COUNTING GAMING CHIPS

Abstract

An image can be captured from an imaging device. A gaming chip tube can be identified in a gaming chip tray. A first position can be determined that corresponds to a bottom of the gaming chip tube. A spacer can be identified by recognizing a predefined pattern on the spacer. A second position can be determined corresponding to the spacer. A count of gaming chips can be determined based at least in part on the first and second positions.

Description

Claims

1. A system comprising: at least one imaging device; andat least one computing device coupled to the at least one imaging device; wherein: the at least one imaging device is configured to capture at least a portion of a gaming table to generate an image; andthe at least one computing device is configured to: obtain the image from the at least one imaging device;identify a gaming chip tube in a gaming chip tray;determine a first position corresponding to an end of a plurality of the gaming chips stacked in the gaming chip tube;identify a spacer based at least in part on recognizing a predefined pattern on the spacer;determine a second position corresponding to the spacer; anddetermine a first count of the gaming chips in the gaming chip tube based at least in part on the first position and the second position.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to: identify a second gaming chip tube in the gaming chip tray;determine a third position corresponding to an end of a plurality of the gaming chips stacked in the second gaming chip tube;identify a second spacer based at least in part on recognizing the predefined pattern on the second spacer;determine a fourth position corresponding to the second spacer; anddetermine a count of gaming chips in the second gaming chip tube based at least in part on the third position and the fourth position.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one second imaging device, wherein the at least one second imaging device is configured to capture at least a portion of the gaming chip tray, and the at least one computing device is further configured to: obtain a second image from the at least one second imaging device;determine a third position corresponding to the end of the plurality of the gaming chips in the second image;identify the spacer based at least in part on recognizing the predefined pattern on the spacer in the second image;determine a fourth position corresponding to the spacer identified using the second image; anddetermine a second count of the gaming chips in the gaming chip tube based at least in part on the third position and the fourth position.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to: determine that the second count of the gaming chips fails to match the first count of the gaming chips; andperform a remedial action responsive to the determination that the first count fails to match the second count.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the predefined pattern on the spacer differs from a pattern on any of a plurality of denominations of the gaming chips.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one computing device is further configured to calculate a delta between the first position and the second position, and determine the count of the gaming chips by rounding a result of the delta divided by a predefined gaming chip size.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the end of the plurality of the gaming chips corresponds to a bottom of the gaming chip tube.

8-24. (canceled)