Patent Grant
11896891
The disclosure relates to card-handling devices and related assemblies, components, and methods. In particular, embodiments of the disclosure relate to card-handling devices, card input portions of card-handling devices, card output portions of card-handling devices, card-shuffling carousels of card-handling devices, and methods of shuffling cards.
Wagering games are often based on the outcome of randomly generated arrangements of cards. Such games are widely played in gaming establishments and, often, a single deck or multiple decks of fifty-two (52) playing cards may be used to play the game. Gaming using multiple decks of playing cards may include, for example, six to ten decks used in games such as blackjack and baccarat and two decks of playing cards used in games such as double deck blackjack. Many other specialty games may use single or multiple decks of cards, with or without jokers and with or without selected cards removed.
From the perspective of players, the time the dealer must spend shuffling diminishes the excitement of the game. From the perspective of casinos, shuffling time reduces the number of hands played and specifically reduces the number of wagers placed and resolved in a given amount of time, consequently reducing casino revenue. Casinos would like to increase the amount of revenue generated by a game without changing the game or adding more tables. One option to increase revenue is to decrease the time the dealer spends handling and shuffling playing cards. This may be accomplished by using one set of cards to administer the game while shuffling a second set of cards. Other options include decreasing shuffling time.
The desire to decrease shuffling time has led to the development of mechanical and electromechanical card-shuffling devices. Such devices increase the speed of shuffling and dealing, thereby increasing actual playing time. Such devices also add to the excitement of a game by reducing the amount of time the dealer or house must spend preparing to play the game.
However, the card output area or shoe used in conjunction with shufflers often places strain on dealers' hands and wrists by using card distribution interfaces to output cards that are oriented at a substantial acute angle relative to the table surface. To draw cards from these shoes, dealers often must twist their wrists repeatedly at awkward and uncomfortable angles. Moreover, shoes often are not easily adjustable to meet a dealer's card drawing preference (e.g., direction in which dealers prefer to draw a card relative to the table).
Card counting is also a significant problem, for example, when using automatic card shufflers or hand shuffling. Casinos often lose a house advantage when players can predict what cards remain to be dealt and the proximity of those cards to being dealt. It is desirable for casinos to reduce or eliminate the ability for players to count cards. Continuous shuffling machines assist in reducing the ability to count cards, but additional ways to eliminate card counting and improve ergonomics of card delivery may be desirable.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-handling device including a playing card-shuffling apparatus and a card rotation device. The card rotation device may be configured to rotate one or more playing cards about a minor axis of the one or more playing cards to alter an orientation of lateral edges of the one or more playing cards. The minor axis of the one or more playing cards extends through a thickness of the one or more playing cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the one or more playing cards. The card rotation device may be configured to rotate the one or more playing cards as at least one of the one or more playing cards enters the shuffling apparatus.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-handling device including a card input configured to rotate at least one playing card from a group of playing cards about a minor axis of the at least one playing card to alter an orientation of lateral edges of the at least one playing card. The minor axis of the at least one playing card extends through the thickness of the at least one playing card in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and lateral axis of the at least one playing card. The card input may be configured to enable the at least one playing card to be provided to a card-shuffling apparatus for shuffling playing cards after the orientation of the at least one playing card has been altered.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-handling device configured to be mounted at or proximate a gaming surface. The card-handling device may include a card-shuffling apparatus and a card rotation device. The card rotation device may be configured to receive playing cards in a substantially flat orientation and alter an orientation of a leading edge of at least some of the playing cards while maintaining at least some of the playing cards in the substantially flat orientation.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-handling device configured to be positioned at a gaming structure having a playing surface. The card-handling device may include a card-shuffling apparatus and a card output portion. The card output portion may be configured to receive playing cards from the card-shuffling apparatus when the card output portion is in a first position. The playing cards may be positioned by the card-shuffling apparatus to be received into the card output portion with major faces of the playing cards oriented in a plane substantially transverse to the playing surface. The card output portion may be further configured to transport the playing cards to a second position where at least a portion of the card output portion is accessible from the playing surface.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method of shuffling cards. The method may include inputting cards into a card rotation device. The method may include rotating the card rotation device about a minor axis of the cards to alter an orientation of lateral edges of the cards to randomize an orientation of the lateral edges of the cards. The minor axis of the cards extends through a thickness of the cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the cards. The method may further include transporting the cards from the card rotation device into a card-shuffling apparatus. The method may include outputting at least one card from the card-shuffling apparatus into a card output area.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a method of shuffling cards. The method may include inputting cards into a card-handling device in an orientation substantially parallel to a horizontal plane. The method may include transporting the cards to a card-shuffling apparatus. The method may further include outputting the cards into a card output area in an orientation substantially perpendicular to the horizontal plane.