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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2005
Toshikazu Yoshida, Yamato, JP;
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ohara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Yoshida, Yamato, JP;
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ohara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a card stack reader, a card thereof, a card case, a method for manufacturing the card, a game machine using the same, and a computer-readable storage medium on which a game program is recorded. The card stack reader comprises an imaging unit which reads an image from a peripheral side portion of a stack of cards, each card having a read code along a peripheral side edge thereof, the read code identifying the card, and a code recognizing unit which recognizes the read code of each card from the image read by the imaging unit.