NEW SOFTWARE COUNTERS CARD COUNTERS
16 October 2009
Complex algorithms analyse information
captured by cameras
A 22-year-old computer graduate from the University of
Dundee, Kris Zutis, has developed a computer system for
detecting card counters and pinpointing dealer errors.
The system uses complex algorithms to analyse
information captured by cameras set up in casinos, and
started as a final year project in Zutis's Applied
Computing degree, in which he worked closely with staff
from Dundee's Gala Casino.
The system is already
attracting worldwide attention, and was featured in the
latest edition of the prestigious New Scientist
magazine.
Zutis has been invited to showcase his
system at the International Conference on Computer
Vision Systems (ICVS), in Belgium this week, and has
prepared a paper entitled 'Who's Counting?: Real-Time
Blackjack Monitoring for Card Counting Detection'. The
conference is a major international scientific forum for
developments in applications of computer vision, and
attracts some of the top names in the field each year.
Born in Latvia, Zutis moved to Scotland with his
parents at the age of 10. He said of his project this
week: "My system needs work to be commercially viable,
but the potential has been demonstrated, and hopefully
appearing at the conference will help generate some
interest in helping me to develop it further.
"Computer vision was one of the options when it came to
choosing subjects for our final year, and when it came
to our final project, I started to think about combining
what I was learning with something I was interested in
and had enjoyed.
"I'm not a big gambler myself,
but I do enjoy playing poker and I had originally
intended my project to be related to that. It turned out
that blackjack was far more suited to a computer vision
system, and so I developed the system from there."
Zutis now works at the University of Dundee as a
full-time research assistant with the School of
Computing. The system he has developed detects the card
counters by tracking the game as it progresses,
monitoring the cards as the player does, and tracking
the player's betting patterns.
Online Casino News Courtesy of
Infopowa
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