Patent Document ID: 9259640
Application ID: 14330964
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A card apparatus, comprising: a card shuffler, including: a card-handling system configured to: receive a set of cards from a card infeed tray; form randomized subsets of cards within a temporary card storage device having card storage areas configured to receive cards therein; and individually output the randomized subsets of cards from the card storage areas to a card output tray; a card recognition system configured to sense card information including a rank and a suit of at least the cards within the individual subsets of cards output to the card output tray as the cards are carried past the card recognition system by the card shuffler; and a control system operably coupled with, and configured to control, the card-handling system and the card recognition system and further configured to assign a card to each card storage area to form the randomized subsets of cards.