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Shuffled playing cards and manufacturing method thereof

  • US 10,022,618 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2015
  • Issued: 07/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of manufacturing shuffled decks of playing cards, the method comprising:

  • manufacturing individual playing cards wherein a rank and a suit is printed on one side of a base paper, a back design is printed on another side of the base paper, and the base paper is cut into the individual playing cards using a cutting machine;

    shuffling, using a shuffling machine with a first set of multiple pockets in a linear arrangement and a second set of multiple pockets in a linear arrangement, a multiple number of decks of the playing cards at random in a factory utilizing at least a first card feeding step and a second card feeding step;

    wherein the first card feeding step comprises transferring the individual playing cards to the first set of multiple pockets using a first card feeder;

    wherein the second card feeding step comprises randomly transferring the individual playing cards from the first set of multiple pockets to the second set of multiple pockets using a second card feeder;

    detecting, using an imaging device and an image processing unit, a rank and a suit of each of the cards;

    counting, using the image processing unit, the number of each rank and each suit;

    inspecting, using the image processing unit, during or after the shuffling of the decks of playing cards, but before packaging, whether or not there is an excess or deficiency in the number of the rank or the suit contained in the multiple number of decks of the playing cards; and

    after the inspecting step, packaging a set of the shuffled decks of the playing cards in an individual package.

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