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-handling device including a card-shuffling apparatus. The card-shuffling apparatus may include a carousel having a number of compartments, for example, at least one hundred compartments. The compartments may be arranged radially about the carousel and configured to hold between one and ten cards in each compartment.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-shuffling carousel including compartments arranged radially about the carousel. The compartments may be configured to hold at least one card. The compartments may include an aperture defined by at least two arms and a resilient material. The resilient material may extend between a bottom retention and a top retention in at least one of the at least two arms. The resilient material may have a length greater than a distance between the bottom retention and the top retention. At least one of the bottom retention and the top retention may be a movable connection.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a card-handling device for use with a gaming surface. The card-handling device may include a retractable card input portion, a transportation device, a card-shuffling apparatus, and a card outlet. The retractable card input portion may be configured to receive playing cards in an orientation substantially parallel to the gaming surface. The transportation device may be configured to transfer the playing cards from the retractable card input portion to the card-shuffling apparatus within the card-handling device. The card outlet may be configured to receive the playing cards from the card-shuffling apparatus and deliver the playing cards to a location proximate the gaming surface in an orientation substantially transverse to the gaming surface.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card-handling device configured to be positioned at least partially below a gaming table upper surface. The card-handling device may include a card intake area, a card-shuffling apparatus, and an output area. The card intake area may be configured to feed cards into the card-shuffling apparatus in an orientation substantially parallel to a surface of the gaming table. The output area may be configured to receive the cards from the card-shuffling apparatus in an orientation substantially transverse to the surface of the gaming table in an area beneath the surface of the gaming table and transport the cards to an area at least partially above the surface of the gaming table.
While the specification concludes with claims particularly pointing out and distinctly claiming embodiments of the present disclosure, the advantages of embodiments of the disclosure may be more readily ascertained from the following description of embodiments of the disclosure when read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in which:
The illustrations presented herein are not meant to be actual views of any particular card-handling device or component thereof but are merely idealized representations employed to describe illustrative embodiments. The drawings are not necessarily to scale. Elements common between figures may retain the same numerical designation.
As used herein, any relational term, such as “first,” “second,” “over,” “beneath,” “top,” “bottom,” “underlying,” “up,” “down,” etc., is used for clarity and convenience in understanding the disclosure and accompanying drawings and does not connote or depend on any specific preference, orientation, or order, except where the context clearly indicates otherwise. For example, these terms may refer to an orientation of elements of the card-handling device relative to a surface of a table on which the card-handling device may be positioned, mounted, and/or operated (e.g., as illustrated in the figures).
As used herein, the terms “vertical” and “horizontal” may refer to a drawing figure as oriented on the drawing sheet and are in no way limiting of orientation of an apparatus, or any portion thereof, unless it is apparent that a particular orientation of the apparatus is necessary or desirable for operation in view of gravitational forces. For example, when referring to elements illustrated in the figures, the terms “vertical” or “horizontal” may refer to an orientation of elements of the card-handling device relative to a table surface of a table to which the card-handling device may be mounted and operated.
As used herein, the term “and/or” means and includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
As used herein, the terms “substantially,” “approximately,” or “about” in reference to a given parameter means and includes to a degree that one skilled in the art would understand that the given parameter, property, or condition is met with a degree of variance, such as within acceptable manufacturing tolerances, or wherein the variance is with respect to a general parameter, such as an orientation. For example, a parameter that is substantially met may be at least about 90% met, at least about 95% met, or even at least about 99% met.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include card-handling devices having a card rotation device (e.g., rotatable card input portion, rotatable card intake, rotating elevator, rotating card input device, etc.). The card rotation device may rotate playing cards about a minor axis, normal to a face of the cards, such that an orientation of the lateral edges of the playing cards may be randomized, for example, before entering a shuffling apparatus. Randomizing the orientation of the lateral edges of the playing cards may work to prevent some forms of card manipulation, card recognition, or card counting that are becoming more prevalent in games involving playing cards, for example, by recognizing any visual edge variations (e.g., edge sorting), differences, and/or anomalies, from manufacture, handling, or intentional marking.
Some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a card output storage area (e.g., area where the playing cards are stored after exiting the shuffling apparatus and before entering the gaming area) that stores the playing cards in a substantially horizontal stack. The cards may exit the shuffling apparatus in a substantially vertical orientation (e.g., where a major face of the cards lies in a plane normal to the gaming area). The card output storage area may receive the cards in substantially the same orientation as the cards exiting the shuffling apparatus. A horizontal card output storage area may provide additional storage space allowing the use of greater numbers of decks over existing designs and may allow for more compact designs providing more efficient use of space.
