US20200269127A1 - Shuffled playing card and method for manufacturing playing card - Google Patents

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US20200269127A1
US20200269127A1 US16/648,745 US201816648745A US2020269127A1 US 20200269127 A1 US20200269127 A1 US 20200269127A1 US 201816648745 A US201816648745 A US 201816648745A US 2020269127 A1 US2020269127 A1 US 2020269127A1
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  • the present invention relates to a shuffled playing card and a method for manufacturing a playing card.
  • a dealer sets playing cards of one deck or a plurality of decks on a card shooter and the like, delivers the playing cards one by one from the card shooter, and distributes the playing cards to a game participant. At this time, in order to guarantee fairness of the game, these cards need to be distributed randomly, so a game sponsor needs to sufficiently shuffle the playing cards randomly before setting the playing cards on the card shooter.
  • WO 2009/069708 A discloses shuffled playing cards individually packaged in a state in which playing cards constituting a predetermined number of decks are shuffled.
  • a shuffled playing card ID for accessing information which can specify a shuffle machine or a shuffle machine group shuffling the shuffled playing card, on database is assigned as an ID code.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a shuffled playing card and a method for manufacturing a playing card capable of confirming whether or not a playing card is a genuine product correctly manufactured and distributed on a sheet basis of a card base sheet.
  • a method for manufacturing a playing card includes: a printing step of printing a suit and a rank on one surface of a card base sheet and printing a back pattern on a back surface; a sheet ID assigning step of printing different sheet IDs for one card base sheet or each of a plurality of card base sheets on the card base sheet; and a cutting step of cutting the card base sheet having undergone the printing step and the sheet ID assigning step into individual cards by a cutting machine, wherein one deck or a plurality of decks are produced from the card base sheet.
  • the card base sheet on which the different sheet IDs are printed for one card base sheet or each of the plurality of card base sheets is cut to produce the playing card of one deck or a plurality of decks, it is possible to confirm, on the database, the information on when the card is printed and also when the card is inspected by tracing back through the distribution history of the playing card. As a result, it is possible to confirm whether the playing card is a genuine product correctly manufactured and distributed by reading the sheet ID from the contents of the card to confirm the history on the database even if the contents of the packaged shuffled playing card are replaced with a set of cards whose arrangement is known by malicious fraudulent players.
  • the ID management of the card base sheet in the factory becomes possible. For example, even when the card base sheet is discarded halfway, it is possible to manage at which stage the playing card is discarded in the database. In this way, it is possible to grasp a yield in each process at the manufacturing stage. In addition, even if malicious fraudulent players illegally obtain the discarded card base sheet and cut the obtained card base sheet by themselves to produce a counterfeit card and bring the produced counterfeit card for use in a game, the sheet ID is read from the card to confirm the history on the database, thereby making it possible to easily detect that the playing card is a counterfeit card and enhance the security of the game.
  • the suits and the ranks corresponding to one deck or the plurality of decks may be printed on one card base sheet, and a common picture pattern may be printed on the back surface, and in the sheet ID assigning step, the common sheet ID may be printed on the card base sheets corresponding to the one deck or the plurality of decks.
  • the sheet ID may be printed on the card constituting the set of decks.
  • the sheet ID may be printed on a card other than the card constituting the set of decks.
  • the sheet ID may be printed with transparent UV ink.
  • the method for manufacturing a playing card according to the aspect of the present invention may further include: a shuffling step of shuffling a plurality of decks of the playing cards by a shuffle machine to produce a set of shuffled playing cards; a packaging step of packaging a set of shuffled playing cards having undergone the shuffling step; and an ID assigning step of assigning a shuffled playing card ID as an ID code to the set of shuffled playing cards by generating different shuffled playing card IDs for each set of shuffled playing cards.
  • the method for manufacturing a playing card according to the aspect of the present invention may further include: a database producing step of storing the shuffled playing card ID and the sheet ID assigned to the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card by associating the shuffled playing card ID and the sheet ID with each other in the database.
  • the sheet ID of the card base sheet may be stored in the database in association with one or both of recording of a printing date on the card base sheet and recording of a cut date on the individual playing card.
