Card handling devices and related methods
First Claim
1. A card handling device, comprising:
- a card receiving area sized and shaped to receive a set of playing cards;
movable parts configured to, in combination, manipulate an initial order of the set of playing cards into a randomized order when the card handling device is used in a randomization mode and configured to deliver the set of playing cards in the initial order when the card handling device is used in a verification-only mode;
a processor programmed to control the movable parts, the processor further programmed to deactivate at least one of the movable parts when the card handling device is used in the verification-only mode;
a card collection surface in a card collection area sized and shaped to receive playing cards from the set of playing cards in the randomized order when the card handling device is used in a randomization mode and in the initial order when the card handling device is used in the verification-only mode; and
an image capture device positioned to read rank and suit of each card before being received on the card collection surface.
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Abstract
A multiple-mode card shuffling and/or card verification device includes a top surface, a card receiving area for receiving an initial set of playing cards, a randomizing or arranging system for the initial set of playing cards that can be disabled, a card collection surface in a card collection area for receiving randomized playing cards, the card collection surface receiving cards positioned so that all cards collected are below the top surface of the device, a card imaging system and an elevator for raising the card collection surface so that at least some randomized cards are elevated above the top surface of the device. The processor is programmed such that cards can be verified without changing an order of cards present in the card receiving area, verified during randomization, and randomized without card verification.
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17 Claims
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1. A card handling device, comprising:
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a card receiving area sized and shaped to receive a set of playing cards; movable parts configured to, in combination, manipulate an initial order of the set of playing cards into a randomized order when the card handling device is used in a randomization mode and configured to deliver the set of playing cards in the initial order when the card handling device is used in a verification-only mode; a processor programmed to control the movable parts, the processor further programmed to deactivate at least one of the movable parts when the card handling device is used in the verification-only mode; a card collection surface in a card collection area sized and shaped to receive playing cards from the set of playing cards in the randomized order when the card handling device is used in a randomization mode and in the initial order when the card handling device is used in the verification-only mode; and an image capture device positioned to read rank and suit of each card before being received on the card collection surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of handling groups of cards, the method comprising:
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receiving a set of playing cards in a card receiving area of a card handling device; moving the set of playing cards with moving parts of the card handling device to a card collection surface in a randomized order when the card handling device is in a randomization mode; deactivating at least one of the moving parts with a processor to place the card handling device in a verification-only mode; moving the set of playing cards with at least some of the moving parts to a card collection surface in an initial order when the card handling device is in the verification-only mode, and reading rank and suit of each card with an image capture apparatus of the card handling device before being received on the card collection surface in at least the verification-only mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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