EP0424355A1 - Dispositif pour trier des jetons sur des tables de jeux - Google Patents

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EP0424355A1
EP0424355A1 EP90890278A EP90890278A EP0424355A1 EP 0424355 A1 EP0424355 A1 EP 0424355A1 EP 90890278 A EP90890278 A EP 90890278A EP 90890278 A EP90890278 A EP 90890278A EP 0424355 A1 EP0424355 A1 EP 0424355A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00157—Casino or betting games
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07D—HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
    • G07D3/00—Sorting a mixed bulk of coins into denominations
    • G07D3/14—Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G07F17/3202—Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
    • G07F17/3216—Construction aspects of a gaming system, e.g. housing, seats, ergonomic aspects
    • G07F17/322—Casino tables, e.g. tables having integrated screens, chip detection means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F3/00—Board games; Raffle games
    • A63F3/00003—Types of board games
    • A63F3/00157—Casino or betting games
    • A63F2003/00164—Casino tables
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F5/00—Roulette games

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  • the invention relates to a device for sorting chips on gaming tables, which is arranged below the gaming table and provides the sorted chips in stacks for removal by the croupier.
  • the invention has set itself the goal of creating a device of the type mentioned at the outset which does not have the disadvantages of the known device and in particular sorts chips of different sizes and stores them in vertical stacks.
  • a continuous conveyor in a horizontal plane with vertically movable receiving plates is provided for the chips thrown in via an insertion opening and in the direction of movement of the endless conveyor a device for moving the chips into a horizontal position, then a color recognition and reading head and about it a plurality of chip cylinders is then arranged, each of which is assigned to a predetermined type of chip, the color recognition and reading head controlling lifting and guiding elements which lift and guide a chip into the associated chip cylinder, and a lifter which is guided in each chip cylinder When a predetermined number of chips are reached, they are placed in a vertical stack above the table.
  • a simple construction, in particular with regard to the drive, is obtained if the device for moving the chips into a horizontal position is designed as a drum which rotates about a vertical axis and is driven by the endless conveyor.
  • the endless conveyor is advantageously designed as a plastic link chain and the receiving plates are attached to lifting plungers which are mounted on the chain so that they can move vertically and whose lower part is used to interact with a ramp, cam or the like controlled by the color recognition and reading head. is trained.
  • Such a device has a silent mechanical drive and there are also no vibrations which have a detrimental effect on the roulette wheel.
  • the chip is fed into the associated chip cylinder in that each chip cylinder is assigned a fixed scraper which lies above the path of movement of the chips when the receiving plate is not raised and in the path of the chips when the receiving plate is raised.
  • the receiving plate expediently has a rolling edge that presses the chip along the scraper.
  • the chip cylinder has at least two, preferably four bars which are radially movable relative to one another and the movement of the bars relative to one another is controlled as a function of a predetermined number of chips in the chip cylinder. This makes it possible to insert chips into the chip cylinder, which have a smaller diameter than the chip cylinder, by moving the bars in order to lift them after the centering process as a closed stack on the table.
  • An embodiment in which only one pneumatic cylinder is required for centering and lifting the stack is characterized in that the lifter guided in the chip cylinder and actuated by a pneumatic cylinder has a part provided with a half-notch and a part which complements the notch under the action a spring force pushing it upward, furthermore the mutually movable beams are provided with lugs that can be snapped into the notch, the spring-loaded notch part being movable between a position below the lugs and a position above the lugs.
  • the color detection and reading head expediently has several, preferably three, CCD sensors, each of which is preceded by a color filter, and that the analog color signals are converted into digital values and transmitted to a microprocessor, with the chronological sequence of the measured value acquisition from the movement sequence of the chain is derived.
  • the mechanical structure of the color detection and reading head therefore does not have to be adjusted mechanically.
  • FIG. 1 shows a schematic overall view of a device according to the invention
  • 2 shows the lifting and guide elements in the raised state
  • 3 the lifting and guiding elements in the lowered state
  • 4 shows a top view of FIG. 2
  • 5 to 7 a chip cylinder in different working positions
  • FIG. 8 a schematic representation of the color recognition and reading head.