Some embodiments may include a shuffling apparatus capable of handling greater numbers of cards than conventional designs. The shuffling apparatus may include multiple compartments for holding cards. In some embodiments, the compartments may include a securing element and a card-handling aperture to make more efficient use of space allowing for a more compact arrangement of the compartments and provide an increased capacity for the shuffling apparatus. In some embodiments, the compartments may be modular, which may result in efficiency improvements especially for repair and replacement of compartments.
In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 may have a partially enclosed internal volume, for example, defined by at least two walls 206. For example, the card intake area 202 may have a first sidewall 206a and a second sidewall 206b, such that the playing cards can only be placed in the card intake area 202 in one orientation. In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 may include a back wall 206c to regulate the uniformity of the stack of playing cards in the card intake area 202 by providing a uniform stop when cards are placed in the card intake area 202. In some embodiments, the card intake area may include a top wall 206d (e.g., top wall 206d, which may be rotatable to open an upper portion of the card intake area 202) and or a bottom wall 206e further defining the intake area. In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 may include an open face 208 sized and configured to enable cards to be placed within the card intake area 202. In some embodiments, the open face 208 may be a front face of the card intake area 202. In some embodiments, the open face may be a top face. In other embodiments, the open face may be more than one face of the card intake area 202, such as, for example, the front face and a side face, wherein the card intake area 202 is defined by a first sidewall 206a and a back wall 206c, a first sidewall 206a, a back wall 206c, and a top wall 206d, or any other combination of walls 206. In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 may be defined by walls 206 on every face. For example, the card intake area may be defined by a first sidewall 206a, a second sidewall 206b, a back wall 206c, a top wall 206d, a bottom wall 206e, and a front wall. In some embodiments, at least one of the walls 206 may include an open area (e.g., slot, aperture, hole, cutout, or gap) and/or may be movable to enable the playing cards to be inserted into the card intake area. In some embodiments, the sidewalls 206a, 206b may coincide with a long dimension of the playing cards (e.g., longitudinal axis) and the back wall 206c may coincide with a short dimension of the playing cards (e.g., lateral axis).
In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 may be configured to hold up to 650 playing cards, such as, between about 50 playing cards and about 650 playing cards, or between about 500 playing cards and about 600 playing cards, or about 520 playing cards (e.g., about ten decks of cards with or without extra cards, such as wild or other special cards).
In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 and card outlet 204 may be configured to elevate and retract relative to the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100. The card intake area 202 and card outlet 204 may retract below the gaming surface, such that the card-handling device 100, with the exception of display 106, has a minimal, if any, profile above the gaming surface, as shown in
Maintaining a low profile while not in use may reduce the area required for the card-handling device in or adjacent to gaming tables, which may reduce the size required for a gaming table to occupy. In some embodiments, the card-handling device 100 may have a profile such that the top surface 108 may be incorporated into the gaming surface with the game being played on at least a portion of the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100, which may result in the dedicated space for the card-handling device 100 in the surface of the gaming table being reduced and/or eliminated. In other embodiments, the card-handling device may be placed adjacent to a gaming table on the dealer side thereof and supported by the gaming table via a bracket system or on the casino floor with height-adjustable legs or a pedestal.
In some embodiments, the bottom wall 206e may include at least one aperture 304 (e.g., void, opening, hole, etc.). In some embodiments, the at least one aperture 304 may allow the card input portion 110 (
In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 includes an open face 208 for receiving unshuffled cards. In some embodiments, the open face 208 may include retention brackets 312 configured to secure the cards within the card intake area 202. For example, the retention brackets 312 may be automated such that, when the card intake area 202 arrives in the elevated position, the retention brackets 312 may open providing a substantially enlarged area in the open face 208 for inputting unshuffled cards. Before the card intake area 202 retracts, the retention brackets 312 may close at least partially blocking the open face 208 such that the unshuffled cards when in a horizontal position cannot be inserted or removed through the open face 208. The retention brackets 312 may then secure the unshuffled cards within the card intake area 202 during the elevating and/or retracting motion of the card intake area 202. In some embodiments, the retention brackets 312 may be manually operated by the operator. For example, the operator may input a command into the control system 104 (
In some embodiments, the retention brackets 312 may have biasing elements 314 (e.g., springs, resilient members, compressible fluid, etc.) configured to bias the retention brackets 312 toward a closed position. In some embodiments, the retention brackets 312 may have an angular face 316, such that, when the operator inserts the unshuffled cards between the retention brackets 312 the retention brackets 312 are forced into an open position by the interface between the unshuffled cards and the angular face 316 of the retention brackets 312. The biasing elements 314 may return the retention brackets 312 to a closed position after the unshuffled cards have passed through the open face 208 between the retention brackets 312.
