EP1620187B1 - Apparatus for playing game of cards - Google Patents
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- EP1620187B1 EP1620187B1 EP03730383A EP03730383A EP1620187B1 EP 1620187 B1 EP1620187 B1 EP 1620187B1 EP 03730383 A EP03730383 A EP 03730383A EP 03730383 A EP03730383 A EP 03730383A EP 1620187 B1 EP1620187 B1 EP 1620187B1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F1/00—Card games
- A63F1/06—Card games appurtenances
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F1/00—Card games
- A63F1/06—Card games appurtenances
- A63F1/14—Card dealers
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
- A63F9/24—Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for
- A63F2009/2401—Detail of input, input devices
- A63F2009/2411—Input form cards, tapes, discs
- A63F2009/2413—Magnetic
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63F—CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F9/00—Games not otherwise provided for
- A63F9/34—Games using magnetically moved or magnetically held pieces, not provided for in other subgroups of group A63F9/00
- A63F2009/345—Electromagnetically
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- the object of the invention is an apparatus for playing game of cards, having a half-round form gambling table, along the circumference of the gambling table at least one player's field is formed in the plate of the gambling table and a dealer's field is arranged as well.
- An apparatus for handling and shuffle game-cards is known from the WO-96/04969 international publication, which is used in casinos to store, shuffle and deal the cards.
- This apparatus has an inserting opening to receive a deck of cards, from which a roller system forwards the cards to a card magazine in such a manner, that a lifting device lifts a part of the cards at a random place of the cards being already in the magazine and a roller system moves a card into the so arising interspace. This process is repeated until each of the cards are inserted into the card magazine.
- the shuffle of the card deck is performed.
- the dealing of the cards is performed by forwarding the cards picked from the bottom of the card stack successively by a further roller system to a dispensing hole.
- This apparatus deals the cards reliably and randomly.
- the cards appearing successively in the dispensing hole are handed over according to the rules one by one, by the casino personnel, the dealer to the individual gamblers. Thus the presence of the person of the dealer is still necessary.
- a similar apparatus is also shown in the U.S. patent 6361044.
- the object of the invention is to provide an automatic apparatus for playing a card game, by means of which, as well as the traditional card games controlled by humans in a casino, the card games can be played but there is no need for the person of the dealer.
- a radial dealer arm is arranged under the plate of the gambling table and pivotably supported on a vertical shaft placed in the centre of curvature of the half-round gambling table, at the end of the dealer arm near the shaft a card magazine and a dealing device are arranged.
- On the dealer arm an endless belt-conveyor is supported having a horizontal carrying surface parallel to the plate of the gambling table extending between the card magazine and the outer end of the dealer arm.
- Each player's fields contain a card showing window, a display and a keyboard. The outline of the card showing windows is fitted to the sizes of the cards, which cards are of soft magnetic sheet.
- a drive producing pivot movement of the dealer arm, a driving drum moving the belt-conveyor, a drive moving the card magazine, the dealing devices of the cards, the electromagnets of the card lifting devices, as well as the card identifying sensor are connected to and controlled by a computer.
- the belt-conveyor consists of two parallel belts in distance laterally, which distance is at least slightly larger than the width of the lifting plate of the card lifting device.
- each of the cards are provided with a unique card identifying mark and a card identifying sensor sensing the identifying mark of the respective cards.
- the identifying sensor reads the identifying mark of the respective card carried by the belt conveyor and being in the vicinity of the sensor to identify the respective cards.
- the output of the card identifying sensor is connected to the appropriate input port of the computer.
- the cards are arranged in the card magazine in a vertical stack, and the card magazine has a lifting device.
- the rotating drive at the outer end of the dealer arm is preferably arranged under the plate of the gambling table consists of a friction segment and a friction wheel engaged with the friction segment driven by an electric motor mounted to the dealer arm.
- the bottom view of the apparatus according to the invention is shown on Fig. 1.
- the apparatus has a gambling table 2 having a half-round form, usual with card games, which is mounted on a frame 1.
- the gambling table 2 can be of transparent material, for example glass or any known transparent plastic material suitable for this purpose.
- an essentially vertical shaft 3 is arranged, which is secured to said frame 1 of the apparatus.
