Patent ID: 8381918
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: A63F,B07C,B65H

Abstract:
1. A playing card handling device, comprising: a playing card holding area and a playing card collecting area; a magazine configured to temporarily store playing cards between the playing card holding area and the playing card collecting area to form a set of playing cards in the playing card collecting area; a reject mechanism positioned between the playing card holding area and the magazine, the reject mechanism being configured to reject a playing card before it is delivered to the magazine; a sensor between the playing card holding area and the playing card collecting area, wherein the sensor is configured to read suit and rank of each playing card between the playing card holding area and the playing card collecting area; a processor operatively connected to the sensor and the reject mechanism, wherein the processor is configured to receive the read suit and rank information from the sensor; wherein the processor is programmed to identify whether any playing card is a playing card that should be rejected and to cause the reject mechanism to reject that playing card from the playing card handling device; and a display operatively connected to the processor, the processor being programmed to cause the display to display at least the read suit and rank of each playing card rejected from the playing card handling device.