In some embodiments, the card intake area 202 may include a rotational input 308 (e.g., spindle, gear, shaft, differential, motor, gearbox, or cog). The rotational input 308 may be configured to rotate the card intake area 202 about a vertical axis 310 of the card intake area 202. In some embodiments, the vertical axis 310 may coincide with a minor axis of the unshuffled cards retained within the card intake area 202. The minor axis of the unshuffled cards may extend through a thickness of the unshuffled cards in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis of the unshuffled cards (e.g., axes extending along the major faces of the cards). For example, the thickness may extend from a front major face of the card to a back major face of the card.
In some embodiments, the rotational input 308 may be configured to rotate the card intake area 202 when in an elevated position and/or in a retracted position. For example, the rotational input 308 may be configured to rotate the card intake area 202 while transitioning from the elevated position to the retracted position and/or while transitioning from the retracted position to the elevated position.
As depicted, the rotational input 308 may be a gear (e.g., cog, spline, helical gear, tapered gear, etc.). In some embodiments, the rotational input 308 may remain disengaged when the card intake area 202 is not in the retracted position. For example, the rotational input 308 may engage a rotational drive 502 (
In other embodiments, the rotational input 308 may be remain engaged (e.g., be permanently engaged) with a gearbox configured to input rotation into the rotational input 308 in the elevated position, the retracted position or at any point during the transition between the elevated position and/or the retracted position.
The playing cards may exit the card intake area 202 through the one of the gaps 302 (
In some embodiments, the card-imaging system 604 may be oriented along the first card pathway 608 of the first card feed system 402. The first card feed system 402 may transport playing cards past the card-imaging system 604, and the card-imaging system 604 may capture identifying information of each playing card as each playing card moves along the first card pathway 608 before insertion into the card-shuffling apparatus 114. For example, the card-imaging system 604 may include a camera or line scanning device that captures an image or scan of each card. In some embodiments, the card-imaging system 604 may comprise one or more of the imaging devices described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,933,448 to Downs, issued Apr. 26, 2011, in U.S. Pat. No. 7,764,836 to Downs et al., issued Jul. 27, 2010, or in U.S. Pat. No. 8,800,993 B2 to Blaha et al., issued Aug. 12, 2014, the disclosure of each of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by this reference. In some embodiments, the card-imaging system 604 may not need to capture an image of an entire card, but may detect only rank and suit information, indicia (e.g., markings) on the playing cards, such as, for example, a lot number, a casino identifier, a shoe number, a shift number, a table number, bar code, glyph, any other known type of special marking, or combinations thereof. In some embodiments, the control system 104 (
In some embodiments, the one or more sensors 606 of the card input portion 110 may be oriented proximate the card intake area 202 and may be used to sense whether playing cards are present in the card intake area 202 or whether playing cards are being passed from the card intake area 202 to the first card pathway 608. Furthermore, the sensor 606 may be configured to send signals to the control system 104 (
In some embodiments, the card input portion 110 may include a restricted portion 650 of the first card pathway 608. For example, the restricted portion 650 may restrict a lateral and/or longitudinal dimension of the card pathway 608 in order to restrict unwanted movement (e.g., bending) of the cards as they moved toward and into the card-shuffling apparatus 114.
In some embodiments, the card input portion 110 may include an elongated packer arm 622. The elongated packer arm 622 may rotate about a packer arm shaft 624 and a pushing surface 626 of a pusher arm 628 of the elongated packer arm 622 may translate partially along the first card pathway 608 of the first card feed system 402 to ensure proper loading of the playing cards into the card-shuffling apparatus 114. A motor 630 may rotate an eccentric cam member 632, which may cause the elongated packer arm 622 to rock back and forth along an arc-shaped path through a connector link 634.
In some embodiments, the elongated packer arm 622 may be used to provide additional force to a playing card along the first card pathway 608 as the playing card leaves the pair of rollers 620a, 620b. For example, the elongated packer arm 622 may be located in the card-handling device 100 such that the pushing surface 626 of the pusher arm 628 of the elongated packer arm 622 may abut against a trailing edge of a playing card and force the playing card at least substantially completely into the card-shuffling apparatus 114. In some embodiments, the elongated packer arm 622 may be similar to the devices disclosed in the aforementioned U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,659,460, 7,766,332, and 8,800,993 B2, the disclosures of each of which are incorporated herein in their entireties by this reference.
