Inspection system and inspection device

Abstract

The present disclosure is related to an inspection system capable of inspecting a plurality of gaming chips. A game chip of the plurality of game chips includes a wireless tag storing first chip information and to which the optically readable second chip information is on a side of the game chip. The inspection system includes an inspection device configured to inspect one or more game chips. The inspection device includes a wireless tag reader configured to read the wireless tag of the game chip and acquire the first chip information. The inspection device includes a camera configured to reading the side surface of the game chip to obtain the second chip information. The inspection device includes a unit configured to determine whether the game chip passes one or more rules based on the first chip information and the second chip information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An inspection system comprising:
 an area in which can be placed gaming chips that includes RFID tags configured to store first gaming chip information; and   an inspecting device that includes:
 an RFID reader, wherein the RFID reader is configured to read the first gaming chip information from the RFID tags in the gaming chips placed in the area; 
 an optical sensor, wherein the optical sensor is configured to optically sense the gaming chips placed in the area; and 
 a processor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a gaming chip placed in the area based on a sensing result by the optical sensor, and use a reading result by the RFID reader and a detecting result by the processor to determine an authenticity or damage status of the gaming chip placed in the area. 
   
     
     
         2 . The inspection system according to  claim 1 , wherein:
 the gaming chips further include second gaming chip information,   the optical sensor is configured to optically read the second gaming chip information of the gaming chips placed in the area, and   the processor is configured to use the first gaming chip information by the RFID reader and the second gaming chip information by the optical sensor to determine an authenticity or damage status of the gaming chips placed in the area by comparing (a) the first gaming chip information by the RFID reader and (b) the second gaming chip information by the optical sensor.   
     
     
         3 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein, to determine the authenticity or damage status, the processor is further configured to, determine whether the gaming chips are damaged. 
     
     
         4 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein, to determine whether the authenticity or damage status, the processor is further configured to, (a) based on the first gaming chip information and the second gaming chip information, determine for each of chip values, a respective number of the gaming chips placed in the area that are assigned the respective chip value. 
     
     
         5 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein the first gaming chip information and the second gaming chip information of respective ones of the gaming chips include common information portions for inclusion of respective common information of the respective gaming chips, and the processor is configured to determine that the gaming chips placed in the area are in a fail state when the common information portions of pieces of the first gaming chip information by the RFID reader do not coincide with corresponding common information portions of pieces of the second gaming chip information by the optical sensor. 
     
     
         6 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein the first gaming chip information includes individual identification information individually identifying respective ones of the gaming chips. 
     
     
         7 . The inspection system according to  claim 6 , wherein the gaming chips placed in the area are determined to be in a fail state when the individual identification information of pieces of first gaming chip information by the RFID reader does not coincide with the individual identification information of pieces of second gaming chip information by the optical sensor. 
     
     
         8 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , further comprising a storage unit, wherein the storage unit is configured to store first gaming chip information and the processor is configured to determine the damage status or a fake status when the first gaming chip information by the RFID reader does not coincide with the first gaming chip information stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         9 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein the second gaming chip information includes information indicated by designated colors that indicate respective values of the gaming chips. 
     
     
         10 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , further comprising a storage unit, wherein the storage unit is configured to store a correspondence relation between the first gaming chip information and the second gaming chip information, and wherein the processor is configured to determine that the gaming chips placed in the area are in a fail state when pieces of the first gaming chip information by the RFID reader and pieces of the second gaming chip information by the optical sensor do not coincide with the correspondence relation stored in the storage unit. 
     
     
         11 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein to determine that the gaming chips placed in the area are in a fail state, the processor is configured to compare a number of pieces determined based on the first gaming chip information by the RFID reader and a number of pieces determined based on the second gaming chip information by the optical sensor. 
     
     
         12 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the gaming chips include color information indicating respective values of the gaming chips as the second gaming chip information, and include respective value information identifying respective values of the gaming chips as the first gaming chip information, and   the processor is configured to determine that the gaming chips placed in the area are in a fail state when the color information does not coincide with the value information of the first gaming chip information.   
     
     
         13 . The inspection system according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the second gaming chip information further includes respective value information of the respective gaming chips in addition to the color information, and   the processor is configured to determine that the gaming chips placed in the area are in the fail state when a value of a respective one of the gaming chips indicated by the color information in the second gaming chip information of the respective gaming chip does not coincide with the value information of the second gaming chip information and/or the value information of the first gaming chip information.   
     
     
         14 . The inspection system according to  claim 13 , wherein the processor is configured to determine a respective number of the gaming chips placed in the area for each of the values or a total amount of the values of all of the gaming chips based on the color information or the value information of the first gaming chip information or the second gaming chip information. 
     
     
         15 . The inspection system according to  claim 12 , wherein:
 the second gaming chip information further includes respective value information of the respective gaming chips in addition to the color information, and   the processor is configured to determine that the gaming chips placed in the area are in the fail state when the color information does not coincide with at least one of (a) the value information of the first or second gaming chip information, (b) common information of the first gaming chip information and the second gaming chip information, or (c) individual identification information included in the first or second gaming chip information.   
     
     
         16 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein the first gaming chip information and/or the second gaming chip information include group information indicating respective groups to which respective ones of the gaming chips belong, and the groups are classified in accordance with respective values of the gaming chips, manufacturing times, manufacturers, and/or use game halls. 
     
     
         17 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
 analyze an image captured by the optical sensor;   identify and output respective designated colors of each of the gaming chips based on the analysis of the image; and   identify and output respective values of the gaming chips in accordance with the identified designated colors,
 wherein: 
 the second gaming chip information includes respective designated colors indicating respective values of the gaming chips on respective side surfaces of the gaming chips, and 
 the optical sensor comprises a camera that is configured to photograph the side surfaces of the gaming chips placed in the area to capture an image. 
   
     
     
         18 . The inspection system according to  claim 17 , wherein the designated colors are respectively interposed, in a thickness direction of the side surfaces of the gaming chips, between common colors which are commonly assigned to the gaming chips having different values. 
     
     
         19 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein the processor is configured to:
 analyze an image captured by the optical sensor;   based on the analysis of the image, identify respective notation information of each of the gaming chips; and   identify and output the second gaming chip information of each of the gaming chips in accordance with the identified respective notation information,   wherein:
 the second gaming chip information is notation information inscribed on side surfaces of the gaming chips to be optically readable, and 
 the optical sensor comprises a camera that is configured to photograph the side surfaces of the gaming chips stacked and placed in the area to capture an image. 
   
     
     
         20 . The inspection system according to  claim 19 , wherein:
 the notation information is inscribed using infrared reaction ink that emits in response to infrared rays or using infrared absorption ink that absorbs infrared rays, and   the camera comprises an infrared camera.   
     
     
         21 . The inspection system according to  claim 19 , wherein:
 the notation information is inscribed using ink that emits light in response to ultraviolet rays, and   the inspecting device further includes an ultraviolet irradiator that is configured to irradiate the side surfaces of the gaming chips placed in the area with ultraviolet rays.   
     
     
         22 . The inspection system according to  claim 2 , wherein:
 the area is a case that has a seal which is broken when the case is opened to allow the gaming chips to be withdrawn from the case,   the inspecting device further comprises a sensor that is configured to detect whether the seal is unbroken, and   the processor is configured to determine that the gaming chips contained in the case are in a fail state when the unbroken seal is not detected by the sensor.