Patent ID: 9254435
Filing Date: 2016-02-09
CPC Classification: A63F,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A playing card shoe comprising: a card cradle for holding a plurality of playing cards; a card dispensing portion for allowing the playing cards to be manually removed from the playing card shoe; a sensor for detecting an indicator on a playing card as the playing card is pulled from the card dispensing portion, wherein the sensor detects micro-dots on a face of the playing card in a plurality of regions as the playing card is drawn out of the card dispensing portion, the micro-dots are printed in visible ink in a pattern, the pattern encoding the rank and suit of the playing card, wherein the micro-dots are sized to not be visible to the unaided human eye, and wherein the rank and suit of each playing card is each encoded via an x-y coordinate grid, in which at least one location on the grid represents the rank and suit of each playing card; a card removal limiter for controlling the removal of the playing cards from the card dispensing portion; and a controller in communication with the card removal limiter and the sensor.