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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2006
Justin G. Downs, Iii, Henderson, NV (US);
James R. Roberts, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kapilkumar N. Kulakkunnath, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Vladislav Zvercov, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Justin G. Downs, III, Henderson, NV (US);
James R. Roberts, North Las Vegas, NV (US);
Kapilkumar N. Kulakkunnath, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Vladislav Zvercov, Las Vegas, NV (US);
Shuffle Master, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Abstract
A device for forming a random set of playing cards comprises a card infeed area, a shuffling system, a card removal area; and a card reading system located within the device, the card reading system employing a CMOS sensor and a hardware component, the hardware component capable of converting signals from the CMOS sensor into vector sets and comparing the vector sets to known vectors to determine rank and suit.