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, having an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion onto a game table and a cover receiving portion provided with a terminal;
a card reading part in which information on the cards 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;
a display part that outputs the outcome of the card game;
a wireless output part that wirelessly transmits, to an external device, the information on the cards, the outcome of the card game determined by the control part, and an ID which identifies the card reading device; and
a detachable cover having a battery secured thereto, wherein the detachable cover is configured to be received by the cover receiving portion of the card shoe part such that the battery supplies electric power to the control part, the display part, and the wireless output part through the terminal and the detachable cover covers the card container portion when the detachable cover is received by the cover receiving portion,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 card reading device further comprising an auxiliary battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the wireless output part when the battery and the detachable cover are removed from the card reading device or when the amount of charge in the battery becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
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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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19 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, having an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion onto a game table and a cover receiving portion provided with a terminal; a card reading part in which information on the cards 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; a display part that outputs the outcome of the card game; a wireless output part that wirelessly transmits, to an external device, the information on the cards, the outcome of the card game determined by the control part, and an ID which identifies the card reading device; and a detachable cover having a battery secured thereto, wherein the detachable cover is configured to be received by the cover receiving portion of the card shoe part such that the battery supplies electric power to the control part, the display part, and the wireless output part through the terminal and the detachable cover covers the card container portion when the detachable cover is received by the cover receiving portion, 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 card reading device further comprising an auxiliary battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the wireless output part when the battery and the detachable cover are removed from the card reading device or when the amount of charge in the battery becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A tabletop game system comprising 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, having an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion onto a game table and a cover receiving portion provided with a terminal; a card reading part in which information on the cards 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; a display part that outputs the outcome of the card game; a wireless output part that wirelessly transmits, to the main computer apparatus, the information on the cards, the outcome of the card game determined by the control part, and an ID which identifies the card reading device; and a detachable cover having a battery secured thereto, wherein the detachable cover is configured to be received by the cover receiving portion of the card shoe part such that the battery supplies electric power to the control part, the display part, and the wireless output part through the terminal and the detachable cover covers the card container portion when the detachable cover is received by the cover receiving portion, 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 card reading device further comprising an auxiliary battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the wireless output part when the battery and the detachable cover are removed from the card reading device or when the amount of charge in the battery becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, 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 outcome of the game transmitted from the card reading device if the received ID coincides with an ID set in advance. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A tabletop game system comprising a plurality of cards, a card reading device, and a main computer apparatus, each of the plurality of the 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:
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a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, having an opening through which the cards can be taken out one by one from the card container portion onto a game table and a cover receiving portion provided with a terminal; a card reading part in which information on the cards 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; a display part that outputs the outcome of the card game; a wireless output part that wirelessly transmits, to an external device, the information on the cards, the outcome of the card game determined by the control part, and an ID which identifies the card reading device; and a detachable cover having a battery secured thereto, wherein the detachable cover is configured to be received by the cover receiving portion of the card shoe part such that the battery supplies electric power to the control part, the display part, and the wireless output part through the terminal and the detachable cover covers the card container portion when the detachable cover is received by the cover receiving portion, 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 card reading device further comprising an auxiliary battery that supplies electric power to the control part and the wireless output part when the battery and the detachable cover are removed from the card reading device or when the amount of charge in the battery becomes equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value, 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 outcome of the game transmitted from the card reading device if the received ID coincides with an ID set in advance. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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