Card reading device and tabletop game sistem
First Claim
1. A tabletop game system comprising a card reading device, a wireless output part, and a main computer apparatus,wherein the card reading device comprisesa card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, and an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion,a card reading part in which information on the cards, which is attached to the cards drawn out from the card container portion onto a game table, is read from each of the cards,a control part that determines an outcome of a card game based on the information on the cards read in the card reading part,a display part that outputs the game outcome determined by the control part, anda battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the display part,wherein the wireless output part hasa function of transmitting the information on the cards at least successively read in the card reading part or information on the game outcome determined by the control part, together with a card reading device transmission side ID, to the main computer apparatus via wireless communication, andwherein the main computer apparatus comprisesan acceptance determination section that selectively accepts the information on the game outcome and/or the card information transmitted from the card reading device.
3 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A card reading device includes a card shoe part in which cards are housed, a card reading part that reads information on the cards drawn out, a control part that determines the outcome of a game based on the read information on the cards, and display parts that display the determined outcome of the game. In a tabletop game system, the information on the cards read by the card reading part and information on the game outcome determined by the control part are transmitted from the card reading device to a main computer apparatus via wireless communication. The card reading device includes a battery that supplies electric power to the control part, the display parts and a wireless output part. The card reading device, as such, is capable of facilitating moving the card reading device in a participatory tabletop game.
56 Citations
15 Claims
-
1. A tabletop game system comprising a card reading device, a wireless output part, and a main computer apparatus,
wherein the card reading device comprises a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, and an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion, a card reading part in which information on the cards, which is attached to the cards drawn out from the card container portion onto a game table, is read from each of the cards, a control part that determines an outcome of a card game based on the information on the cards read in the card reading part, a display part that outputs the game outcome determined by the control part, and a battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the display part, wherein the wireless output part has a function of transmitting the information on the cards at least successively read in the card reading part or information on the game outcome determined by the control part, together with a card reading device transmission side ID, to the main computer apparatus via wireless communication, and wherein the main computer apparatus comprises an acceptance determination section that selectively accepts the information on the game outcome and/or the card information transmitted from the card reading device.
-
8. A tabletop game system comprising a plurality of cards, a card reading device, and a wireless output part, and a main computer apparatus,
wherein the plurality of cards each have codes representing information on the cards attached thereto, wherein the card reading device comprises a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains the plurality of cards, and an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion, a card reading part in which information on the cards, which is attached to the cards drawn out from the card container portion onto a game table, is read from each of the cards, a control part that determines an outcome of a card game based on the information on the cards read in the card reading part, a display part that outputs the game outcome determined by the control part, and a battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the display part, wherein the wireless output part has a function of transmitting the information on the cards at least successively read in the card reading part or information on the game outcome determined by the control part, together with a card reading device transmission side ID, to the main computer apparatus via wireless communication, and wherein the main computer apparatus comprises an acceptance determination section that receives the information transmitted from the wireless output part, and accepts the information on the game outcome transmitted from the card reading device when the received ID coincides with an ID previously set.
Specification