In some embodiments, the adjacent fingers 706 may include a biasing element (e.g., spring, leaf spring, inverted spring, inverted leaf spring, resilient member, etc.) providing biasing pressure between the adjacent fingers 706 for assisting in holding playing cards securely within the compartments 704 after the playing cards are inserted into the multi-compartment carousel 702. In some embodiments, each compartment 704 may be sized and shaped to hold between one and ten playing cards, such as between two and seven playing cards, between one and five playing cards or between four and five playing cards.
In some embodiments, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may have between about eighty or one hundred compartments and about two hundred compartments, such as between about one hundred compartments and about one hundred sixty compartments, between about one hundred twenty compartments and about one hundred forty compartments, or about one-hundred-thirty compartments. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may be configured to hold up to six hundred fifty individual cards, such as between about fifty cards and about six hundred fifty cards, between about five hundred cards and about six hundred cards, or about five hundred twenty cards.
In some embodiments, the compartments 704 may be modular. For example, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may be defined by a number of compartment modules 712 extending radially from the rotatable center member 708. In some embodiments, the compartment modules 712 may be individually removable from the rotatable center member 708. For example, each compartment module 712 may be secured to the rotatable center member 708 with hardware (e.g., screws, bolts, nuts, studs, pins, etc.), clamps (e.g., toggle clamps, latch clamps, spring clamps, screw clamps, etc.), or latches (e.g., draw latch, pin and tube latch, toggle latch, barrel latch, rotary latch, etc.).
In some embodiments, the arms 806 may include a biasing element 814 configured to secure the playing cards within the apertures 804. In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 may be formed from a resilient material configured to bow at least partially outward from the arm 806 intruding into the aperture 804. For example, the biasing element 814 may be a length of resilient material forming an arc with an apex 816 of the arc located within the aperture 804 in a direction away from the arm 806. In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 may be separate from the arm 806. The arm 806 may include a bottom retention 818 and a top retention 820 configured to retain the ends 822 of the biasing element 814. In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 may be a resilient material spanning between the top retention 820 and the bottom retention 818. In some embodiments, at least one of the top retention 820 and the bottom retention 818 may be configured to provide a floating retention of the biasing element 814 such that an end of the biasing element 814 may move relative to the arm 806. For example, the distal end 822 of the biasing element 814 may move inward away from the aperture 804 while still being restricted from moving outward into the aperture 804 beyond a selected distance. When the biasing element 814 is fully extended such that an apex 816 of the biasing element 814 is the largest distance from the arm 806, as permitted by the arms 806, the distal end 822 may be in a first position within the top retention 820. When playing cards are inserted into the aperture 804, the apex 816 may move toward the arm 806 and the floating retention in the top retention 820 may allow the distal end 822 of the biasing element 814 to move to a second position.
In some embodiments, at least one of the bottom retention 818 and the top retention 820 may be a fixed connection such that an end of the biasing element 814 in the bottom retention 818 and/or the top retention 820 may not be allowed to move relative to the arm 806. In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 may be integral to the arm 806 (e.g., formed from the same piece of material such that there is no definitive joint between the biasing element 814 and the arm 806) at the fixed connection. In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 may be formed from a different material and fixed to the arm 806 at the bottom retention 818 and/or the top retention 820. The biasing element 814 may be attached with hardware (e.g., pin, screw, bolt, etc.), adhesive (e.g., glue, epoxy, etc.), welding, soldering, or brazing.
In some embodiments, one of the bottom retention 818 and the top retention 820 may be a fixed connection while the other retention 818, 820 is a floating retention. For example, the bottom retention 818 may be a fixed connection and the top retention 820 may be a floating retention.
In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 may include a biasing support 830 (e.g., secondary biasing element, secondary spring, bump stop, damper, etc.). For example, the biasing support 830 may be positioned between the apex 816 and the arm 806. The biasing support 830 may be configured to provide additional support to the biasing element 814. In some embodiments, the biasing support 830 may be adjustable such that the securing pressure of the biasing element 814 and/or the biasing support 830 may be adjustable, such as, for example, by limiting the travel of the biasing element 814, increasing the resistance by preloading the biasing support (e.g., spring spacers, indexed seats, etc.), and/or otherwise altering the resistance of the biasing support (e.g., fluid pressure, damper valve adjustments, etc.). In some embodiments, the biasing support 830 may be a coil spring. In some embodiments, the biasing element 814 and/or the arm 806 may include seats 832 to locate or restrict movement of the biasing support 830 in at least one direction (e.g., in a lateral or axial direction). For example, the seats 832 may be pins and the biasing support 830 may define complementary geometry (e.g., hole, aperture, annular formation, etc.) to the pins such that the biasing support 830 is secured between the biasing element 814 and the arm 806.
