Patent ID: 7976023
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: A63F,G07F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A card shuffling apparatus comprising: a housing; a card input receptacle on the housing adapted to receive at least one deck of un-shuffled playing cards; a shuffling mechanism supported by the housing and adapted to receive cards from said card input receptacle and for shuffling the cards; a controller for controlling the operation of the shuffler, image capturing and display functions; a card output bin; card moving apparatus disposed within the housing configured for mechanically engaging an individual card from the cards shuffled by the shuffling mechanism and transporting plural cards individually within the housing from the shuffling mechanism to the card output bin to form a hand; an image capturing device disposed within said housing for capturing image data of each individual card being transported by the card moving apparatus; and a display mounted to the housing, wherein the display is capable of displaying a player hand image of the cards in a player hand, the player hand image comprising an image representing each card being transported.