Table game system
US11731033B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 21, 2021 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG07F17/3293
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
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 and RFID that reads a barcode or RFID provided in a shuffled playing card set, thereby reading a shuffled card ID that uniquely identifies the shuffled playing card set. The control unit has further a function of identifying an exposition of the cut card by the card reading unit and memorizing this information as that the shuffled playing card set now being used will have or be changed to the new one. The information of the exposition of the cut card is at least used for identifying an end of the current game using the shuffled playing cards set is currently set in the card shoe apparatus. A control unit further includes a function of identifying specified events that occur during the use of set of the shuffled playing cards at a game table, and of reporting these occurrences of the specified event in connection with a shuffled card ID.
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