  • the device according to the invention is arranged below a roulette table 1 indicated in outline, which is provided with a roulette wheel 2.
  • a throw-in in table 1 Opening 3 into which the croupier simply drops all chips and tokens of various sizes to be sorted.
  • the thrown-in chips fall into a drum 4 rotatable about a vertical axis, in which they are brought into a horizontal position.
  • a plastic link chain 6 guided over gears 5 or driven by them drives the drum 4.
  • the plastic chain 6 carries receiving plates for the chips removed from the drum 4, which receiving plates are explained in connection with FIGS. 2 to 4.
  • a color recognition and reading head 7 After the drum 4 and then, but in the returning run a plurality of chip cylinders 8, in the example twelve chip cylinders are arranged along a curve adapted to the roulette wheel 2.
  • the color recognition and reading head 7 controls compressed air cylinders which act on pivotable ramps 9, the mode of operation of which can be seen from FIGS. 2, 3 and 4.
  • a ramp 9 and a fixed wiper 10 are assigned to each chip cylinder 8.
  • Height-adjustable plungers 12 are mounted on the plastic link chain 6 in bushings 11 and are height-adjustable and carry the receiving plates 13 for the chips 14 at their upper end.
  • the underside of the lifting plunger 12 is provided with a head 15 which interacts with the ramp 9.
  • On the receiving plate 13, a rolling edge 16 is also arranged.
  • FIG. 2A shows a variant for lifting the lifting plunger 12 together with the receiving plate 13, in which the lifting is effected by energizing an electromagnet instead of via a compressed air cylinder.
  • the head 115 of the lifting plunger 12 is made of iron and instead of the ramp 17 a box profile 117 is provided which has a slot 119 at the top for the passage of the lifting plunger 12.
  • One leg of the profile 117 is surrounded by a coil E which can be connected to a direct current source.
  • the head 115 of the lifting plunger 12 which moves into the profile 117 in the position shown in broken lines, is lifted when the current flows through the coil E due to the electromagnetic effect, and the chip lying on the receiving plate, as in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS of the scraper 10.
  • This embodiment has the advantage that the ram 12 is raised without contact and without noise.
  • FIG. 5 shows the state corresponding to FIGS. 2 and 4 in connection with the chip cylinder 8.
  • Each chip cylinder has four mutually movable beams 18 and a lifter 19 actuated by a pneumatic cylinder.
  • This lifter has a part 20 provided with a half-notch.
  • a part 22 complementing the notch 21 is slidably mounted in the chip cylinder 8 and is under the action of springs 23 urging it upward.
  • the bars 18 are provided with projections 24 which can snap into the notch 21.
  • the lifter 19 In the state shown in Figure 5, the lifter 19 is in its lowermost position, the part 22 and thus the notch 21 are accordingly shifted downwards.
  • the lugs 24 are pressed outwards by the part 20 and the bars 18 are accordingly also in their outer position.
  • a predetermined number of chips in the chip cylinder 8 e.g. twenty pieces, is lifted by the pneumatic cylinder of the lifter 19 into the position shown in FIG. 6, in which the lugs 24 snap into the complete notch 21.
  • the bars 18 move towards each other and the chips in the stack are centered.
  • the chips are lifted through openings 25 onto the table 1, on the other hand, the springs 23 press the part 22 into its upper position, so that the lugs 24 and thus the wall parts 18 are pushed outwards.
  • the sector-shaped flaps 26 partially closing the openings 25 close when the lifter 19 moves back and hold the chip stack in a vertical position. No chip is inserted into the corresponding chip cylinder either during the centering process (FIG. 6) or during the lifting and lowering process of the lifter 19 (FIG. 7).
  • the Farberkenn- and read head 7, according to Figure 8, a light source 27 that illuminates at an angle of about 45 o to moving past chip fourteenth
  • the image of the chip 14 is transmitted line by line to three CCD sensors 32, 33 and 34 via a deflection mirror 28 and filters 29, 30 and 31.
