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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7537216 | Method, apparatus and article for computational sequence generation and playing card distribution A computationally generated playing card sequence (e.g., pseudo-random, non pseudo-random, or partially pseudo-random) allows shuffled distribution of playing cards. Playing cards may be organized into card holders by at least one or a rank and a suit, and retrieved... | 05/26/2009 |
| 7413191 | Device and method for forming and delivering hands from randomly arranged decks of playing cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407438 | Modular dealing shoe for casino table card games A playing card delivery shoe is used in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack is disclosed. The shoe may comprise a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of blackjack; b) first card mover t... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7341510 | Casino poker game table that implements play of a casino table poker game An apparatus and a method of play in the practice of the present invention that are described below. An apparatus supporting the play of a casino table card game according to the present invention may comprise: A playing surface; A card-delivery device; A microproce... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7338044 | Card shuffler with user game selection input The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first ... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316615 | 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 at least partially by tracking the movement of chips bearing identifiers. A chip tray reader images the contents of a chip tray, w... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316396 | Card game machine A card game machine using plural cards on front surface sides of which distinctive information for identifying itself from others is displayed and designs of back sides of which have a commonality is provide. The card game comprises a holding unit for holding the pl... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7300056 | System and methods for randomizing playing instruments for use in online gaming Aspects of the present invention provide systems and methods relating to online gaming utilizing virtual playing instruments generated from physical playing instruments. According to one aspect of the invention, physical playing instruments are utilized in a gaming ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7261294 | Playing card shuffler with differential hand count capability A programmable card handling machine with a display and appropriate inputs for adjusting the machine to any of a number of games comprises inputs including a number of cards per hand selector, a card game selector, a number of hands delivered selector and a trouble-... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7234698 | Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into a second group of cards, wherein the second group of cards is randomly arranged or shuffled. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the fi... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222852 | Method, apparatus and article employing multiple machine-readable indicia on playing cards A stacked set of playing cards are supported to expose an information bearing portion bearing a first machine-readable indicia and an information bearing portion bearing a second machine-readable indicia, such that each of the first and second machine-readable indic... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7144010 | Card game with predetermined hands in a fortune cookie A game of cards utilizing predetermined hands of cards embedded in a fortune cookie is disclosed. The invention can be used by as few as one sole player or by as many as many players as the card game itself permits to play the game. Each hand can contain as few card... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7137627 | Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into a second group of cards, wherein the second group of cards is randomly arranged or shuffled. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the fi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7073791 | Hand forming shuffler with on demand hand delivery The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving the first ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7059602 | Card shuffler with staging area for collecting groups of cards A method and apparatus delivers subsets of randomly mixed playing cards from a first group of playing cards. At least one first group of multiple playing cards is provided to a playing card randomizing apparatus. Ar least one subset of randomized playing cards is fo... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7029009 | Playing card dealing shoe with automated internal card feeding and card reading A distinct dealing shoe having no shuffling functionality receives shuffled, randomized or ordered group of cards. The cards may be mechanically moved one at a time from a receiving area for the deck to a buffer area where more than one card is temporarily stored. T... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7011309 | 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 removed. The... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6964612 | 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 determines t... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6943830 | Printed card based user interface system An user interface for reading data recorded in infra-red on the surface of a card upon which may also be recorded a visual representation is disclosed. The reading apparatus comprises scanning means for scanning in the encoded fault tolerant digital form of the data... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6886829 | Image capturing card shuffler The present invention features a playing card shuffling device, which through the use of a small image capturing means, captures an image of the face value of each card and stores the image in memory. This image is sorted in the format of a bitmap image. The operato... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6857961 | Method, apparatus and article for evaluating card games, such as blackjack Identifiers are read from playing cards collected after completion of at least one hand of a card game, such as blackjack, and the value of a hand is determined from the resulting sequence of read identifiers (i.e., ending sequence). The playing cards are collected ... