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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6712696 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A chip tray reader automatically images the contents of a chip tray, to periodically determine the number and value of chips in the chip tray, and to compare the change in contents of the chip tray to t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6688979 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A table monitor in a chip tray automatically images the activity occurring at a gaming table, including the placement of wagers. A processor processes image date to locate wagering pieces, id... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6685568 | Method, apparatus and article for evaluating card games, such as blackjack A system reads an identifier from a hand of cards to identify the cards. For example, the system can read an identifier from a pair of cards forming the initial hand in blackjack, where the one card is face up and the other card is face down. The system d... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6663490 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees. A table monitor automatically images the activity occurring at a gaming table, including the placement of wagers. The ... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6652379 | Method, apparatus and article for verifying card games, such as blackjack A system reads an identifier from a hand of cards to identify the cards. For example, the system can read an identifier from a pair of cards forming the initial hand in blackjack, where the one card is face up and the other card is face down. The system d... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6638161 | Method, apparatus and article for verifying card games, such as playing card distribution One or more actual hands of playing cards are verified against respective expected hands of playing cards, to determine whether the playing cards actually dealt correspond to the playing cards that should have been dealt based on a starting sequence of pl... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6595857 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a card game played with playing cards. Each of the playing cards carry at least one machine-readable symbol, in addition to human-readable indicia of rank and suit. The symbol is position on or along... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6579181 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A chip tray reader automatically images the contents of a chip tray, periodically determining the number and value of chips in the chip tray. The chip tray reader may compare a change in cont... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6579180 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A card deck reader automatically reads a symbol identifying a rank and suit from each card in a deck of cards. A chip tray reader automatically images the contents of a chip tray, to periodic... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6533662 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the performance of employees. A card deck reader automatically reads symbols from each card in a deck, a chip tray reader automatically images the contents of a chip tray to periodi... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6533276 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a card game played with a plurality of playing cards. A card imager automatically images a portion of each playing card, including at least a portion of an edge of the playing card. The card imager m... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6530837 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A card deck reader automatically reads a symbol identifying a respective rank and suit of each card in a deck before a first cards is removed. A chip tray reader automatically images the cont... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6530836 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A table monitor in a chip tray automatically images the activity occurring at a gaming table, including the placement of wagers. A processor processes image date to locate wagering pieces, id... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6527271 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system for automatically monitoring playing and wagering of a game includes a chip tray reader that automatically images the contents of a chip tray, to periodically determine the number and value of chips in the chip tray, and to compare the change in ... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6520857 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A table monitor in a chip tray automatically images the activity occurring at a gaming table. Periodic comparison of the images identify wagering, as well as the appearance, removal and posit... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6517436 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game. A table monitor in a chip tray automatically images the activity occurring at a gaming table. Periodic comparison of the images identify wagering, as well as the appearance, removal and posit... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6517435 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees. A card deck reader automatically reads a symbol from each card in a deck of cards before a first one of the cards is r... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6460848 | Method and apparatus for monitoring casinos and gaming A system automatically monitors playing and wagering of a game, including the gaming habits of players and the performance of employees. A card deck reader automatically reads a symbol from each card in a deck of cards before a first one of the cards is r... | 10/08/2002 |
