Methods for automatically generating a card deck library and master images for a deck of cards, and a related card processing apparatus
First Claim
1. A method of automatically generating a calibration file for a card handling device, the method comprising:
- capturing, with an imaging device of the card handling device, a raw image from at least a portion of a card passing through the card handling device from an input tray to an output tray of the card handling device; and
using a processor of the card handling device, automatically generating and storing a calibration file in memory of a main control system of the card handling device without user input, the calibration file being unique to the card handling device for a specific deck that includes the card such that the card handling device is trained for the specific deck during a subsequent card recognition mode, wherein automatically generating the calibration file comprises;
identifying at least one parameter associated with a rank area around a rank of the at least a portion of the card;
identifying at least one parameter associated with a suit area around a suit of the at least a portion of the card; and
storing the at least one parameter associated with the rank area and the at least one parameter associated with the suit area in the calibration file.
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Abstract
A method of automatically generating a calibration file for a card handling device comprises automatically generating a calibration file stored in memory of a main control system for a card handling device. Automatically generating the calibration file comprises identifying at least one parameter associated with a rank area around a rank of the at least a portion of the card, identifying at least one parameter associated with a suit area around a suit of the at least a portion of the card, and storing the at least one parameter associated with the rank area and the at least one parameter associated with the suit area in the calibration file. Additionally, a method of automatically generating deck libraries for one or more decks of cards comprises automatically generate a plurality of master images for the cards of the first deck type using the parameters from the calibration file.
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1. A method of automatically generating a calibration file for a card handling device, the method comprising:
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capturing, with an imaging device of the card handling device, a raw image from at least a portion of a card passing through the card handling device from an input tray to an output tray of the card handling device; and using a processor of the card handling device, automatically generating and storing a calibration file in memory of a main control system of the card handling device without user input, the calibration file being unique to the card handling device for a specific deck that includes the card such that the card handling device is trained for the specific deck during a subsequent card recognition mode, wherein automatically generating the calibration file comprises; identifying at least one parameter associated with a rank area around a rank of the at least a portion of the card; identifying at least one parameter associated with a suit area around a suit of the at least a portion of the card; and storing the at least one parameter associated with the rank area and the at least one parameter associated with the suit area in the calibration file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of automatically generating one or more deck libraries for one or more decks of cards, the method comprising:
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using an imaging device of a card handling device to capture raw images of playing cards passing through the card handling device from an input tray to an output tray; using a processor of the card handling device to automatically generate a first calibration file without user input in identifying at least one parameter associated with a rank area and at least one parameter associated with a suit area from the raw images for a first deck type of cards, the calibration file including the parameters associated with the rank area and the suit area; storing, in memory of the card handling device, the first calibration file in a first deck library for the first deck type; using the processor to automatically generate a plurality of master images for the cards of the first deck type using the parameters from the calibration file; and storing, in memory, the plurality of master images for the cards of the first deck type in the first deck library such that the card handling device is trained to the first deck type for a subsequent card recognition mode. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A card processing apparatus, comprising:
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an input tray; an output tray; a memory device; an imaging device operably coupled with the memory device, the imaging device configured to capture raw images of playing cards passing from the input tray through the card processing apparatus to the output tray for storage of the raw images in the memory device; and a main control system coupled with the imaging device, wherein the main control system is configured to run an operating system having a file directory system configured to store a plurality of deck libraries for a plurality of different deck types, wherein the main control system is configured to receive the raw images from the memory device, and automatically generate a calibration file having parameters related to a rank area and a suit area for each deck type without user input. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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