SG11201808834VA - Playing card dealing shoe activation device - Google Patents

Abstract

INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization MD IIIII01101010 11111 010111110111010111111111111111111110111111111110111111 International Bureau .. ..... ..Yi j (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date .... ...,,, WO 2017/176858 Al 12 October 2017(12.10.2017) WIPO I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every A63F 1/14 (2006.01) GOOK 19/07 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, A63F 1/02 (2006.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (21) International Application Number: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, PCT/US2017/026098 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (22) International Filing Date: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, 5 April 2017 (05.04.2017) MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (25) Filing Language: English RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (26) Publication Language: English TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: 62/318,881 6 April 2016 (06.04.2016) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, (71) Applicant: THE UNITED STATES PLAYING CARD GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, COMPANY [US/US]; 300 Gap Way, Erlanger, KY 41018 TZ, (US). TJ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, (72) Inventors: ROUILLARD, Carol; 160 Bares Run Dr., DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, Loveland, OH 45140 (US). GUNNERSON, Korey; 8751 SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Appleseed Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45249 (US). GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Agent: COHN, Dan; Husch Blackwell LLP, 190 Car- ondelet Plaza, Suite 600, St. Louis, MO 63105 (US). Published: = (74) - = — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) PLAYING CARD DEALING SHOE ACTIVATION DEVICE (54) Title: (57) : A system including a deck of playing cards. A randomly generated number is printed on each playing 115 card in the deck. An activation device is also provided, = which contains a data file of each randomly generated num- ber of the playing cards in the deck, and the order of each - 110 playing card in the deck. A playing card dealing shoe is also provided. The shoe includes a sensor for detecting the ran- = = 11111111111111111\" 0. 100 dourly g o e r er a e d o n a playing y n g as he the l sen ri -/ card is drawn from the shoe. The shoe is associated with a p d r o o m e with card inumber sin s p o r a e l , n s which t communication t and i = 110 • the • . activation device to receive information therefrom. The = = • processor determines whether a playing card drawn from the shoe is expected based on the information from the sensor = = and the activation device, and disables the shoe when the _ drawn playing card is not the expected playing card. = 105 1-1 GC 11 in cc ,-1 IN IN FIG. 1 IN ,-1 © ei O