In some embodiments, the apertures 804 may each include a sensor to determine when the aperture 804 is full (e.g., has the maximum number of playing cards it is configured to hold by sensing the position of the biasing element 814). In some embodiments, the sensor may include a pair of contacts, a magnetic switch, reed switch, pressure switch, proximity switch, etc. In some embodiments, the control system 104 (
In some embodiments, the control system 104 (
Although the card-handling device 100 of the present disclosure describes the card-shuffling apparatus 114 including a multi-compartment carousel 702, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may include any suitable shuffling mechanism such as, for example, those disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,676,372 to Sines et al. that issued Oct. 14, 1997, U.S. Pat. No. 6,254,096 to Grauzer et al. that issued Jul. 3, 2001, U.S. Pat. No. 6,651,981 to Grauzer et al. that issued Nov. 25, 2003, and U.S. Pat. No. 6,659,460 to Blaha et al. that issued Dec. 9, 2003, the disclosures of each of which are incorporated herein in their entireties by this reference. In some embodiments, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may have a wheel or carousel design that may be somewhat similar to the card-shuffling devices disclosed in the aforementioned and incorporated by reference U.S. Pat. No. 8,800,993 B2.
In some embodiments, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may operate, in at least one operational mode, as a continuous shuffling machine. In other words, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may be configured to continuously receive cards (e.g., after each round of play) and may continuously shuffle cards and provide cards to the dealer without unloading unused cards. In contrast, batch shuffling the one or more decks of cards involves unloading the entire set of cards after each shuffling cycle. For example, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may shuffle the playing cards such that playing cards discarded and reinserted into the card-handling device 100 from a previous round have a chance of appearing (e.g., being dealt) in the next round.
In some embodiments, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may operate, in at least one operational mode, as a batch shuffling machine or to verify and/or sort a group or deck of playing cards. For example, the card-shuffling apparatus 114 may be configured to shuffle a complete set or “shoe” of one or more decks of cards (e.g., one, two, four, six, eight, ten decks of cards, etc.) and then provide the cards from those decks to the dealer (e.g., one card at a time, one hand at a time, etc.) until the set of cards is depleted, or a cut card is reached.
In some embodiments, the ejector 904 and the card transfer system 902 may be located at a top portion of the multi-compartment carousel 702. For example, the ejector 904 may unload playing cards into the card transfer system 902 when the compartment 704 retaining the playing cards is in a substantially vertical orientation within the multi-compartment carousel 702. In some embodiments, the ejector 904 and card transfer system 902 may be located about 90° of rotation about the axis of the multi-compartment carousel 702 from the first card feed system 402 (
In some embodiments, the card transfer system 902 may include a plurality of rollers 906. The rollers 906 may displace playing cards from the multi-compartment carousel 702 to the card outlet 204 along the second card pathway 903. In some embodiments, the card transfer system 902 may include a packer arm 908. The packer arm 908 may include a packer arm pivot 910, an extended arm 912, and a finger 914. For example, the packer arm 908 may be driven by an eccentric packer motor 916 through a connecting link 918. The packer arm 908 may rotate about the packer arm pivot 910 translating the extended arm 912 and the finger 914 partially along the second card pathway 903. In some embodiments, the finger 914 may be configured to engage with a trailing edge of the playing cards to ensure proper loading of the playing cards into the card outlet 204.
The packer arm 908 may be used to provide additional force to a playing card along the second card pathway 903 as the playing card leaves the rollers 906. For example, the packer arm 908 may be located in the card-handling device 100 such that the finger 914 of the extended arm 912 of the packer arm 908 may abut against a trailing edge of a playing card and force the playing card at least substantially completely into the card outlet 204.
As depicted, the card outlet 204 may be configured to store the playing cards 205 in a similar orientation to the orientation in which the cards leave the card-shuffling apparatus 114. The card outlet 204 may be configured to store the playing cards in a substantially horizontal stack, such that the cards are in a vertical orientation (e.g., lateral or longitudinal edges of the cards extend in a substantially vertical direction) with each card stacked horizontally (e.g., where a height of the stack of cards is slanted to extend along a major length of the card output portion 112 in a direction along the top surface 108) next to an adjacent card with the major faces of the cards lying in a plane substantially transverse to the top surface 108. The card outlet 204 may be configured to substantially support the cards on at least two sides of the cards.
