827results about "Card games" patented technology

The invention herein describes a card handling apparatus used for automatically creating play-ready hands for use in casino poker games whereupon the apparatus may be programmed to accommodate a number of different game variations, and a variable number of players. The apparatus verifies the integrity of each deck before discharging the play-ready hands to a first discharge portal. Decks that do not meet verification criteria are isolated and moved to a second discharge portal. Non-faulty decks are moved to a metering station where they are metered to a card output tray at high speed while forming the play-ready substacks. Two decks may be shuffled, verified and queued within the device before commencing a game, or a second deck may undergo shuffling while play-ready hands from a first deck are being metered to the output tray.

A card handling device is configured to arrange one or more cards into sets or hands. The card handling device may have a card receiving area, a card infeed mechanism for delivering cards from the receiving area to a receiver for forming the card sets or hands, and an ejector for ejecting cards to a card dispensing area. The receiving area may have a card engaging movable sidewall. The card receiver may be movable and have vertically spaced dividers which define card receiving pockets. A top of the card dispensing area is located above a top of the card receiving area.

A cage is divided into a plurality of locations, including a cashier room. The gaming chip has an RFID tag storing a chip ID. The cage system that manages the movement of the gaming chips within the cage of the casino hall comprises: a chip reader that reads a chip ID from an RFID tag of a gaming chip moving between multiple locations within the cage; a chip reader that reads the chip ID from the RFID tag of the gaming chips that exit the cage to the casino hall; and a chip management database that records the chip IDs read by the chip reader as the movement history of the gaming chips.

The utility model discloses a shuffling mechanism with adjustable tightness. Comprising a card dealing machine body with card inlets formed in the left side and the right side, card bearing plates arranged in the card inlets and provided with longitudinal receding grooves, card shuffling rotating shafts arranged in the card inlets, card shuffling wheels arranged on the card shuffling rotating shafts and located in the longitudinal receding grooves, and a card shuffling driving motor set arranged on the front side of the card shuffling rotating shafts. The elastic floating piece is arranged on the upper side in the card inlet, the inner side of the elastic floating piece is hinged to the interior of the card dealing machine body, the connecting limiting piece is arranged in the card dealing machine body and located on the upper side of the elastic floating piece, and the elastic elastic piece is arranged on the connecting limiting piece in a sleeving mode. The utility model further discloses a dealing machine comprising the tightness-adjustable shuffling mechanism. According to the shuffling device, the distance between the elastic floating piece and the shuffling wheel located under the elastic floating piece is adjusted through cooperation of the connecting limiting piece and the elastic piece, so that the specific adjusting function of shuffling and feeding tightness is achieved, the problem of shuffling blocking can be solved, and the shuffling and feeding smoothness is improved.

The invention relates to the technical field of entertainment systems, in particular to a card dealing machine / a card dealing assembly and a card dealing machine / a card dealing machine rotating mechanism and a card dealing machine / a motor module. The card dealing machine is mini and ultrathin, the market blank is filled, convenience is provided for mini design of the card dealing machine or similar electric products due to the miniaturization of the motor module and the preassembly of the reduction gear box, and the card dealing machine is convenient to assemble and stable in work. The dealing machine is small in size, light, thin and convenient to carry, and improves the entertainment experience feeling of a user.

A compact card handling device for use in casinos possesses a card input portal and two playing card discharge portals which are all accessible by a device operator. An optical recognition sensor cooperates with a microcontroller to interrogate the integrity of each card during an ongoing shuffling operation to discover unexpected cards, including unrecognized cards and flipped cards. Expected cards are randomized and accumulated into a stack whereupon those cards are thereafter delivered to a first discharge portal comprising a conventional multi-card shoe. Unexpected cards are immediately discharged to a second portal where they may be visually examined by the device operator while a shuffling operation continues. The input portal and the shoe are clustered conveniently upon the surface of a casino table while the bulk of the machine resides below the table surface.

The invention herein describes a card handling device used for creating pre-formed hands for use in casino poker games whereupon the device may be programmed to accommodate a number of different game variations, and a number of players. The device comprises an unshuffled card input portal, a shuffled card discharge portal, and a radial card receiver whose operation utilizes centrifugal force. The exploitation of centrifugal force allows the device to be operated without the need for the motorized pusher mechanisms which are prevalent in the prior art, thus creating a device that is more compact and requires less manufacturing cost. The device is designed to be embedded unobtrusively in a poker table or adjacent stand such that the entire bezel surface resides at an elevation lower than the poker chip tray.

