Apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable medium for casino card handling with multiple hand recall feature
First Claim
1. A card apparatus, comprising:
- a card shuffler, including;
a card-handling system configured to;
receive a set of cards from a card infeed tray;
form randomized subsets of cards within a temporary card storage device having card storage areas configured to receive cards therein; and
individually output the randomized subsets of cards from the card storage areas to a card output tray;
a card recognition system configured to sense card information including a rank and a suit of at least the cards within the individual subsets of cards output to the card output tray as the cards are carried past the card recognition system by the card shuffler; and
a control system operably coupled with, and configured to control, the card-handling system and the card recognition system and further configured to assign a card to each card storage area to form the randomized subsets of cards.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detecting, storing, and retrieving information about the composition of present and past hands of cards in a casino table game. The method includes causing a card-handling device to substantially automatically generate a plurality of hands wherein each hand includes one or more cards. Card information is identified that includes a rank and a suit of each card as each card moves through the card-handling device. A play history is maintained of a card composition of more than one round wherein the card composition of each round includes the cards in each hand of each round. The card information of at least one hand from at least one round may be displayed.
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26 Claims
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1. A card apparatus, comprising:
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a card shuffler, including; a card-handling system configured to; receive a set of cards from a card infeed tray; form randomized subsets of cards within a temporary card storage device having card storage areas configured to receive cards therein; and individually output the randomized subsets of cards from the card storage areas to a card output tray; a card recognition system configured to sense card information including a rank and a suit of at least the cards within the individual subsets of cards output to the card output tray as the cards are carried past the card recognition system by the card shuffler; and a control system operably coupled with, and configured to control, the card-handling system and the card recognition system and further configured to assign a card to each card storage area to form the randomized subsets of cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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receiving a set of cards in an infeed system of a card shuffler; physically forming random subsets of cards as groups within at least one temporary card storage area of a card-handling system of the card shuffler; identifying card information for at least each card of the subsets of cards; and dispensing the subsets of cards as groups from the at least one temporary card storage area to an output system of the card shuffler. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A card apparatus, comprising:
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a card shuffler, including; a card-handling system; and a processor operably coupled with the card-handling system, the processor configured to control the card-handling system to internally form random subsets of cards and deliver each random subset of cards to an output tray; and a card recognition system configured to recognize card information including a rank and a suit of each card formed into a random subset of cards. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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