- a belt-conveyor 41 is mounted on the dealer arm 4 . Under the gambling table 2, on the upper side of the dealer arm 4, parallel thereto a horizontal section of the belt-conveyor is extending.
- the belt-conveyor 41 is guided at the ends of its horizontal section by two guide-pulleys 42, 43. In addition, the belt is looped around a driver drum 44, too.
- the belt-conveyor 41 consists of two parallel and displaced belt branches.
- a multiple of player's fields 21 are provided, which include a window 22 the size of which is matched to the size of the cards 62 used.
- a display 24 is fitted into the plate of the gambling table 2.
- a data input means, preferably a keyboard 23 belongs to each of the player's fields 21.
- a dealer's field 25 is formed, consists of a window 26 built into the plate of the gambling table 2.
- the lateral distance between the two parallel branches of the belts of the belt-conveyor 41 is at least slightly larger than the width of the holding plates 51 and 52 of the card lifting devices 48 and 49, so the holding plates 51 and 52 can pass between the said parallel branches when lifting the individual 62 cards.
- a card handling unit 6 On the dealer arm 4, between the belt-conveyor 41 and the shaft 3 a card handling unit 6 is arranged, having a card magazine 61 in which cards 62 of soft magnetic material, for example of iron plate, are stacked in a staple, one above the other.
- the card magazine 61 can be moved vertically by a lifting device 64 mounted onto the dealer arm 4.
- a dealing device 65 which can be implemented as a pusher, is placed between the card magazine 61 and the shaft 3, which is mounted also to the dealer arm 4.
- the side walls of the card magazine 61 is open towards the dealing device 65 on the one hand and towards the belt-conveyor 41 on the other, so the dealing device 65 can push a card 62 from the card magazine 61 to the belt-conveyor 41 at a respective height.
- a card identifying sensor 50 is arranged.
- Each of the cards 62 are provided with an identifying mark.
- the drive 45 of the dealer arm 4, the driving drum 44 of the belt-conveyor 41, the card lifting devices 48 and 49, their electromagnets, furthermore the card magazine drive 63, the dealing device 65, the displays 24, the keyboards 23 and the output of the card identification sensor 50 are connected to a computer 7, which controls the recording of the bets, the displaying of the results, the moves of the apparatus, the dealing of the cards and their withdraw, the evaluation and displaying the results in accordance with the rules of the game.
- the computer 7 directs the dealer arm 4 to pivotably move to each player's place in succession.
- the card magazine 61 moves vertically by means of the lifting device 64, stops at a random height of a card 62, for which the dealing device 65 pushes a card 62 onto the belt-conveyor 41 through the open side of the card magazine 61.
- the movement of the belt-conveyor 41 starts, driven by the driving drum 44 and forwards a card 62 to the window 22 of a player, whilst the card identifying sensor 50 reads the data from each card 62 passing in its vicinity and forwards these data to the computer 7.
- the card lifting device 48 lifts up the card 62 from the belt-conveyor 41.
- the lifted card 62 made for example of iron plate, is clamped to the window 22 by means of the permanent magnet 27 arranged on the lower edge of the window 22.
- the computer 7 evaluates the game on basis of the data received from the card identifying sensor 50 and from the data of the player's fields 21 and displays the results on the displays 24, records and stores the winnings for all players or subtracts the losses from the stored bets belong to each player.
- the cards 62 dealt When the game is over, the cards 62 dealt will be picked up and collected by the apparatus in such a manner, that the card lifting devices 48 and 49 rise to the cards 62 clamped by the permanent magnets 27, the electromagnets of the card lifting devices 48 and 49 are activated and detach the cards 62 from the permanent magnets 27, overcoming their attraction force. After having detached the cards 62 the card lifting devices 48 and 49 will descend to their default positions and place the detached cards 62 onto the belt-conveyor 41, hereupon the computer 7 controls electromagnets to switch off and the belt-conveyor 41 carries said card 62 to the card magazine 61.
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Description
- The object of the invention is an apparatus for playing game of cards, having a half-round form gambling table, along the circumference of the gambling table at least one player's field is formed in the plate of the gambling table and a dealer's field is arranged as well.
- Several computer programs known for playing game of cards, which are able to play the well known gambles like Black-Jack, Poker, etc. With these computer-gambles the gambling table is displayed on a monitor and the role of the dealer is performed by the programmed computer. The bets and the starting of the game are controlled by the player by means of a mouse or using the keyboard of the computer.