A card game device prepares shuffled and verified cards for a range of casino card games that utilize one or more decks, and also accommodates games that utilize pre-formed hands. The device has a first operating mode for automatically discharging play-ready hands used in poker games, and may be programmed to accommodate a number of game variations and number of players. Non-faulty decks are moved to a metering station where they are individually metered to a first discharge portal at high speed while forming the play-ready hands. In a second operating mode, the device discharges shuffled and verified decks to a second discharge portal. The device provides a universal shuffler that simplifies casino maintenance and eliminates downtime between card games. Decks having faulty cards are discharged to the first discharge portal after notification to the device operator. The embodiments also feature a rapid purging capability.

Since a game token (chip) on a game table has a complicated design, it is difficult for an image analysis technology to judge whether a dealer correctly redeems chips corresponding to betted chips at the time of redemption and there has been a problem that mistake prevention is not sufficient. A table game management system according to the present invention includes: a camera (4) that images a game token (100) placed on a game table (1); and a management control device (9) that grasps a type (10 points, 20 points, 100 points, 1,000 points, or the like) of the game token (100) placed on the game table (1) based on a color of a side face of the game token (100) imaged by the camera (4).

In some examples, a card sleeve system includes an outer sleeve. According to some examples, the outer card sleeve includes an outer front sheet. The outer card sleeve may include an outer back sheet coupled to the outer front sheet along an outer bottom edge, an outer left edge, and an outer right edge of the outer sleeve. In some examples, an outer top edge of the outer card sleeve defines an outer opening configured to receive an inner card sleeve. According to some examples, an outer top left corner and an outer top right corner of the outer card sleeve define right angles. An outer bottom left corner and an outer bottom right corner of the outer card sleeve may define rounded corners.

According to some embodiments, a gaming system includes a first shaped game piece capable of receiving a reversible pigment and a second shaped game piece capable of receiving a reversible pigment. The first shaped game piece and the second shaped game piece comprise a same shape and the reversible pigment comprises a thermochromatic pigment.

A shuffling machine comprises a shuffling machine body, the shuffling machine body is provided with a card containing bin and two sets of shuffling mechanisms used for pushing cards to fall into the card containing bin in a staggered mode, and the two sets of shuffling mechanisms are each provided with a fan-shaped wheel auxiliary mechanism. The fan-shaped wheel auxiliary mechanisms are located on the shuffling machine body and located on the lower side of a card bearing plate arranged corresponding to the fan-shaped wheel auxiliary mechanisms, and the fan-shaped wheels on the fan-shaped wheel auxiliary mechanisms can discontinuously and upwards protrude out of the upper side of the card bearing plate by a certain height in the rotating process so as to push the cards into the shuffling opening. Due to the fact that the fan-shaped wheel auxiliary mechanism used for pushing the playing cards into the shuffling opening is adopted, when the playing cards are fed into the shuffling opening, the playing cards can be promoted to shake up and down through the fan-shaped wheel on the fan-shaped wheel auxiliary mechanism, the playing cards are looser, it is guaranteed that the situation that the playing cards are adsorbed and adhered is avoided, and the service life of the playing cards is prolonged. Therefore, the effect of preventing the cards from being stacked and conveyed is achieved, the shuffling precision is effectively improved, and shuffling is more uniform and thorough.

A gameplay system including user-manipulable components includes a gameplay surface having a rectangular shape, a plurality of tiles configured to be arranged on the gameplay surface, a tile bag configured to hold a first subset of the plurality of tiles, and a plurality of racks configured to hold a second subset of the plurality of tiles. Each tile of the plurality of tiles includes an indicator imprinted thereon representing an alphabetic letter. The first and second subsets of the plurality of tiles are configured to be arranged as a third subset of the plurality of tiles.

