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Card shuffling device and calibration method

  • US 9,504,905 B2
  • Filed: 09/19/2014
  • Issued: 11/29/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A card handling device, comprising:

  • an input platform configured to receive an un-shuffled set of cards;

    an elevator platform configured to receive one or more cards from the input platform to form a shuffled set of cards;

    a card gripper positioned above the elevator platform, and configured to grip cards from the shuffled set of cards; and

    a processor operably coupled to the input platform, the elevator platform, and the card gripper, wherein the processor is configured to;

    determine a grip position of the elevator platform based, at least in part, on a correction value indicating how to adjust the elevator platform from the grip position associated with a particular card insertion characteristic;

    control moving the elevator platform to the determined grip position;

    control the elevator platform and the card gripper to create a gap in the shuffled set of cards; and

    instruct a card insert system to insert the one or more cards in the gap.

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