Card stack reader, card thereof, card case, method for manufacturing card, game machine using the same, computer-readable storage medium on which game program is recorded
US7556197B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 26, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB42D15/02
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Embodiments describe a card stack reader having an imaging unit which reads an image from a peripheral side portion of a stack of cards, each card having a read code along a peripheral side edge thereof, the read code indentifying the card, and a code recognizing unit which recognizes the read code of each from the image read by the imaging unit.
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