The invention provides a system and method for generating explanation cues, and the system comprises an environment state observation and feature extraction module which is used for carrying out the collection and feature extraction of the information of an original observable environment, and obtaining a basic data set; the intelligent agent observable environment state feature extraction module is used for generating a playing combination according to the basic data set and analyzing the current situation to obtain an environment state feature set; and the text generation prompt module is used for integrating the multi-source information and generating explanation prompt words. According to the technical scheme, through an automatic generation mechanism, high-quality explanation cues are quickly generated by utilizing an efficient algorithm and powerful computing resources; manual intervention is reduced, and the production efficiency is greatly improved.

A method for manufacturing a trading card with improved surface characteristics, comprising: a step 1 of supplying a trading card having a UV varnish coating layer formed thereon; a step 2 of printing and applying UV varnish on upper part of the UV varnish coating layer; a step 3 of attaching a UV casting film on upper part of the trading card having the UV varnish applied thereon; a step 4 of curing the UV varnish using a UV lamp; a step 5 of peeling the UV casting film.

To provide a system capable of enhancing security by constantly acquiring and managing holder information of each gaming token and, when a dealer pays a gaming token to a player and the holder of the gaming token is transferred from a casino to the player, by acquiring and recording to which player the possession of the gaming token has been transferred.SOLUTION: A management system for managing gaming tokens 1001 includes: holder identification means, when a gaming token is used, identifying a holder of the gaming token by referring to storage means that stores the holder of the gaming token; player identification means, when a gaming token is used, identifying a player who used the gaming token; and a control device 1003 that generates an error signal when, as for the used gaming token, the holder identified by the holder identification means and the player identified by the player identification means do not match.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The umbrella ware system allows for various system devices to be connected to and rotated manually around the pole while resting on the table surface. The system design allows for the installation and removal of system gaming boards, food service trays, and container holders without having to remove the pole. The devices can be rotated 360 degrees around the pole, counterclockwise or clockwise. The system features two (2) halves: one with a female connector design and one with a male connector design. The connectors may utilize permanent magnets to attract and hold the two halves together. The magnets are embedded in the male halves of the rectangular-shaped insertion pins as well as in the female halves of the rectangular-shaped receptacle cavities.

Systems and methods of conducting wagering games involving, among other things, a modified Blackjack wagering game including an option to resolve the game prior to a final determination and optional wagers on the final dealer hand score.

The invention provides a game system which is used for playing games using physical game coins and can display images on the upper surface of a game table according to the game coins placed on the upper surface of the game table. The game system (100) is used for playing games using game coins (9) and game cards, and is provided with: a game table (1) having a game table upper surface (11) including a display surface (111) capable of displaying images; cameras (21, 23) which shoot game coins placed on the game table upper surface (11) and generate images; an image recognition device (61) that recognizes the placement content by analyzing the image; a game determination device (3) that reads the content of the game cards distributed to the game table upper surface (11) and determines a game result; and an image control device (7) that displays, on a display surface (111), an image corresponding to the placement content recognized by the image recognition device (61) and the game result determined by the game determination device (3).

A detection system according to the present invention includes a control device detecting fraud performed in a game table by using a result of an image analysis performed by an image analyzing device, and substitute currency for gaming used for this detection system has a multi-layer structure in which a plurality of plastic layers having different colors are stacked, a coloring layer (121) is included at least in the middle, and white layers (122) or thin-color layers (may be layers having a color thinner than that of the coloring layer (121); not illustrated in the drawing) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer (121) disposed in the middle. A multi-layer structure, in which a coloring layer (121) is included, and white layers (122) or thin-color layers (while not illustrated in the drawing, the layers may be layers of a color that is thinner than that of the coloring layer (121)) are stacked on both sides of the coloring layer (121) of this middle, is employed.

A teaching game device is disclosed which comprises a foldable playing board, with twenty five distinct officer pieces marked with initials and symbols for identification. The game does not have an intended player number but may come with one if necessary. Players move around the board using the officer pieces as well as additional components such as life tokens, a miniature hourglass, and playing cards offering various gameplays like skip, reverse, three-word clue, and Ritual Monitor help. Through the game, players must navigate three different levels of gameplay where each level has opportunities for the player to use cards or lose life tokens for incorrect responses. The goal of the game is to retain the last life token.

