Amusement devices: games – Games accessories – Card shufflers and dealers
Patent
1983-06-07
1985-08-13
Pinkham, Richard C.
Amusement devices: games
Games accessories
Card shufflers and dealers
273149R, 273151, A63F 114
Patent
active
045345627
ABSTRACT:
Playing cards are marked with binary codes adjacent both side edges of the face of each card in a standard deck. The code includes a precode which signals a card reader to read the code in proper bit sequence depending on the direction of card movement past the reader. The binary code includes six bits to represent face value and suit of the card, and a four-bit error detection code which can detect errors of two bits in the code.
A deck of coded cards is dealt either manually or automatically according to at least one predetermined program. The coded cards are passed over photocells which read the binary codes on the face of the card. The photocell outputs are sent to a microprocessor, which compares the code to the predetermined program and directs the card to the appropriate player location.
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Cuff Richard A.
Hoffman Paul R.
Mosconi Vincent A.
Pinkham Richard C.
Tyler Griffin Company
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