Shuffled playing cards and manufacturing method thereof
First Claim
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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Abstract
The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
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18 Claims
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1. A card inspection device configured to:
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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, and 2) a defect in the arrangement of the playing cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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