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Card for use with a game apparatus

US8382579B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 2008
Grant dateFeb 26, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB42D15/02
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The present invention relates to a card stack reader, a card thereof, a card case, a method for manufacturing the card, a game machine using the same, and a computer-readable storage medium on which a game program is recorded. The card stack reader comprises 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 identifying the card, and a code recognizing unit which recognizes the read code of each card from the image read by the imaging unit.

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