  • the sheet ID read from the playing card constituting the set of decks may be stored in the database in association with the shuffled playing card ID of the shuffled playing card to which the deck belongs.
  • a playing card wherein a suit and a rank are printed on one surface of a card base sheet, a back pattern is printed on a back surface, different sheet IDs for one card base sheet or each of a plurality of card base sheets are printed on the card base sheet, one deck or a plurality of decks are constituted by individual cards cut from the card base sheet by a cutting machine.
  • the suit and the rank corresponding to one deck or the plurality of decks may be printed on the one card base sheet, a common back pattern may be printed on the back surface, and a common sheet ID may be printed on one deck or a set of the plurality of decks.
  • the sheet ID may be printed on the playing card constituting the set of decks.
  • the sheet ID may be printed on a card other than the playing card constituting the set of decks.
  • the sheet ID may be printed with transparent UV ink.
  • the sheet ID of the card base sheet may be associated with one or both of recording of a printing date on the card base sheet and recording of a cut date on the individual playing card in the database.
  • a shuffled playing card wherein a plurality of decks of the playing card having any of the above features are shuffled by a shuffle machine to form a set of shuffled playing cards, and different shuffled playing card IDs for each set are assigned to the shuffled playing card as ID codes.
  • the sheet ID of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card and the shuffled playing card ID may be associated with each other in the database.
  • a shuffled playing card wherein a suit and a rank are printed on one surface of a card base sheet, and a back pattern is printed on another surface, different sheet IDs for one card base sheet or each of a plurality of card base sheets are printed on the card base sheet, one deck or a plurality of decks are formed by individual cards cut by a cutting machine from the card base sheet, the one deck or the plurality of decks are shuffled by a shuffle machine to form a set of shuffled playing cards, different shuffled playing card IDs for each set are assigned to the shuffled playing card as ID codes, and the sheet ID of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card and the shuffled playing card ID are associated with each other in a database.
  • the sheet ID or the sheet IDs of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card is specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, and the shuffled playing card ID is singularly specifiable from the sheet ID.
  • the sheet ID is printed on one or a plurality of shuffled playing cards constituting a set of decks.
  • the sheet ID is printed with ink invisible under a normal condition.
  • the sheet ID is printed with a transparent UV ink.
  • the sheet ID of the card base sheet is associated with one or both of recording of a printing date on the card base sheet and recording of a cut date on the individual playing cards in the database.
  • the sheet ID or the sheet IDs associated in the database are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, a printing plate of the suit and the rank used for the card base sheet is specifiable from the sheet ID, and if the individual cards are specified, a position or positions of the corresponding suit and rank on the card base sheet are specifiable.
  • the sheet ID is printed on a site other than a card constituting the set of decks on the card base sheet, but the sheet ID or the sheet IDs associated in the database are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID.
  • the suits or the ranks corresponding to the plurality of decks are printed on one card base sheet, a common back pattern is printed on the other surface, and different sheet IDs for each deck are printed on the set of the plurality of decks, the sheet IDs for each deck of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, and the shuffled playing card ID is singularly specifiable from different sheet IDs for each deck.
  • a shuffled playing card wherein a suit and a rank are printed on one surface of a card base sheet, and a back pattern is printed on another surface, one or each of a plurality of card base sheets have different sheet IDs, one deck or a plurality of decks are formed by individual cards cut by a cutting machine from the card base sheet, the one deck or the plurality of decks are shuffled by a shuffle machine to form a set of shuffled playing cards, the sheet ID is printed on each of the individual cards, and the card base sheet is specifiable from the sheet ID printed on the individual card.
  • shuffled playing card IDs for each set are assigned to the shuffled playing card as ID codes, and the sheet ID of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card and the shuffled playing card ID are associated with each other in a database.
  • the sheet ID or the sheet IDs of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, and the shuffled playing card ID is singularly specifiable from the sheet ID.
  • the sheet ID is printed with ink invisible under a normal condition.
  • the sheet ID is printed with a transparent UV ink.