As depicted, the card outlet 204 may be configured to elevate and retract above and below the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100. For example, the card outlet 204 may retract below the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100 to be in closer proximity to the card-shuffling apparatus 114 while cards are transferred from the multi-compartment carousel 702 to the card outlet 204. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may be elevated above the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100 when it has a complete set of one or more decks of cards (e.g., one, two, four, six, eight, ten decks of cards, etc.) that may be loaded in a card-dispending device, such as, a card shoe. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may be elevated above the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100 when the operator needs to enter additional cards into gameplay, such as, to load the cards in a card shoe or to deal or draw cards individually or as a group of cards. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may remain in the elevated position above the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100 until the cards have been removed from the card outlet 204.
In some embodiments, cards may be provided to the card outlet 204 (e.g., in the retracted position within the card-handling device 100 (
In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may be configured to vary the internal volume of the card outlet 204. For example, the card outlet 204 may include a movable guide 1002. The movable guide 1002 may reduce the internal volume of the card outlet 204 when a number of cards to be placed in the card outlet 204 is, at least initially, less than the full capacity of the card outlet 204. The movable guide 1002 may be retracted to increase the internal volume of the card outlet 204 gradually as cards are loaded into the card outlet 204 to increase the capacity of the card outlet 204.
The card outlet 204 may be configured to present (e.g., release) a predetermined number of cards (e.g., all of the cards) to the operator such that the operator can withdraw (e.g., draw, slide, remove, etc.) the cards from the card outlet 204. For example, the card outlet 204 may include the movable guide 1002 and the gate 1004 on an end of the card outlet 204. In some embodiments, the gate 1004 may be configured to open a specified amount to enable a specific number of cards to be withdrawn past the gate 1004 (e.g., to enable an entirety of the cards 205 to slide over the gate 1004, which is substantially flush with the top surface 108 (
In some embodiments, the movable guide 1002 may be driven by a biasing element (e.g., a spring, compressible fluid, etc.). In some embodiments, the movable guide 1002 may be driven by a motor 1010. In some embodiments, the gate 1004 may displace to a position clear of a pathway (e.g., into recess 207 (
In some embodiments, the motor 1010 may include a slip clutch 1012 (e.g., friction clutch, one way clutch, sprag clutch, freewheel clutch, overrunning clutch, etc.) to decrease fatigue on the motor 1010 and other components when running against the closed gate 1004. In some embodiments, the slip clutch 1012 may enable the movable guide 1002 to expand the internal volume of the card outlet 204 in response to additional cards being added by the card transfer system 506 (
Once the card intake area 202 is fully retracted into the card-handling device 100, the card intake area 202 may rotate until a lateral edge of the playing cards is facing the multi-compartment carousel 702, as represented by action 1208. In other embodiments, the card intake area 202 may be retracted in a position where the lateral edge of the playing cards is facing the multi-compartment carousel 702 and may not need to be initially rotated before transferring one or more cards. Once a lateral edge of the playing cards is facing the multi-compartment carousel 702, the pick-off rollers 610 may remove at least one card from the card intake area 202, as represented in action 1210. The pick-off rollers 610 may transfer the removed card to the first card feed system 402, which may transport the at least one card from the card intake area 202 to the multi-compartment carousel 702, as represented in action 1212. The elongated packer arm 622 may move the at least one card from the first card feed system 402 into a compartment 704 of the multi-compartment carousel 702, as represented in action 1214. The multi-compartment carousel 702 may rotate moving the compartment 704 with at least one card in it to another location and presenting a new compartment 704 in the area of the elongated packer arm 622, as represented in action 1216. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may rotate after each card is placed into a compartment 704. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may only rotate after the compartment 704 is full. In some embodiments, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may rotate at random times (e.g., sometimes taking one card in each compartment 704 and other times taking more than one card in the compartment 704 before rotating). In some embodiments, the multi-compartment carousel 702 may rotate the same number of compartments 704 (e.g., 2 compartments, 3 compartments, etc.) during each rotation. In some embodiments, the control system 104 may randomize the number of compartments 704 that the multi-compartment carousel 702 rotates through each time it rotates.
