US 11,816,957 B2
Management system of substitute currency for gaming
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Apr. 15, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/231,207.
Application 17/231,207 is a continuation of application No. 15/557,429, granted, now 11,270,554, previously published as PCT/JP2016/072673, filed on Aug. 2, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 2015-163213 (JP), filed on Aug. 3, 2015; application No. 2015-240631 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2015; and application No. 2016-030443 (JP), filed on Feb. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0233356 A1, Jul. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01); G06F 1/18 (2006.01); H05K 7/14 (2006.01); A63F 1/18 (2006.01); G06Q 50/10 (2012.01); A63F 3/00 (2006.01); A63F 1/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 37/18 (2006.01); G06K 19/077 (2006.01); A63F 9/24 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3248 (2013.01) [A63F 1/067 (2013.01); A63F 1/18 (2013.01); A63F 3/00157 (2013.01); B32B 27/08 (2013.01); B32B 37/182 (2013.01); G06F 1/187 (2013.01); G06K 19/077 (2013.01); G06Q 50/10 (2013.01); G07F 17/322 (2013.01); G07F 17/3206 (2013.01); G07F 17/3237 (2013.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); H05K 7/1401 (2013.01); H05K 7/1489 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2435 (2013.01); A63F 2009/2489 (2013.01); A63F 2250/58 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20084 (2013.01); G07F 17/3293 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management system for managing chips having RFID stored information to identify of at least an amount of the chip, the management system comprising:
a chip tray comprising:
a temporary storage section at least used to store betting chips collected from players who have lost a game;
a storage section used to store chips to be redeemed; and
a lower storage section used to store chips to be replenished in the storage section when there are insufficient chips in the storage section and chips to be moved from the storage section when there are excessive chips in the storage section;
first RFID reader configured to read at least the information of the amount on the RFIDs of the chips in the temporary storage section during a game;
a second RFID reader configured to read at least information of the amount on the RFIDs of the chips in the storage section and the lower storage section;
a controller configured to determine amounts and number of the chips and/or a total amount of the chips in the temporary storage section based on the reading results of the first RFID reader, and determine amounts and number of the chips and/or the total amount of the chips in the storage section and the lower storage section based on the reading results of the second RFID reader; and
a display device that performs display in accordance to a result of the determination based on the reading results of the first RFID reader and/or a result of the determination based on the reading results of the second RFID reader.