Patent ID: 8723652
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
1. A casino chip recognition and accounting system, comprising: a microcomputer/controller having an associated a memory; a chip identification detection device comprising a camera connected to the microcomputer; a guide channel that is adapted to carry a casino chip along a path that passes by the chip identification detection device; a sensor that signals the chip identification detection devices when a chip is in a position for detection of the chip identity; a solenoid located along the guide channel that acts as a stop to hold the chip in the position for detection; the guide channel includes a window at the position for detection and the camera is arranged to image an area within the window; an output device connected to the microcomputer/controller that signals a result of the chip identification; wherein the memory associated with the microcomputer/controller includes known chip image data for known chips; and the microcomputer/controller is configured to compare a scanned image of a chip in the guide channel against the known chip image data and determine an identification of a value of the chip being detected.