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Shuffled playing cards and manufacturing method thereof

  • US 9,814,964 B2
  • Filed: 09/18/2014
  • Issued: 11/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A card inspection device configured to:

  • automatically detect, using one or more processors, at least a rank and a suit of each card of one or more shuffled decks of playing cards;

    inspect, using the one or more processors, the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards one by one sequentially after shuffling;

    determine whether the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards is defective based on a group of information comprising the rank and the suit of the playing cards detected, and upon a condition that the decks of playing cards is determined to be defective, treating or handling a set of playing cards which is determined to be defective as a defective item;

    generate a signal indicating the result of the inspection wherein the condition that the decks of playing cards is defective comprises at least one of;

    1) an excess or deficiency in the predetermined number of the playing cards, and2) a defect in the arrangement of the playing cards.

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