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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2006
Applicant:
Justin G. Downs, Iii, Henderson, NV (US);
Inventor:
Justin G. Downs, III, Henderson, NV (US);
Assignee:
Shuffle Master, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); A63F 1/06 (2006.01); A63F 1/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and an apparatus determines at least one of rank or suit of a playing card. The apparatus has at least one two-dimensional complementary metal oxide semiconductor imaging system that provides a signal when playing cards are moved over the system. The signal is a series of gray scale values that are converted into binary values. The sensed data is transmitted to a hardware component that identifies at least one of rank and suit to an external data storage device.