Apparatus, system, method, and computer-readable medium for casino card handling with multiple hand recall feature
First Claim
1. A card apparatus, comprising:
- a card-handling system including internal compartments;
a card recognition system configured to recognize card information including a rank and a suit of each card passing through the card-handling system; and
at least one processor operably coupled with the card-handling system and the card recognition system, the at least one processor configured to;
control the card-handling system to insert cards within the internal compartments prior to being delivered to an output tray;
maintain a record of the card information separately from a record of position information for each card indicating which internal compartment each card has been inserted; and
associate the position of each card with its corresponding card information.
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for detecting, storing, and retrieving information about the composition of present and past hands of cards in a casino table game. The method includes causing a card-handling device to substantially automatically generate a plurality of hands wherein each hand includes one or more cards. Card information is identified that includes a rank and a suit of each card as each card moves through the card-handling device. A play history is maintained of a card composition of more than one round wherein the card composition of each round includes the cards in each hand of each round. The card information of at least one hand from at least one round may be displayed.
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20 Claims
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1. A card apparatus, comprising:
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a card-handling system including internal compartments; a card recognition system configured to recognize card information including a rank and a suit of each card passing through the card-handling system; and at least one processor operably coupled with the card-handling system and the card recognition system, the at least one processor configured to; control the card-handling system to insert cards within the internal compartments prior to being delivered to an output tray; maintain a record of the card information separately from a record of position information for each card indicating which internal compartment each card has been inserted; and associate the position of each card with its corresponding card information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for tracking and dealing cards using a card shuffler, the method comprising:
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inserting cards into internal compartments of the card shuffler according to an order determined by a processor of the card shuffler; generating a record of card information, using the processor of the card shuffler, indicating a rank and a suit for each card inserted into the internal compartments; generating a record of compartment information, using the processor of the card shuffler, indicating a compartment identifier for each card inserted into the internal compartments; and associating, using the processor of the card shuffler, the compartment information with the previously uncorrelated card information responsive to an event that occurs after the cards are inserted into the internal compartments of the card shuffler. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A card-handling system, comprising:
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a card-handling device including internal compartments; a card recognition system; and a processor operably coupled with the card-handling system and the card recognition system, the processor configured to; assign each internal compartment with a compartment identifier; cause the card-handling device to insert cards into corresponding internal compartments according to an order determined by the processor; detect card information for the cards using the card recognition system; and associate the compartment identifiers and the card information for the cards responsive to an event that occurs after cards are inserted into the internal compartments. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification