Shuffled playing cards and manufacturing method thereof
First Claim
1. A method of inspecting one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein each of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards are shuffled at random, the method comprising the steps of:
- associating, by a process control system having one or more processors, a shuffled card ID with the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein the shuffled card ID is unique for the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards packaged in an individual package and the shuffled card ID comprises information about a manufacture or delivery of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards;
inspecting, by at least one of a card sensor and a camera, each card delivered by a card feeder from the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards;
determining whether there is a defect in the arrangement of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards; and
upon a condition that a shuffled deck of playing cards is determined to be defective, at least one of discarding the defective shuffled deck of playing cards or preventing a recurrence of a defect found within the defective shuffled deck of playing cards.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for monitoring shuffled playing cards. A shuffled card ID is associated with the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards. Each card delivered by a card feeder from the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards is inspected. It is determined whether there is a defect in the arrangement of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards. Upon a condition that a shuffled deck of playing cards is determined to be defective, at least one of discarding the defective shuffled deck of playing cards or preventing a recurrence of a defect found within the defective shuffled deck of playing cards.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of inspecting one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein each of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards are shuffled at random, the method comprising the steps of:
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associating, by a process control system having one or more processors, a shuffled card ID with the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein the shuffled card ID is unique for the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards packaged in an individual package and the shuffled card ID comprises information about a manufacture or delivery of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards; inspecting, by at least one of a card sensor and a camera, each card delivered by a card feeder from the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards; determining whether there is a defect in the arrangement of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards; and upon a condition that a shuffled deck of playing cards is determined to be defective, at least one of discarding the defective shuffled deck of playing cards or preventing a recurrence of a defect found within the defective shuffled deck of playing cards. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method of inspecting one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein each of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards are shuffled at random, the method comprising:
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associating, by a process control system having one or more processors, a shuffled card ID with the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards, wherein the shuffled card ID is unique for the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards packaged in an individual package and the shuffled card ID comprises information about a manufacture or delivery of the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards; automatically detecting, by at least one of a card sensor and a camera and using the one or more processors, an improper set of cards from the one or more shuffled decks of playing cards delivered from a card housing, wherein a set of cards is detected to be improper upon detection of one or more of the following three conditions; 1) a number of times at least one kind of the shuffled cards appears is more than a total number of the set of cards; 2) an improper shuffling of the shuffled cards; and 3) an improper manufacturing of the shuffled cards. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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