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.
Claims19
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 an opposed side 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 one by one from out of the card housing,
- one or more card detecting sensors arranged along a guiding direction of the card guide unit for detecting backward and forward movement of a card passed along the card guide unit, the card detecting sensors being configured to detect the backwards movement of a card when the card has been slipped back into the card shooter after the card is guided out of the card shooter, and
- one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from each card guided by the card guide unit.
A table game system comprising:
- a plurality of playing cards, each of the cards including an invisible code provided along a side of the face of the card, the same invisible code provided along an opposed side of the face of the card, the invisible 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 one by one from out of the card housing,
- one or more card detecting sensors arranged along a guiding direction of the card guide unit for detecting backward and forward movement of a card passed along the card guide unit, the card detecting sensors being configured to detect the backwards movement of a card when the card has been slipped back into the card shooter after the card is guided out of the card shooter, and
- one or more readers that read the invisible code from each card guided by the card guide unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.