IP Library Patent Application 18103959
Patent Application
App. No. 18/103,959

CARD SHOW APPARATUS AND TABLE GAME SYSTEM

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App. No.
18/103,959
Abstract

A system includes a card shoe that includes a housing for housing cards and an opening through which the housed cards can be drawn. The system includes a computer to detect whether there is any of the following predefined arrangements: (1) for each of a predefined number of consecutively drawn cards, the respective rank of the respective card is larger or smaller by one than an immediately preceding one of the cards drawn from the card housing; (2) a respective rank of each of a predefined number of consecutively drawn cards is the same; (3) a respective suit of each of a predefined number of consecutively drawn cards is the same; or (4) a same sequence in which a predefined number of the cards are consecutively drawn is repeated.

Claims (10)

1 . A shuffle check system for shuffled playing cards, the shuffle check system comprising:

a card reader that reads rank or suit information from the card; and

a computer including a memory, the computer configured to detect whether there is a special arrangement of the shuffle playing cards based on rank or suit information of one or more cards of the shuffled playing cards,

wherein the special arrangement of the shuffle playing cards includes:

a case where the rank goes up or down one by one in order for a predetermined number of cards,

a case where the same rank continues at a predetermined number of cards,

a case where the same suit continues at a predetermined number of cards, or

a case where the cards repeat the same sequence at a predetermined number of cards.

2 . The shuffle check system according to claim 1 , wherein an alarm is output when the special arrangement of the shuffle playing cards occur consecutively at a predetermined number of cards.

3 . The shuffle check system according to claim 2 , wherein a wired or wireless communication means is used as a means to output the alarm.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: SHIGETA, YASUSHI
To: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062593/0272 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
To: ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062593/0275 →