Card reading device and tabletop game system
First Claim
1. A tabletop game system comprising a card reading device, a transmission setting section, and a wireless output part,wherein the card reading device comprisesa card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, a detachable cover disposed at the top of the card container portion, 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 wherein the outcome of the card game is a win or draw result of the card game;
- 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,wherein the transmission setting section determines a transmission timing so that at a stage when a result of the outcome of the card game is obtained, the information on the cards read in the card reading part and the outcome of the card game are transmitted according to the timing determined by the transmission setting section, andwherein the card reading device further comprisesa detection notification part that detects that the cover is opened and transmits a notification that the cover is opened to an external device via the wireless output part.
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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 tabletop game system comprising a card reading device, a transmission setting section, and a wireless output part,
wherein the card reading device comprises a card shoe part having a card container portion that contains a plurality of cards, a detachable cover disposed at the top of the card container portion, 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 wherein the outcome of the card game is a win or draw result of the card game; -
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, wherein the transmission setting section determines a transmission timing so that at a stage when a result of the outcome of the card game is obtained, the information on the cards read in the card reading part and the outcome of the card game are transmitted according to the timing determined by the transmission setting section, and wherein the card reading device further comprises a detection notification part that detects that the cover is opened and transmits a notification that the cover is opened to an external device via the wireless output part. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A tabletop game system comprising a plurality of cards, a card reading device, a transmission setting section, and a wireless output part, 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, a detachable cover disposed at the top of the card container portion, 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 wherein the outcome of the card game is a win or draw result of the card game; -
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, wherein the transmission setting section determines a transmission timing so that at a stage when a result of the outcome of the card game is obtained, the information on the cards read in the card reading part and the outcome of the card game are transmitted according to the timing determined by the transmission setting section, and wherein the card reading device further comprises a detection notification part that detects that the cover is opened and transmits a notification that the cover is opened to an external device via the wireless output part. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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