Patent ID: 7766332
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A card handling device comprising: a card handling zone; a card infeed tray; a separate card output tray, an opening to the card output tray located in substantially a common plane with an opening to the card infeed tray, the card infeed tray and the card output tray located on a common side of another plane located between the card handling zone and each of the card infeed tray and the card output tray; a card sensing system for identifying a feature or characteristic of each card handled by the card handling device; and a control system comprising at least one electronic signal processor, at least one memory device in electrical communication with the at least one electronic signal processor, and a computer program stored in memory of the at least one memory device, the computer program being programmed to cause the control system to selectively control at least one of a card infeed system, the card handling zone, and a card output system of the card handling device in response to at least one signal received from the card sensing system, and to enable a user to selectively perform each of a shuffling operation, a sorting operation, and a dealing operation using the card handling device.