Unique sensing system and apparatus for reading playing cards
AssigneeShuffle Master, Inc.
InventorJustin G. Downs, III
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Abstract
A sensing apparatus is provided for the determination of at least one of rank or suit of a playing card. The sensing apparatus includes an imaging array capable of sensing at least an area of a playing card that represents rank and or suit. A position sensor is provided for determining card position. A hardware component receives signals from the imaging array and the card position sensor. The hardware component forms a vector set from the output from the imaging array and card position sensor, and compares the vector set to known reference vector sets to determine rank and suit of a card.
Claims15
A sensing apparatus for the determination of at least one of rank or suit of a playing card, comprising:
- a card-imaging array capable of sensing at least an area of a card representing rank and/or suit;
- a card position sensor;
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- a hardware component capable of receiving signals from the card-imaging array and the card position sensor, wherein the hardware component forms a vector set from an output from the card-imaging array and the card position sensor, and compares the vector set to known reference vector sets to determine rank and suit of a card.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.