  • the filter 29 is a reflection filter red
  • the filter 30 is a reflection filter green
  • the filter 31 is a pass filter blue.
  • a separate evaluation of the colors red, green and blue is therefore possible.
  • the analog color signals are converted into digital values of 0..255 by an 8 bit AD converter.
  • the chip moves at a constant speed speed of 0.2 m / min. An evaluation is transferred to the electronics every 5 msec. This results in an electronic image of the chip with a resolution of 200x50 points.
  • a microprocessor uses these digital values to determine the color, size and appearance of the chip. By comparison with the stored chip data, it is determined which chip cylinder 8 must be used for the recognized chip. A mechanical adjustment of the optics is not necessary because the chronological sequence of the measured value acquisition is derived from the sequence of movements of the chain. The three separate individual images can then be evaluated separately by the microprocessor.
  • the device according to the invention is also able to sort chips and tokens of different sizes and colors. All ergonomic requirements from the croupier's point of view and the safety of the game are also met. If the electronic control fails, the chips or tokens cannot be damaged. The entire arrangement can also be built up mirror-inverted, which enables operation on left and right roulette tables.

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GB2254419A (en) * 1991-08-06 1992-10-07 Amusement Equip Co Ltd Sorting of differently identified gaming chips
WO1993018487A3 (fr) * 1992-03-11 1994-02-17 Atoll Technology Dispositif pour la separation des pieces, jetons et analogues et appareils de paiement automatique
EP0631260A3 (fr) * 1993-06-22 1995-01-11 Christian Pohanka Dispositif pour centrer des jetons d'une pile
WO1996023281A1 (fr) * 1995-01-24 1996-08-01 Chipper 2000 (Isle Of Man) Limited Appareil de detection des couleurs
WO1996017329A3 (fr) * 1994-11-29 1996-08-29 Bourgogne Grasset Poste de controle de jeton de jeu
FR2739708A1 (fr) * 1995-10-09 1997-04-11 Bourgogne Grasset Poste de controle de jeton de jeu
FR2752973A1 (fr) * 1996-09-05 1998-03-06 Bourgogne Grasset Machine automatique de traitement pour jetons de jeu a circuit electronique
US5895321A (en) * 1995-10-09 1999-04-20 Etablissements Bourgogne Et Grasset Gambling chip
GB2333632A (en) * 1998-01-23 1999-07-28 Technical Casino Services Ltd Disc sorting apparatus and method
US6581747B1 (en) 2000-02-15 2003-06-24 Etablissements Bourgogne Et Grasset Token with an electronic chip and methods for manufacturing the same
US7681708B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2010-03-23 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Apparatus for sorting articles
US7861868B2 (en) 2002-06-05 2011-01-04 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip sorting and stacking devices
US7883408B2 (en) 2003-05-12 2011-02-08 Gaming Partners International Station for reading and/or writing in electronic gaming chips
US7918455B2 (en) 2005-11-09 2011-04-05 Gaming Partners International Chip with insert including an electronic microchip
US7934980B2 (en) 2002-06-05 2011-05-03 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip stack cutter devices for displacing chips in a chip stack and chip-stacking apparatuses including such cutter devices
WO2011051700A1 (fr) * 2009-11-02 2011-05-05 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg. Dispositifs de tri de jetons, composants associés et procédés d'éjection de jetons
GB2560098A (en) * 2017-01-10 2018-08-29 Gamtec International Ltd Gaming tables
US10096192B1 (en) * 2017-08-30 2018-10-09 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip sorting devices and related assemblies and methods
EP3599593A1 (fr) * 2018-07-23 2020-01-29 Gamtec International Limited Tables de jeu pour roulette et jeux similaires
