Card shoe apparatus accurately identifying card information of card
AssigneesUniversal Entertainment Corporation, Aruze Gaming America, Inc.
InventorKazuki EMORI
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Abstract
The following members are included: a storage unit 2 which stores a card 50; a guide path 10 which guides the card 50 drawn out from the storage unit 2 to a card discharging edge 18 while keeping one surface of the card 50 to contact the guide path 10; an opening 13 which is formed in the guide path 10; an inspection light applicator 31 which applies inspection light to the drawn card via the opening 13; a photo acceptance portion 32 which receives the inspection light reflected from the drawn card 50; a control unit 151 which identifies card information based on the inspection light received by the photo acceptance portion 32; and a filter 34 which is provided between the opening 13 and the photo acceptance portion 32 to block the disturbance light.
Claims4
A card shoe apparatus comprising:
- a storage unit which stores a card;
- a guide path which guides the card drawn out from the storage unit to a card discharging edge while keeping one surface of the card to contact the guide path;
- an opening which is formed in the guide path;
- an inspection light applicator which applies inspection light to the drawn card via the opening;
- a photo acceptance portion which receives the inspection light reflected from the drawn card;
- a card information identification unit which identifies card information based on the inspection light received by the photo acceptance portion;
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- a filter which is provided between the opening and the photo acceptance portion to block the disturbance light.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.