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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Thomas Lindquist, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Digital Biometrics, Inc., Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented gambling chip recognition system having the ability to capture an image of a stack of gambling chips and automatically processing the image to determine the number of chips within the stack and the value of each. The system processor determines the classification for each chip in a stack by way of processing performed in real time on the image of the stack of gambling chips. The system further includes the ability to communicate the information derived from the stack of gambling chips to a video monitor and the ability to communicate the information to a main database where information is being compiled and stored about an individual gambler.