Coded playing cards and apparatus for dealing a set of cards
US5067713A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 29, 1990 |
| Grant date | Nov 26, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63F2009/242
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A deck of cards is coded by marking each card on its face with a bar code which is essentially invisible to the human eye, but can be read by a detector matched to the source of wavelength of the light used to irradiate each card as it is passed over the surface of a portable housing which houses the detector and the associated reading means. Appropriate hardware is also housed in the housing to process the coded information read. The software provided stores a number of predetermined "hands" which are to be dealt. It can also deal a random deal, more random than can be dealt by human shuffling of the deck. A method is provided to deal a preselected "deal" to a chosen number of players, typically four, the apparatus indicating to the human dealer to which location each card is to be dealt.
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