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US 7,594,661 B2Granted
Playing card reading device and method
OwnerJohn W. McLaughlin, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A gaming device and method with a ramp with an upper rear corner cut-out where cards are slid face down up the ramp so that the mirrors or a video camera allow the card indicia to be viewed, wherein gaming tables may be easily retrofitted for television viewing or casino monitoring.
Claims5
A playing card viewing apparatus comprising:
- a housing having a front section, a rear section and a bottom adapted to rest on a card playing surface;
- said front section including a ramp surface angled upwardly and rearwardly from the bottom toward said rear section, said ramp surface including a front lower edge adapted to abut said playing surface and a top;
- an opening in said ramp surface of sufficient shape and size to expose a corner card identification of at least one playing card lying on the ramp surface facing downwardly;
- said rear section including front, rear, left side and right side vertical walls, all of said walls extending upwardly above the height of the top of said ramp surface, the top of said ramp surface intersecting said front vertical wall;
- said vertical walls having inside surfaces that define a substantially rectangularly shaped tubular space, and
- viewing means adapted to display a visual image of the corner card identification.
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