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Method, apparatus and article for verifying card games, such as blackjack

  • US 6,652,379 B2
  • Filed: 05/04/2001
  • Issued: 11/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system to read card hands, comprising:

  • a card guide forming a card slot sized and dimensioned to receive an initial hand of playing cards including at least two playing cards;

    a reader positioned with respect to the card slot to simultaneously acquire a respective optically encoded identifier from each of at least two playing cards in the initial hand; and

    a decoder coupled to receive and decode signals from the reader corresponding to the acquired identifiers, wherein the reader comprises;

    a prism assembly including a first prism portion and a second prism portion, the second prism portion having a side parallel to a side of the first prism portion and spaced therefrom by a distance sufficient to receive the initial hand of playing cards therebetween; and

    an imager disposed along an optical path from the first and the second prism portions.

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