Card shuffling apparatus with automatic card size calibration

Details Card shuffling apparatus with automatic card size calibration Card shuffling apparatus with automatic card size calibration

A - Human Necessities

63

F

A63F 1/12 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2461726

A card shuffling device (2) includes a top surface (4), a card receiving area (6) for receiving an initial set of playing cards, a randomizing or arranging system for the initial set of playing cards, a collection surface in a card collection area for receiving randomized playing cards, the collection surface receiving cards positioned so that all cards collected are below the top surface of the device, and an elevator for raising the collection surface so that at least some randomized cards are elevated above the top surface of the device. An automated card shuffler includes a microprocessor with memory. An automated calibration system is provided that calibrates the precise position of the card supporting platform in the elevator so that precise insertion of cards can be performed during card handling procedures. A preferred method operates by a position of the elevator being randomly selected and the support surface is moved to the selected position, and after the gripping arm grasps at least one side of the cards, the elevator lowers, creating a space beneath the gripping arm, wherien, a card is moved from the infeed compartment into the space thereby randomizing the cards.

L'invention porte sur un dispositif (2) pour battre les cartes à jouer comportant: une surface supérieure (4); une zone (6) de réception d'un jeu initial de cartes; un système battant aléatoirement et arrangeant le jeu de cartes; une surface réceptrice des jeux de cartes battus telle que lesdits jeux se trouvent sous la surface supérieure (4) et un élévateur faisant monter la surface réceptrice pourqu'au moins certaines des cartes battues arrivent au-dessus du niveau de la surface supérieure; un microprocesseur; un système automatique de mesure déterminant la position exacte de la plate-forme réceptrice de l'élévateur pour permettre l'insertion précise des cartes pendant leur manipulation. Le procédé préféré comporte les étapes suivantes: sélection aléatoire de la position de l'élévateur; déplacement de la surface support à la position sélectionnée; saisie par le bras préhenseur d'au moins un côté des cartes; et abaissement de l'élévateur créant un espace derrière le bras préhenseur. Une carte passe ainsi du compartiment d'alimentation audit espace d'où un battage aléatoire des cartes.

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