US10621816B2 (en) 2018-07-24 2020-04-14 Gametec International Limited Gaming tables for roulette and similar games

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AT169894B (de) * 1949-11-04 1951-12-27 Gustav Dipl Ing Chlestil Roulettetisch
AT380814B (de) * 1984-09-10 1986-07-10 Andritz Ag Maschf Sortiereinrichtung zum trennen von in zufallsverteilung anfallenden, nach farbe, helligkeitswert, groesse oder dergleichen verschiedenen partikeln

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GB2254419B (en) * 1991-08-06 1995-08-02 Amusement Equip Co Ltd Sorting of differently identified articles
GB2254419A (en) * 1991-08-06 1992-10-07 Amusement Equip Co Ltd Sorting of differently identified gaming chips
EP0731427A3 (fr) * 1992-03-11 1998-09-30 Atoll Technology Procédé de reconnaissance d'objets du type pièces de monnaie
WO1993018487A3 (fr) * 1992-03-11 1994-02-17 Atoll Technology Dispositif pour la separation des pieces, jetons et analogues et appareils de paiement automatique
EP0631260A3 (fr) * 1993-06-22 1995-01-11 Christian Pohanka Dispositif pour centrer des jetons d'une pile
AT400003B (de) * 1993-06-22 1995-09-25 Pohanka Christian Ing Vorrichtung zum sortieren von chips an spieltischen
WO1996017329A3 (fr) * 1994-11-29 1996-08-29 Bourgogne Grasset Poste de controle de jeton de jeu
WO1996023281A1 (fr) * 1995-01-24 1996-08-01 Chipper 2000 (Isle Of Man) Limited Appareil de detection des couleurs
AU700096B2 (en) * 1995-01-24 1998-12-24 Technical Casino Services Limited Colour detection apparatus
FR2739708A1 (fr) * 1995-10-09 1997-04-11 Bourgogne Grasset Poste de controle de jeton de jeu
US5895321A (en) * 1995-10-09 1999-04-20 Etablissements Bourgogne Et Grasset Gambling chip
FR2752973A1 (fr) * 1996-09-05 1998-03-06 Bourgogne Grasset Machine automatique de traitement pour jetons de jeu a circuit electronique
GB2333632A (en) * 1998-01-23 1999-07-28 Technical Casino Services Ltd Disc sorting apparatus and method
US6581747B1 (en) 2000-02-15 2003-06-24 Etablissements Bourgogne Et Grasset Token with an electronic chip and methods for manufacturing the same
US8006847B2 (en) 2002-06-05 2011-08-30 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip sorting device
US7934980B2 (en) 2002-06-05 2011-05-03 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip stack cutter devices for displacing chips in a chip stack and chip-stacking apparatuses including such cutter devices
US7861868B2 (en) 2002-06-05 2011-01-04 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip sorting and stacking devices
US7992720B2 (en) 2002-06-05 2011-08-09 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip sorting device
US7681708B2 (en) 2003-02-03 2010-03-23 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Apparatus for sorting articles
US7883408B2 (en) 2003-05-12 2011-02-08 Gaming Partners International Station for reading and/or writing in electronic gaming chips
US7918455B2 (en) 2005-11-09 2011-04-05 Gaming Partners International Chip with insert including an electronic microchip
WO2011051700A1 (fr) * 2009-11-02 2011-05-05 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg. Dispositifs de tri de jetons, composants associés et procédés d'éjection de jetons
US9536367B2 (en) 2009-11-02 2017-01-03 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip handling devices and related methods
GB2560098A (en) * 2017-01-10 2018-08-29 Gamtec International Ltd Gaming tables
GB2560098B (en) * 2017-01-10 2020-10-07 Gamtec International Ltd Gaming tables
US10096192B1 (en) * 2017-08-30 2018-10-09 Shuffle Master Gmbh & Co Kg Chip sorting devices and related assemblies and methods
EP3599593A1 (fr) * 2018-07-23 2020-01-29 Gamtec International Limited Tables de jeu pour roulette et jeux similaires
US10621816B2 (en) 2018-07-24 2020-04-14 Gametec International Limited Gaming tables for roulette and similar games

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