WO2005009561A3 - Smart discard rack for playing cards - Google Patents

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WO2005009561A3
WO2005009561A3 PCT/US2004/022653 US2004022653W WO2005009561A3 WO 2005009561 A3 WO2005009561 A3 WO 2005009561A3 US 2004022653 W US2004022653 W US 2004022653W WO 2005009561 A3 WO2005009561 A3 WO 2005009561A3
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discard rack
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Attila Grauzer
Oliver M Schubert
James V Kelly
James B Stasson
Paul K Scheper
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Shuffle Master Inc
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63FCARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A63F1/00Card games
    • A63F1/06Card games appurtenances
    • A63F1/12Card shufflers

Abstract

A discard rack moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved to a card collection area. Both suit and rank of each card is read in the card in-feed area or between the card in-feed area and the card collection area. The discard rack comprises a) a card infeed area with card moving elements that move only a bottom card from a set of cards in the card in-feed area, b) a card collection area that receives cards from the card moving area in the same sense as cards are received in the card in-feed area, c) an image capture device that captures data from a card while the card is between the card in-feed area and the card collection area, d) preferably a communication port to send out captured data to a processor, and e) an elevator that lowers to maintain a level at which cards are received in the card collection area.
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