- An apparatus for handling and shuffle game-cards is known from the WO-96/04969 international publication, which is used in casinos to store, shuffle and deal the cards. This apparatus has an inserting opening to receive a deck of cards, from which a roller system forwards the cards to a card magazine in such a manner, that a lifting device lifts a part of the cards at a random place of the cards being already in the magazine and a roller system moves a card into the so arising interspace. This process is repeated until each of the cards are inserted into the card magazine. Hereby the shuffle of the card deck is performed. The dealing of the cards is performed by forwarding the cards picked from the bottom of the card stack successively by a further roller system to a dispensing hole. This apparatus deals the cards reliably and randomly. The cards appearing successively in the dispensing hole are handed over according to the rules one by one, by the casino personnel, the dealer to the individual gamblers. Thus the presence of the person of the dealer is still necessary. A similar apparatus is also shown in the U.S. patent 6361044.
- The object of the invention is to provide an automatic apparatus for playing a card game, by means of which, as well as the traditional card games controlled by humans in a casino, the card games can be played but there is no need for the person of the dealer.
- This object is achieved by an apparatus defined in the introduction in such a manner, that a radial dealer arm is arranged under the plate of the gambling table and pivotably supported on a vertical shaft placed in the centre of curvature of the half-round gambling table, at the end of the dealer arm near the shaft a card magazine and a dealing device are arranged. On the dealer arm an endless belt-conveyor is supported having a horizontal carrying surface parallel to the plate of the gambling table extending between the card magazine and the outer end of the dealer arm. Each player's fields contain a card showing window, a display and a keyboard. The outline of the card showing windows is fitted to the sizes of the cards, which cards are of soft magnetic sheet. The lower edges of the card showing windows being at the lower side of the plate of the gambling table provided with permanent magnets, two card lifting devices are mounted onto the dealer arm, the one is in a radial distance of and aligned with the card showing windows of the player's field, the other is in a radial distance of and aligned with the card showing window of the dealer's field, implemented with electromagnets. A drive producing pivot movement of the dealer arm, a driving drum moving the belt-conveyor, a drive moving the card magazine, the dealing devices of the cards, the electromagnets of the card lifting devices, as well as the card identifying sensor are connected to and controlled by a computer.
- According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the belt-conveyor consists of two parallel belts in distance laterally, which distance is at least slightly larger than the width of the lifting plate of the card lifting device.
- Preferably, each of the cards are provided with a unique card identifying mark and a card identifying sensor sensing the identifying mark of the respective cards. The identifying sensor reads the identifying mark of the respective card carried by the belt conveyor and being in the vicinity of the sensor to identify the respective cards. The output of the card identifying sensor is connected to the appropriate input port of the computer.
- In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the cards are arranged in the card magazine in a vertical stack, and the card magazine has a lifting device.
- The rotating drive at the outer end of the dealer arm is preferably arranged under the plate of the gambling table consists of a friction segment and a friction wheel engaged with the friction segment driven by an electric motor mounted to the dealer arm.
- According to a variation, the rotating drive at the outer end of the dealing arm arranged under the plate of the gambling table consists of a toothed segment and a toothed wheel engaged with the toothed segment driven by an electric motor mounted to the dealer arm.
- The apparatus according to the invention will be explained in details based on the preferred embodiment shown in the drawing.
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- Fig. 1
- is a schematic bottom view of the apparatus according to the invention;
- Fig. 2
- is a schematic side sectional view taken in the center line of the apparatus shown on the Fig. 1.