[Problem] To provide a game toy and a program with improved user enjoyment. [Solution] Provided is a game toy comprising: game pieces of a first type with which characters are associated and which are to be used in a round-based competitive game between a player and an opponent player; and a play sheet on which the game pieces of the first type are to be placed, wherein the play sheet is configured to allow for, in each round, collection of the player's game pieces of the first type that are in a placed state and placement of game pieces of the first type selected from among the player's collected game pieces of the first type and the player's game pieces of the first type that are in a non-placed state.

The utility model relates to the technical field of entertainment systems, in particular to full-automatic dealing equipment for playing cards or mahjong cards. The dealing machine comprises a card pressing mechanism, the card pressing mechanism comprises a card pressing connecting rod and a card pressing piece, one end of the card pressing connecting rod is used for being rotationally connected with the card pressing mechanism, and the other end of the card pressing connecting rod is connected with the card pressing piece. The structure is used for pressing the cards, so that the cards are stressed more uniformly, and the cards are more stably played.

The present invention provides a card recognition technology capable of suppressing a mistake in distribution of cards by a dealer, or the like. A card recognition program AP, by cooperating with various types of hardware of a card recognition apparatus 200, causes a computer device 220 to function as: a detection means for detecting a plurality of playing cards placed in a prescribed area of a game table 100; a determination means for determining a plurality of overlapping playing cards as one group, among the plurality of playing cards; a recognition means for recognizing respective card elements of the playing cards belonging to the group; and a counting means for counting the total value of the playing cards belonging to the group, on the basis of the respective card elements of the playing cards belonging to the group.

A fraud detection system which detects fraud in a game of performing collection and redemption of chips in accordance with a win or lose result includes a camera which captures an image of chips contained in a chip tray of a dealer, an image analyzing apparatus which analyses the image captured by the camera to detect an amount of the chips contained in the chip tray, a card distribution device which determines a win or lose result of a game, and a control device which compares the win or lose result of the game and the amount of the chips contained in the chip tray before and after collection and redemption of the chips to detect fraud.

[Problem] To provide a game toy used for a competitive game that enhances entertainment value for a user. [Solution] A game toy to be played by a first player and a second player comprises: a first type of game article including a two-dimensional character; a second type of game article including a three-dimensional character; and a play field on which the first type of game article and the second type of game article can be arranged. The second type of game article is configured to be placeable on the play field when combined with the first type of game article.

To provide a method for manufacturing a trading card, in which the trading card has a thick UV varnish coating layer, excellent gloss without generating bubbles and improved adhesion of the coating layer by printing and applying UV varnish again on the upper part of the trading card with the UV varnish coating layer and then curing it again; and a trading card manufactured by the method.SOLUTION: There is provided a method for manufacturing a trading card with improved surface characteristics, comprising: a step 1 of supplying a trading card having a UV varnish coating layer formed thereon; a step 2 of printing and applying UV varnish on the upper part of the UV varnish coating layer; a step 3 of attaching a UV casting film on the upper part of the trading card having the UV varnish applied thereon; a step 4 of curing the UV varnish using a UV lamp; and a step 5 of peeling the UV casting film.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

A system for configuring a digital wallet application for implementing a casino player loyalty program includes a memory storing reward configuration data associated with digital wallet awards and a processor configured to: (a) provide an award type user interface for receiving player loyalty award types; (b) receive award type data corresponding to one or more selected player loyalty award types; (c) provide an award threshold user interface for receiving at least one indication corresponding to player loyalty award thresholds; (d) receive award threshold data corresponding to one or more selected player loyalty award thresholds; (e) provide an award trigger user interface for receiving player loyalty award triggers; (f) receive award trigger data corresponding to selected player loyalty award triggers; and (g) configure a rules engine for a mobile wallet based, at least in part, on the award type data, the award threshold data and the award trigger data.

We provide AI education tools, server devices, and AI education support devices that can help promote the use of AI in various activities. [Solution] One aspect of the AI ​​educational tool disclosed herein comprises a worksheet formed with a plurality of activity cards, each having an activity content defined thereon; a plurality of AI cards, each having a task that can be supported by AI (Artificial Intelligence) defined thereon; an activity card placement area in which any one of the plurality of activity cards is placed; and an AI card placement area in which a first AI card, from the plurality of AI cards, is placed, the first AI card having a task defined thereon that is applicable to a task that constitutes a first activity content, which is the activity content defined on any one of the plurality of activity cards.