and a final bet value for the chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Adrian BULZACKI, Vlad CAZAN