Methods for handling playing cards with a card handling device

摘要

The present invention features a playing card shuffling device, which through the use of a small image capturing means, captures an image of a face value of each card and stores the image in memory. This image is sorted in the format of a bitmap image. An operator of the device would be able to recall, through the use of a keypad, the images of the cards that comprised individual hands in the previous game. This feature allows for verification of a winning hand after a game has been completed. Thereby, a quick recheck of hands before playing a winning hand is performed. The face value of each card is determined by character recognition software. These card values would be stored in memory for archival access for use in monitoring the randomness of the game and determining the number of winnings hands.

主权项

1. A method of handling playing cards with a card handling device, the method comprising:
shuffling playing cards with a shuffling system located within a housing of the card handling device; capturing image data of at least a portion of each playing card with an image capture device located within the housing, the image data comprising at least a suit and a rank of each playing card; receiving the image data of the at least a portion of each playing card from the image capture device with a controller located within the housing; assigning a group of cards for output as a hand of cards utilizing the controller; outputting the hand of cards from the card handling device; and collectively storing the image data of the at least a portion of each playing card with associated hand assignment data for each playing card for archival access in memory located within the housing.