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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2010
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 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.