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6676127 | Collating and sorting apparatus A card handling device having either a vertical stack of compartments or a carousel of compartments is used to receive individual cards from a card supply. The compartments may be moved relative to the card supply, preferably in two different directions, ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6655684 | Device and method for forming and delivering hands from randomly arranged decks of playing cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of cards. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for receiving... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6651981 | Card shuffling apparatus with integral card delivery A card shuffling device includes a top surface, a card receiving area for receiving an initial set of playing cards, a randomizing system for randomizing the initial set of playing cards, a collection surface in a card collection area for receiving random... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6651982 | Card shuffling apparatus with integral card delivery A card shuffling device includes a top surface, a card receiving area for receiving an initial set of playing cards, a randomizing system for randomizing the initial set of playing cards, a collection surface in a card collection area for receiving random... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6588751 | Device and method for continuously shuffling and monitoring cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into a second group of cards, wherein the second group of cards is randomly arranged or shuffled. The apparatus comprises a card receiver for recei... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6588750 | Device and method for forming hands of randomly arranged decks of cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of the same quantity of cards. The apparatus comprises a card r... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6403908 | Automated method and apparatus for playing card sequencing, with optional defect detection An automated method and apparatus for sequencing and/or inspecting decks of playing cards is presented. The method and apparatus utilizes pattern recognition technology or other image comparison technology to compare one or more images of a card with memo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6361044 | Card dealer for a table game A top of a card table with a card dispensing hole therethrough and an arcuate edge is covered by a transparent dome shaped cover. A dealer position is centrally located on the table top. A plurality of player stations are evenly spaced along the arcuate e... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6267248 | Collating and sorting apparatus A collation and/or sorting apparatus for groups of articles is exemplified by a sorting and/or shuffling device for playing cards. The apparatus comprises a sensor (15) to identify articles for collation and/or sorting, feeding means to feed cards from a ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6250632 | Automatic card sorter An apparatus and method for sorting cards into a predetermined sequence. One embodiment provides a deck holding area in which cards are held for presenting a card to a read head for reading the characters on the face of the card. The apparatus also has a ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6149154 | Device and method for forming hands of randomly arranged cards The present invention provides an apparatus and method for moving playing cards from a first group of cards into plural hands of cards, wherein each of the hands contains a random arrangement of the same quantity of cards. The apparatus comprises a card r... | 11/21/2000 |
| 5989122 | Apparatus and process for verifying, sorting, and randomizing sets of playing cards and process for playing card games The invention relates to an apparatus for randomizing and verifying sets of playing cards. Also, the invention relates to a processing providing such an apparatus; feeding to the apparatus one or more cards either after they have been played in a game or ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5431399 | Card shuffling and dealing apparatus A playing card distribution device with microprocessor and scanning circuits. The device has an enclosure for holding a deck of cards, a displacement means powered by a motor with one or more friction attachments that come into contact with the bottom car... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5397133 | System for playing card games remotely A system for playing card games remotely includes both a multimedia communication system that allows players located remotely from each other to see and hear each other, and a "card toaster" and associated image recognition system at each game site which ... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5240140 | Card dispenser A card dispenser (32) comprising a body (33) having a compartment (38) for accommodating a stack of cards (39) and at least one outlet (43) through which cards (39) accommodated in the compartment (38) can be dispensed, transporting mechanism (41) provide... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5121921 | Card dealing and sorting apparatus and method A card dealing and sorting apparatus adapted for use with a conventional deck of cards. The apparatus includes a frame onto which is movably mounted a card holding device. The card holding device holds the deck of cards, the lowermost cards being removed ... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5067713 | Coded playing cards and apparatus for dealing a set of cards A deck of cards is coded by marking each card on its face with a bar code which is essentially invisible to the human eye, but can be read by a detector matched to the source of wavelength of the light used to irradiate each card as it is passed over the ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 4951950 | Manual playing card dealing appliance for the production of programmed deals The device comprises a box receiving the deck of cards to be dealt, upon which a cover presses. Rollers, driven in rotation by a motor reduction unit ensures partial exit of the lower card of the stack to a slot in the device whereas optical reading means... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4822050 | Device for reading and distributing cards, in particular playing cards The device comprises a container for receiving the pack of cards to be distributed, of which the movable bottom is formed by a carriage. This carriage comprises rollers which, when the carriage is moved, drive the lower card of the pack which is isolated ... | 04/18/1989 |
