Card Shoe Barcode Tracking for Shuffled Deck Identification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional card shuffling devices fail to identify the shuffled playing card set currently in use, making it difficult to investigate issues with the card shoe apparatus or irregular card insertion, which hampers the ability to take countermeasures.
Innovation Solution
A table game system with a card shoe apparatus that includes a barcode reader or input means to identify shuffled playing cards, a control unit to store and track card IDs, and a display unit to output game results, enabling the system to identify the currently used card set and record specified events for investigation and countermeasures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a cut card is inserted into the shuffled playing cards before the beginning of the first game, then the card set can be replaced when the cut card is drawn, but the shuffled playing card set currently being used cannot be identified
Solution Approach 1:
A barcode label is introduced as an intermediary element attached to the card shoe apparatus. This barcode serves as a mediator between the physical card set and the identification system, enabling the current card set to be identified through barcode reading without affecting the cut card replacement mechanism.
2Productivity
If the shuffled playing card set is replaced when the cut card is drawn, then new cards can be used, but it becomes difficult to investigate problems with the card shoe apparatus or irregular card insertion
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously monitoring and recording events related to card handling through the barcode identification system. When problems occur or irregular card insertion is detected, the system provides feedback information about which card set was in use at the time, enabling investigation and countermeasures.
3Device complexity
If no identification system is used for the card shoe apparatus, then the device complexity is low, but the ability to identify and investigate card set issues is lost
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of using complex identification systems, the patent uses a simple barcode label attached to the card shoe apparatus. This barcode creates a digital copy or representation of the physical card set, enabling identification without adding significant complexity to the physical device structure.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables identification of the currently used shuffled playing card set and records events for effective countermeasures, ensuring fair gameplay and security in card games.
Implementation Method 1
a barcode reader or an input means capable of identifying the shuffled card ID
Data Source
AI summary
A table game system is provided capable of identifying shuffled playing cards used at the time of the occurrence of a problem in a card shoe apparatus, thereby enabling an investigation of the cause thereof or the taking of countermeasures therefor. A card shoe apparatus of the table game system of the present invention includes a barcode reader that reads a barcode provided in a shuffled playing card set, thereby reading a shuffled card ID that uniquely identifies the shuffled playing card set. A sensor for detecting the opening/closing of the lid is provided under the lid to detect the opening/closing of the lid, thereby detecting replacement of the shuffled playing card set. A control unit further includes a function of storing security items in connection with a shuffled card ID.