After the at least one card is removed in action 1210, the card intake area 202 may rotate at least 180° such that the opposite lateral edge of the unshuffled cards is facing the multi-compartment carousel 702, as represented in action 1208′. After the card intake area 202 is rotated in action 1208′, the pick-off rollers 610 may remove at least one card from the card intake area 202, as represented in action 1210′. The removed card may be transported through the first card feed system 402 and be inserted into a compartment 704 of the multi-compartment carousel 702, as represented in actions 1212 and 1214. The multi-compartment carousel 702 may continue to rotate as described above and represented in 1216. This process may continue to repeat until there are no more cards in the card intake area 202, until a preselected is reached, or until the operator enters a command to stop the process. Such a process may enable an operator to randomize (e.g., intermittently alter, sporadically alter) which lateral edge of the cards is presented on one side of a stack (e.g., deck(s)) of cards.
The ejector 904 may eject the cards from the compartments 704 of the multi-compartment carousel 702 into the card transfer system 902, as represented in action 1218. The card transfer system 902 may transfer the card to the card outlet 204, as represented in action 1220. The cards may be inserted into the card outlet 204 with major faces of the cards aligned at least partially in a substantially vertical plane (e.g., transverse to the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100, where the stack of cards is tipped over primarily extending in a horizontal or lateral plane). In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may be positioned above the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may elevate and retract similar to the card intake area 202. For example, the card outlet 204 may be in a retracted position when the cards are inserted into the card outlet 204 in action 1220. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may be elevated above the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100 when the card outlet 204 is full to facilitate access to the shuffled cards 205 by the operator. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may elevate once a specified number of cards are inserted into the card outlet 204. In some embodiments, the card outlet 204 may remain in the retracted position until the operator enters a command into the control system 104 to call the card outlet 204 to the area above the top surface 108 of the card-handling device 100.
The embodiments of the present disclosure may facilitate implementation and practice of card games using larger numbers of cards than is conventionally possible without undesirably delaying game play. For example, the embodiments of the present disclosure may allow for the card games using more than eight decks of cards, such as, for example, ten decks of cards, or twelve decks of cards. Embodiments of the card-handling devices may also facilitate simple repair and replacement of wear parts of the card-handling device, such as, for example, compartment modules of the multi-compartment carousel, roller, imaging devices, and sensors by enabling access to these components that can be removed (e.g., where select groups of compartments of the carousel may be individually removed and repaired or replaced).
The embodiments of the present disclosure may reduce and/or eliminate the effectiveness of some forms of card counting. For example, embodiments of the present disclosure may reduce or eliminate the effectiveness of card counting methods involving edge sorting by randomizing the orientation of the lateral edges of the cards within the card-handling device.
The embodiments of the disclosure described above and illustrated in the accompanying drawings do not limit the scope of the disclosure, which is encompassed by the scope of the appended claims and their legal equivalents. Any equivalent embodiments are within the scope of this disclosure. Indeed, various modifications of the disclosure, in addition to those shown and described herein, such as alternate useful combinations of the elements described, will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the description. Such modifications and embodiments also fall within the scope of the appended claims and equivalents.
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| DVD labeled Solberg Decl.Ex.C, which is not a video at all, is (see Binder 4-1, p. 34/206, Solberg Decl., para.8): Computer source code for operating a computer-controlled card shuffler (an early Roblejo prototype card shuffler) and descriptive comments of how the code works. DVD sent to Examiner by US Postal Service with this PTO/SB/08 form. |
| DVD labeled Luciano Decl. Ex. K is (see Binder 2-1, p. 215/237, Luciano Decl., para. 14): A video demonstration (11minutes) of a Luciano Packaging prototype shuffler. DVD sent to Examiner by US Postal Service with this PTO/SB/08 form. |
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| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 1 of 23 (Master Index and Binder 1, 1 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 2 of 23 (Master Index and Binder 1, 2 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 3 of 23 (Binder 2, 1 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) (Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 4 of 23 (Binder 2, 2 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, scan of color pages, for clarity, Part 19 of 23 (color copies from Binder 3). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) (Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 5 of 23 (Binder 3, 1 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 6 of 23 (Binder 3, 2 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, scan of color pages, for clarity, Part 20 of 23 'color copies from Binder 4). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) (Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 7 of 23 (Binder 4, 1 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 8 of 23 (Binder 4, 2 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, scan of color pages, for clarity, Part 21 of 23 color copies from Binder 6). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 10 of 23 (Binder 6, 2 of 2). |
| Documents submitted in the case of Shuffle Master, Inc. v. Card Aurstia, et al., Case No. CV-N-0508-HDM-(VPC) Consolidated with Case No. CV-N-02-0244-ERC-(RAM)), May 6, 2003, Part 9 of 23 (Binder 5 having No contents; Binder 6, 1 of 2). |
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