Discard rack with card reader for playing cards
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Abstract
A card verification station moves and reads suit and rank of individual cards. The cards are provided to a card in-feed area and moved individually to a card collection area. A device may comprise a) a card in-feed area with card moving elements that move only a bottom card from a set of cards in the card in-feed area, b) a card collection area that receives cards from the card moving area in the same order as cards are received in the card in-feed area, c) an image capture device that captures data from a card while the card is between the card in-feed area and the card collection area, d) a processor capable of controlling the operation of the card verification station, and e) an elevator that lowers to maintain a level at which cards are received in the card collection area. A method of verifying a group of playing cards is also disclosed.
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49 Claims
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. A method of verifying cards dispensed in a card game comprising:
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reading with a first card reader at least one of rank and suit of individual cards before the cards are distributed to players in a card game;
dispensing read cards to the players in the card game;
collecting dispensed cards at conclusion of a round of play in the card game for at least one of the players;
providing the collected dispensed cards into a discard rack with a second card reader;
the second card reader reading at least one of suit and rank of each collected dispensed card provided to the discard rack; and
comparing the at least one of rank and suit of the dispensed cards as read with the first reader with the at least one of rank and suit of the collected dispensed cards read with the second card reader. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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