Intelligent baccarat shoe
First Claim
1. A playing card delivery shoe for use in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat from which delivery shoe cards may be dealt comprising a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat;
- b) first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of and moved to the playing card staging area;
c) second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area;
d) a visual display in communication with the card delivery shoe that indicates the results of a round of play by indicating at least whether a Player hand or Dealer hand is a winning hand in the round of play and e) at least one playing card reading sensor that reads at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area;
wherein there is a communication link between the playing card reading sensors and a processor, which processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data, and the results are displayed on the visual display.
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Abstract
A method of controlling the game of baccarat is disclosed, the method including the steps of providing a card delivery shoe equipped with a sensor capable of reading at least a rank of each card; at least one first processor capable of controlling operation of the card delivery shoe; and receiving signals from the sensor and programmed to display information related to the game of baccarat, visual result information for each round of play being displayed on the card delivery shoe or on a screen provided on a casino table.
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51 Claims
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1. A playing card delivery shoe for use in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat from which delivery shoe cards may be dealt comprising
a) an area for receiving a first set of playing cards useful in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat; -
b) first card mover that moves playing cards from the first set to a playing card staging area wherein at least one playing card is staged in an order by which playing cards are removed from the first set of and moved to the playing card staging area;
c) second playing card mover that moves playing cards from the playing card staging area to a delivery area wherein playing cards removed from the staging area to the delivery shoe are moved in the same order by which playing cards were removed from the first set of playing cards and moved to the playing card staging area;
d) a visual display in communication with the card delivery shoe that indicates the results of a round of play by indicating at least whether a Player hand or Dealer hand is a winning hand in the round of play and e) at least one playing card reading sensor that reads at least one playing card value of each playing card separately after each playing card has been removed from the area for receiving the first set of playing cards and before removal from the playing card delivery area;
wherein there is a communication link between the playing card reading sensors and a processor, which processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data, and the results are displayed on the visual display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18)
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- 9. A card storage shoe for use in the play of the casino table card game of baccarat comprising a card infeed area where an approximately vertical set of playing cards can be seated, a playing card moving element that moves one playing card at-a-time from the approximately vertical set of playing cards, an automatic mechanical transporting system for horizontally transporting individual ones of playing cards moved from the vertical set of playing cards to a playing card delivery area, and a playing card reading system that reads at least value of playing cards before playing cards become stationary in the playing card delivery area, and the value of playing cards read is used to determine expected results in play of a round of baccarat.
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20. A method of providing cards to a dealer in the casino table card game of baccarat for manual delivery of the cards by a dealer comprising:
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placing a set of cards within a card infeed area of an automatic dealing shoe;
mechanically moving cards in the order in which cards are removed from the set of cards from the set of cards from the card infeed area to a card delivery area where at least some cards become stationary;
reading individual cards for at least value after the cards are removed from the card infeed area and before the cards become stationary in the card delivery area;
wherein there is a communication link between card reading sensors and at least one processor, which the at least one processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data, and the results are indicated to at least the players by a visual display associated with the processor. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 36, 44)
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- 31. A card delivery shoe for use in the play of baccarat, the shoe having a visual display element, a storage end and a delivery end, the shoe storing a first set of cards in the storage end and allowing manual removal of cards from the delivery end, at least one first sensor in the delivery end that senses when a card is absent from the delivery end and sends a signal to a motor that a card is to be delivered to the delivery end, a card reading sensor, and a motor that mechanically delivers a card to the delivery end of the shoe, wherein there is a communication link between the card reading sensors and at least one processor, which said at least one processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data, and the results are indicated to at least the players by the visual display element on the automatic dealing shoe.
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37. A method of controlling the game of baccarat by providing:
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an automatic card delivery shoe equipped with a sensor capable of reading at least a rank of each card;
at least one processor for controlling the operation of the automatic card delivery shoe and for processing signals from the sensor;
a visual display in communication with the at least one processor, the visual display being capable of displaying at least an indication of a winning hand. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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45. A dealing shoe for baccarat comprising playing card reading sensors and a communication link from at least one card reading sensor to a processor,
the processor receiving signals from the sensor and the processor sending signals regarding at least a count of playing cards to a visual display, the processor then identifying final winning hands or a tie in a round of play when the round of play is complete, and the visual display then displaying results for the round of play.
- 48. A card delivery shoe for use in the play of baccarat on a casino table, the casino table having a visual display element, a storage end and a delivery end, the shoe storing a first set of cards in the storage end and allowing manual removal of cards from the delivery end, at least one first sensor in the delivery end that senses when a card is absent from the delivery end and sends a signal to a motor that a card is to be delivered to the delivery end, a card reading sensor, and a motor that mechanically delivers a card to the delivery end of the shoe, wherein there is a communication link between the card reading sensors and a processor, which processor analyzes said data according to rules of play of the game of baccarat and determines results of play for a round of play of baccarat based upon said data, and the results are indicated to at least the dealer by the visual display element on the casino table.
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