SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING PLAYING CARDS

    公开(公告)号:US20230027036A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-26

    申请号:US17959594

    申请日:2022-10-04

    发明人: Yasushi SHIGETA

    IPC分类号: A63F1/14 A63F1/18 A63F1/06

    摘要: A method includes. determining numbers of a cards sequentially removed from a card shooter and delivered to one or more persons during a round of a card game. The method further includes determining, based on the determined numbers of the cards and based on one or more signals received from a set of card detecting optical sensors of a group of sensors located on one or more card guide rails, whether there is an attempt to draw a card from the card shooter after the round of the card game is over. The method also includes, based a determination of that the attempt occurred, generating a signal indicating the attempt.

    Method for administering a package of shuffled playing cards

    公开(公告)号:US11557181B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-17

    申请号:US17314480

    申请日:2021-05-07

    发明人: Yasushi Shigeta

    摘要: Administrating a package of shuffled playing cards to prevent fraudulent card exchanges. The administrating system is configured to calculate places and a number of packages of shuffled playing cards at places of the backyard, the places of playing tables, places of carriers and the disposition place using information obtained by the loading step and unloading step and the administrating system calculates by every ID codes bases 1) places of packages registered by the registering step for registering to a data base of administrating system and a number of packages place by place from information obtained from the loading step and the unloading step. The administrating system is configured to recognize whether there is a lost package by comparing the information of all ID codes registered in registering steps with the ID codes at places of packages obtained at the calculating step from the loading step and the unloading step.

    MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR PACKAGES OF SHUFFLED PLAYING CARDS

    公开(公告)号:US20230001288A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17900087

    申请日:2022-08-31

    发明人: Yasushi SHIGETA

    摘要: To prevent a loss or replacement of card packages while operating casinos using packages of multiple cards in the casinos or other card game facilities using card game tables, a management system for managing packages of shuffled playing cards is provided. The management system including a management control device stores ID codes attached to a plurality of packages brought into a management/storage box, constructs a database, reads the ID codes of the plurality of packages brought into the management/storage box at predetermined time intervals, confirms existence of each ID code registered in the database in the management/storage box, and manages the ID codes of the packages before use and the ID codes of the drawn packages.

    DISPOSAL BOX FOR USED PLAYING CARDS

    公开(公告)号:US20220370887A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-24

    申请号:US17880979

    申请日:2022-08-04

    发明人: Yasushi SHIGETA

    摘要: A disposal box for used playing cards has a cuboid shape provided with six surfaces, namely, front and back surfaces, left and right surfaces, and upper and lower surfaces in an assembled state. The disposal box includes a slit that is provided in at least one of the six surfaces and enables the used playing cards to be inserted into the disposal box. The disposal box further includes viewing windows that are provided with a plurality of holes having a size at which the playing card cannot be taken out, and can allow the used playing cards contained in the disposal box to be visually recognized. The disposal box is formed of a paper or plastic material, and can be discarded in a state in which the used playing cards are contained in the disposal box.

    Systems, methods, and media for removing playing cards from a gaming table

    公开(公告)号:US11482071B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-25

    申请号:US17020367

    申请日:2020-09-14

    IPC分类号: G07F17/32 A63F1/06 A63F1/00

    摘要: Mechanism (which can include system, methods, and media) for removing a card from a gaming table are provided, the mechanisms comprising: detecting when a playing card is placed on a door on a table surface of a gaming table; and causing the door to automatically open downward when the playing card is detected as being placed on the door so that the playing card slides downward to a space below the table surface. In some embodiments, these mechanisms further comprise controlling the opening of the door using a hardware processor, and optionally using stepper motor to control the opening of the door. In some embodiments, these mechanisms further comprise generating a graphics version of the playing card; and presenting the graphics version of the playing card on a player's computer display after the playing card has slid below the table surface.

    GAME TABLE SYSTEM
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220331687A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-20

    申请号:US17230781

    申请日:2021-04-14

    申请人: Jim Gordon

    发明人: Jim Gordon

    IPC分类号: A63F1/06 A47B3/08 A47B13/16

    摘要: The present invention relates to a game table system for modular and adjustable configuration by a user. The game table system comprises an auxiliary member chosen by the user to be optionally adjoined to different areas of a table top or at least one leg of the game table system. The auxiliary member aiding in ease of access to various articles that may aid the user in conducting the game played upon the game table system. The auxiliary members may be removably adjoined so that one or more auxiliary members can be removed before storage.

    Scale apparatus and methods of use thereof

    公开(公告)号:US11448545B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17669552

    申请日:2022-02-11

    发明人: Acar Altinsel

    摘要: A scale apparatus is described. The scale apparatus may include a housing sized to fit within a playing card tuck box; a pressure plate operable to measure a weight of a plurality of objects; a wireless transmitter; and a microcontroller in communication with the pressure plate and the wireless transmitter. The microcontroller may be configured to: continuously measure the weight on the pressure plate; when the weight holds steady for a sequence of measurements, transmit a first weight measurement via the wireless transmitter; measure a change in the weight; and when the change in the weight is steady, transmit a second weight measurement via the wireless transmitter.

    Game progress information generation system, and computer program and control method therefor

    公开(公告)号:US11439892B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-13

    申请号:US16999574

    申请日:2020-08-21

    发明人: Takahiro Yoshida

    IPC分类号: A63F13/86 A63F1/06

    摘要: A game progress information generation system for a game, in which players compete against each other while respectively arranging physical game media in a field, configured to generate progress information for specifying progress status of the game, and comprising: a medium information acquiring device acquiring medium information required for identification of the arranged game medium; a medium identification device identifying the arranged game medium based on the acquired medium information; an action information acquiring device acquiring action information required for identification of action of the player; an action identification device identifying the action of the player based on the acquired action information; and a progress information generation device repeatedly determining the progress status of the game while referring to an identification result of each of the medium identification device and the action identification device, and generating the progress information based on a determination result to be obtained.

    Protective Packaging for Shipping Items

    公开(公告)号:US20220258947A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17305660

    申请日:2021-07-12

    申请人: Ricardo Ramirez

    发明人: Ricardo Ramirez

    摘要: Various embodiments include apparatus, systems, and methods relating to protective packaging for shipping items. In some embodiments, a protective packaging system may include a shipping container and a foam insert assembly. The shipping container may encase an interior portion. The foam insert assembly may be configured to conformally encapsulate one or more shipping items within the interior portion of the shipping container, e.g., so as to protect the one or more shipping items from mechanical impact damage (e.g., bending) and/or environmental damage (e.g., exposure to moisture) during shipping.