US 2017/0361208 A1 · AUTOMATED PLAYING CARD RETRIEVAL SYSTEM

Abstract

An automated playing card retrieval system is used with a physical gaming table that hosts live wager-based games. The system includes a movable receiving component that receives dealt physical playing cards and an automated card removal component that removes the cards to a discard region after the game. The movable receiving component can be a mechanized tray, can display card(s) to player(s) seated away from the table during game play, and can receive cards at a first position, move to a second position where cards are removed, and move to a third position where cards are displayed at a position elevated from and at a substantially non-parallel angle to the table surface. Additional system components can include an automated card return component that returns cards to another location for a future game, a robotic dealer, an automated card shuffler, a card shoe, and/or the table itself.

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Dependent claims

An automated playing card retrieval system adapted for use with a physical gaming table adapted to host live wager-based table games, the automated playing card retrieval system comprising:

a movable receiving component adapted to receive a plurality of physical playing cards while or after at least one of the plurality of physical playing cards are dealt for the play of a live wager-based table game at a physical gaming table, wherein said movable receiving component is further adapted to display at least one of the plurality of physical playing cards to one or more players seated away from the physical gaming table during the play of the live wager-based table game;
and
an automated card removal component adapted to facilitate the removal of the plurality of physical playing cards from the movable receiving component to a discard region after the play of the live wager-based table game involving the plurality of physical playing cards,
wherein the one or more physical playing cards are dealt by a robotic manipulator mechanism.

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An automated playing card dealing and retrieval system, comprising:

a robotic manipulator mechanism adapted to deal a plurality of physical gaming cards at a physical gaming table adapted to host live wager-based table games involving wagers, live game play based on the wagers, and monetary awards based on the results of the live game play;
a movable receiving component adapted to receive one or more of the plurality of physical playing cards while or after the one or more physical playing cards are dealt by said robotic manipulator mechanism for the play of a live wager-based table game at the physical gaming table, wherein said movable receiving component is further adapted to display at least one of the one or more physical playing cards to one or more players seated away from the physical gaming table during the play of the live wager-based table game;
an automated card removal component adapted to facilitate the removal of the one or more physical playing cards from the movable receiving component to a discard region after the play of the live wager-based table game involving the one or more physical playing cards;
and
an automated card return component adapted to facilitate the return of the one or more physical playing cards from the discard region to another location where the one or more physical playing cards can be processed for the play of a future live wager-based table game at the physical gaming table.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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