Patent ID: 7222852
Filing Date: 2007-05-29
Classification: A63F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A device for identifying playing cards in a stack of playing cards, the device comprising: a first card support surface to supportingly engage at least a portion of a long edge of each of a number of playing cards in the stack of playing cards, a second card support surface extending at an angle to the first card supporting surface to supportingly engage at least a portion of a short edge of each of the number of playing cards in the stack of playing cards, and a third card support surface for engagingly supporting a surface of an outermost one of the playing cards in the stack of playing cards, the third card support surface forming a first obtuse angle with the first card support surface and a second obtuse angle with respect to the second card support surface, the first, the second and the third card support surfaces forming a receptacle sized and dimensioned for receiving at least a portion of the stack of playing cards; and a reading mechanism positioned to read a first indicia extending along a long edge of the playing cards and a second indicia extending along a short edge of the playing cards.