| 摘要 |
<p>METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING UNEXPECTED CARDS IN A CARD-HANDLING DEVICE (2,100,162) ARE DISCLOSED. THE METHOD COMPRISES PROVIDING A CARD-HANDLING DEVICE (2,100,162), WHEREIN THE CARD-HANDLING DEVICE (2,100,162) COMPRISES A CARD STORAGE AREA (4), AN OUTPUT END (36) FOR THE MANUAL REMOVAL OF CARDS, A PROCESSOR WITH ASSOCIATED MEMORY, AND A CARD RECOGNITION SYSTEM (38) CAPABLE OF READING AT LEAST A RANK OF A CARD, WHEREIN THE ASSOCIATED MEMORY HAS A DATA FILE OF A SET OF EXPECTED CARD VALUES, READING A VALUE OF A CARD (302), COMPARING THE READ CARD VALUE TO THE SET OF EXPECTED CARD VALUES (326), AND WHEN THE CARD VALUE IS NOT AN EXPECTED CARD VALUE, GENERATING AN ERROR SIGNAL (306,328) INDICATIVE OF A CARD NOT BELONGING TO THE SET.</p> |
