CARD READING DEVICE AND TABLETOP GAME SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A card reading device comprising:
- a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, a detachable cover disposed above the card container portion, and an opening through which the card can be taken out one by one from the card container portion;
a card reading part in which information 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;
a wireless output part that transmits, to an external device, via wireless communication, the information on the cards successively read in the card reading part and information on the game outcome determined by the control part together with an ID for identification of the card reading device; and
a battery that supplies electric power to the control part, the display part and the wireless output part,wherein the card shoe part, the card reading part, the control part, the display part and the wireless output part can be placed on the game table by being integrally combined with each other, and the battery is detachably attached to the card reading device.
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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.
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25 Claims
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1. A card reading device comprising:
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a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, a detachable cover disposed above the card container portion, and an opening through which the card can be taken out one by one from the card container portion; a card reading part in which information 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; a wireless output part that transmits, to an external device, via wireless communication, the information on the cards successively read in the card reading part and information on the game outcome determined by the control part together with an ID for identification of the card reading device; and a battery that supplies electric power to the control part, the display part and the wireless output part, wherein the card shoe part, the card reading part, the control part, the display part and the wireless output part can be placed on the game table by being integrally combined with each other, and the battery is detachably attached to the card reading device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tabletop game system constituted of a card reading device and a main computer apparatus, the card reading device including:
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a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, a detachable cover disposed above the card container portion, and an opening through which the card can be taken out one by one from the card container portion; a card reading part in which information 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; a wireless output part that transmits, to the main computer apparatus, via wireless communication, the information on the cards successively read in the card reading part and information on the game outcome determined by the control part together with an ID for identification of the card reading device; and a battery that supplies electric power to the control part, the display part and the wireless output part, wherein the card shoe part, the card reading part, the control part, the display part and the wireless output part can be placed on the game table by being integrally combined with each other, the battery is detachably attached to the card reading device, and the main computer apparatus includes an acceptance determination section that receives the information transmitted from the wireless communication part in the card reading device and accepts the information on the game outcome transmitted from the card reading device if the received ID coincides with an ID set in advance. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A tabletop game system constituted of a plurality of cards, a card reading device and a main computer apparatus, each of the plurality of cards having a code expressing information on the card, the code being attached to one surface of the card in ink reactive to ultraviolet light, the card reading device including:
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a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains the plurality of cards, a detachable cover disposed above the card container portion, and an opening through which the card can be taken out one by one from the card container portion; a card reading part in which information 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; a wireless communication part that transmits, to the main computer apparatus, via wireless communication, the information on the cards successively read in the card reading part and information on the game outcome determined by the control part together with an ID for identification of the card reading device; and a battery that supplies electric power to the control part, the display part and the wireless output part, wherein the card shoe part, the card reading part, the control part, the display part and the wireless communication part can be placed on the game table by being integrally combined with each other, the battery is detachably attached to the card reading device, and the main computer apparatus includes an acceptance determination section that receives the information transmitted from the wireless communication part in the card reading device and accepts the information on the game outcome transmitted from the card reading device if the received ID coincides with an ID set in advance. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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