- The bottom view of the apparatus according to the invention is shown on Fig. 1. The apparatus has a gambling table 2 having a half-round form, usual with card games, which is mounted on a frame 1. The gambling table 2 can be of transparent material, for example glass or any known transparent plastic material suitable for this purpose. In the centre of curvature of the half-round form an essentially
vertical shaft 3 is arranged, which is secured to said frame 1 of the apparatus. - Under the plate of the gambling table 2 a
dealer arm 4 is pivotably mounted to theshaft 3, which is shown on the Fig 1 in a pivoted position in relation to the symmetry plane, but on Fig. 2 - for sake of better understanding - it is shown in the section plane. Thedealer arm 4 is extending up to the rim of the half-round gambling table 2. Thedealer arm 4 is coupled through afriction gear 46 driven by adrive 45 to theinner surface 47 of a flange mounted to the rim of the half-round gambling table 2. On theinner surface 47 of the flange there is a position sensor (not shown) for sensing the position of thedealer arm 4, by means of which the pivot rotation of thedealer arm 4 around theshaft 3 can be controlled to the desired position. - On the dealer arm 4 a belt-
conveyor 41 is mounted. Under the gambling table 2, on the upper side of thedealer arm 4, parallel thereto a horizontal section of the belt-conveyor is extending. The belt-conveyor 41 is guided at the ends of its horizontal section by two guide-pulleys 42, 43. In addition, the belt is looped around adriver drum 44, too. The belt-conveyor 41 consists of two parallel and displaced belt branches. - Along the circumference of the gambling table 2 a multiple of player's
fields 21 are provided, which include awindow 22 the size of which is matched to the size of thecards 62 used. Next to each of the 22 windows adisplay 24 is fitted into the plate of the gambling table 2. A data input means, preferably akeyboard 23 belongs to each of the player'sfields 21. - On the plate of the gambling table 2, close to the shaft 3 a dealer's
field 25 is formed, consists of awindow 26 built into the plate of the gambling table 2. - On the
dealer arm 4card lifting devices window 22 of the player'sfield 21 and thewindow 26 of the dealer'sfield 25. On theedges 27 of thewindows permanent magnets 27 are arranged. Theholding plates card lifting devices - The lateral distance between the two parallel branches of the belts of the belt-
conveyor 41 is at least slightly larger than the width of theholding plates card lifting devices holding plates - On the
dealer arm 4, between the belt-conveyor 41 and the shaft 3 acard handling unit 6 is arranged, having acard magazine 61 in whichcards 62 of soft magnetic material, for example of iron plate, are stacked in a staple, one above the other. Thecard magazine 61 can be moved vertically by alifting device 64 mounted onto thedealer arm 4. A dealingdevice 65, which can be implemented as a pusher, is placed between thecard magazine 61 and theshaft 3, which is mounted also to thedealer arm 4. The side walls of thecard magazine 61 is open towards the dealingdevice 65 on the one hand and towards the belt-conveyor 41 on the other, so the dealingdevice 65 can push acard 62 from thecard magazine 61 to the belt-conveyor 41 at a respective height. - By the side of the horizontal part of the belt-
conveyor 41, near to the card magazine 61 acard identifying sensor 50 is arranged. Each of thecards 62 are provided with an identifying mark. - The
drive 45 of thedealer arm 4, thedriving drum 44 of the belt-conveyor 41, thecard lifting devices card magazine drive 63, the dealingdevice 65, thedisplays 24, thekeyboards 23 and the output of thecard identification sensor 50 are connected to a computer 7, which controls the recording of the bets, the displaying of the results, the moves of the apparatus, the dealing of the cards and their withdraw, the evaluation and displaying the results in accordance with the rules of the game. - When playing the game the players being at the gambling table 2 can put their bets using the
keyboard 23, then the computer 7 directs thedealer arm 4 to pivotably move to each player's place in succession. Thecard magazine 61 moves vertically by means of thelifting device 64, stops at a random height of acard 62, for which thedealing device 65 pushes acard 62 onto the belt-conveyor 41 through the open side of thecard magazine 61. Following this the movement of the belt-conveyor 41 starts, driven by the drivingdrum 44 and forwards acard 62 to thewindow 22 of a player, whilst thecard identifying sensor 50 reads the data from eachcard 62 passing in its vicinity and forwards these data to the computer 7. Under thewindow 22 thecard lifting device 48 lifts up thecard 62 from the belt-conveyor 41. The liftedcard 62, made for example of iron plate, is clamped to thewindow 22 by means of thepermanent magnet 27 arranged on the lower edge of thewindow 22. - During the dealing of the
cards 62 this process repeats with each player'sfield 21 and with the 25 dealer's field. Finally, the computer 7 evaluates the game on basis of the data received from thecard identifying sensor 50 and from the data of the player'sfields 21 and displays the results on thedisplays 24, records and stores the winnings for all players or subtracts the losses from the stored bets belong to each player. - When the game is over, the
cards 62 dealt will be picked up and collected by the apparatus in such a manner, that thecard lifting devices cards 62 clamped by thepermanent magnets 27, the electromagnets of thecard lifting devices cards 62 from thepermanent magnets 27, overcoming their attraction force. After having detached thecards 62 thecard lifting devices detached cards 62 onto the belt-conveyor 41, hereupon the computer 7 controls electromagnets to switch off and the belt-conveyor 41 carries saidcard 62 to thecard magazine 61. - Having completed this process, the apparatus is ready for a new game.
