ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,547,855, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to ANGEL GROUP Co. LTD. (Shiga, Japan).
"Cage system and chip management system" was invented by Yasushi Shigeta (Shiga, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cage is divided into a plurality of locations, including a cashier room. The gaming chip has an RFID tag storing a chip ID. The cage system that manages the movement of the gaming chips within the cage of the casino hall comprises: a chip reader that reads a chip ID from an RFID tag of a gaming chip moving between multiple locations within the cage; a chip reader that reads the chip ID from the RFID tag of the gaming chips that exit the cag...