Table game system
AssigneeAngel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Shigeta
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Abstract
A table game system comprises a plurality of playing cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two sets of code elements that are arranged along one side of a face of the card. The code represents at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing the cards, a card guide unit that guides cards pulled out one by one from the card housing, one or more card detecting sensors that detect the existence or non-existence of a card pulled out along a card guiding direction of the card guide unit, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from the card guided by the card guide unit.
Claims17
A table game system comprising:
- a plurality of playing cards, each of the cards including an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two separate sets of code elements arranged along one side of a face of the card, the same ultraviolet-ray reaction code being provided along opposed sides of the face of the card, the ultraviolet-ray reaction code representing at least a number of a card;
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- a card shooter apparatus comprising:
- a card housing for containing the cards,
- a card guide unit that guides cards which are pulled out one by one from the card housing,
- one or more card detecting sensors that detect the existence or non-existence of each card which is pulled out along a card guiding direction of the card guide unit, and
- one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from each card guided by the card guide unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.