- The dealing of the
cards 62 in the given exemplary embodiment can be realized in three different methods in accordance with the program used in the computer 7. In the first mode the drive of thecard magazine 63 moves thelifting device 64 to a random position, so arandom card 62 being in thecard magazine 61 will appear in front of the dealingdevice 65. In a second mode, while collecting thecards 62 thelifting device 64 moves to a random position for receiving acard 62, so each of thecards 62 get in a random position in thecard magazine 63. In a third mode, the former two variants are used simultaneously, that is thecard magazine 63 is moved randomly both when dealing and during collecting thecards 62. - For dealing and handling the cards not only the above disclosed
card handling unit 6, but several other known card dealing apparatus can be used. One of the several possibilities is to use the solution disclosed in the international patent specification No. WO9604969, which relates to manipulation and dealing cards.
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- Apparatus for playing card game, comprising- a half-round gambling table (2),- along the circumference of the gambling table (2) at least one player's field (21) is formed in the plate of the gambling table (2);- a dealer's field (25),characterized in that- a radial dealer arm (4) is arranged under the plate of the gambling table (2) and pivotably supported on a vertical shaft (3) placed in the centre of curvature of the half-round gambling table (2),- at the end of the dealer arm (4) near the shaft (3) a card magazine (61) and a dealing device (65) are arranged,- on the dealer arm (4) an endless belt-conveyor (41) is supported having a horizontal carrying section extending parallel to the plate of the gambling table (2) between the card magazine (61) and the outer end of the dealer arm (4),- each player's fields (21) contain a card showing window (22), a display (24) and a keyboard,- the outlines of the card showing windows (22) are fitted to the sizes of the cards (62),- the cards (62) are of soft magnetic sheet,- the lower edges of the card showing windows (22, 26) being at the lower side of the plate of the gambling table (2) provided with permanent magnets (27),- two card lifting devices (48, 49) are mounted onto the dealer arm (4), the one is in a radial distance of and aligned with the card showing windows (22) of the player's field, the other is in a radial distance of and aligned with the card showing window (26) of the dealer's field (25), implemented with electromagnets,- a drive (45) producing a pivot movement of the dealer arm (4), a driving drum (44) moving the belt-conveyor (41), a drive moving the card magazine (63), the dealing devices (65) of the cards (62), the electromagnets of the card lifting devices (48, 49), as well as the card identifying sensor (50) are connected to and controlled by a computer (7).
- An apparatus according to claim 1, where the belt-conveyor (41) consists of two parallel belts in distance laterally, which distance is at least slightly larger than the width of the holding plate (51, 52) of the card lifting device (48, 49).
- An apparatus according to claim 1, where each of the cards (62) are provided with a unique card identifying mark and a card identifying sensor (50) sensing the identifying mark of the respective cards (62) is placed in the vicinity of the horizontal section of the belt-conveyor (41) carrying the card (62) to identify the respective cards (62), the output of the card identifying sensor (50) is connected to the appropriate input port of the computer (7).
- An apparatus according to claim 1, where the cards (62) are arranged in the card magazine (61) in a vertical stack, and the card magazine (61) has a vertically lifting device (64).
- An apparatus according to claim 1, where the rotating drive (45) at the outer end of the dealer arm (4) arranged under the plate of the gambling table (2) consists of a friction segment (47) and a friction wheel (46) engaged with the friction segment (47) driven by an electric motor mounted to the dealer arm (4).
- An apparatus according to claim 1, where the rotating drive (45) at the outer end of the dealing arm (4) arranged under the plate of the gambling table (2) consists of a toothed segment (47) and a toothed wheel (46) engaged with the toothed segment (47) driven by an electric motor mounted to the dealer arm (4).
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