  • the sheet ID of the card base sheet is associated with one or both of recording of a printing date on the card base sheet and recording of a cut date on the individual playing card in the database.
  • the sheet ID or the sheet IDs associated in the database are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, a printing plate of the suit and the rank used for the card base sheet is specifiable from the sheet ID, and if the individual cards are specified, a position or positions of the corresponding suit and rank on the card base sheet are specifiable.
  • the sheet ID is printed on a site other than a card constituting the set of decks on the card base sheet, but the sheet ID or the sheet IDs associated in the database are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID.
  • shuffled playing card In the shuffled playing card according to the aspect of the present invention, suits or ranks corresponding to the plurality of decks are printed on one card base sheet, a common back pattern is printed on another surface, and different sheet IDs for each deck are printed on the set of the plurality of decks, the sheet IDs for each deck of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, and the shuffled playing card ID is singularly specifiable from different sheet IDs for each deck.
  • a method for manufacturing a playing card includes: a printing step of printing a suit and a rank on one surface of a card base sheet and printing a back pattern on another surface; a sheet ID assigning step of printing different sheet IDs for one card base sheet or each of a plurality of card base sheets on the card base sheet; and a cutting step of cutting the card base sheet having undergone the printing step and the sheet ID assigning step into individual cards by a cutting machine; a step of producing one deck or a plurality of decks from the card base sheet; a shuffling step of shuffling the one deck or the plurality of decks by a shuffle machine to produce a set of shuffled playing cards; a packaging step of packaging a set of shuffled playing cards having undergone the shuffling step; an ID assigning step of assigning a shuffled playing card ID as an ID code to the set of shuffled playing cards by generating different shuffled playing card IDs for each set of shuffled
  • the sheet ID or the sheet IDs of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card is specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, and the shuffled playing card ID is singularly specifiable from the sheet ID.
  • the sheet ID is printed on one or a plurality of shuffled playing cards constituting a set of decks.
  • the sheet ID is printed with ink invisible under a normal condition.
  • the sheet ID is printed with a transparent UV ink.
  • the sheet ID of the card base sheet is stored in the database in association with one or both of recording of a printing date on the card base sheet and recording of a cut date on the individual playing card.
  • the sheet ID read from the playing card constituting the set of decks is stored in the database in association with the shuffled playing card ID of the shuffled playing card to which the deck belongs.
  • the sheet ID or the sheet IDs associated in the database are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, a printing plate of the suit and the rank used for the card base sheet is specifiable from the sheet ID, and if the individual cards are specified, a position or positions of the corresponding suit and rank on the card base sheet are specifiable.
  • the sheet ID is printed on a site other than a card constituting the set of decks on the card base sheet, but the sheet ID or the sheet IDs associated in the database are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID.
  • the suits or the ranks corresponding to the plurality of decks are printed on one card base sheet, a common back pattern is printed on the other surface, and different sheet IDs for each deck are printed on the set of the plurality of decks, the sheet IDs for each deck of the playing card constituting the shuffled playing card are specifiable from the shuffled playing card ID, and the shuffled playing card ID is singularly specifiable from different sheet IDs for each deck.
  • FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a front surface of a card constituting a set of decks among playing cards according to one embodiment
  • FIG. 1B is a diagram showing a back surface of the card.
  • FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a front surface of a card other than the card constituting a set of decks among playing cards according to one embodiment
  • FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a back surface of the card.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart for describing a method for manufacturing a playing card according to one embodiment.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a card base sheet used in the method for manufacturing a playing card according to one embodiment, and is a diagram showing a card base sheet on which a sheet ID is printed.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a card base sheet used in the method for manufacturing a playing card according to one embodiment, and is a diagram showing a modification of a card base sheet on which a sheet ID is printed.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a shuffled playing card manufactured by the method for manufacturing a playing card according to one embodiment, and is a diagram showing the shuffled playing card before a lid of a package is sealed with a seal.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the shuffled playing card according to one embodiment, and is a diagram showing the shuffled playing card in which a shuffled playing card ID is assigned to the seal for sealing the lid of the package.
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram for describing database that stores the shuffled playing card ID and the sheet ID by associating the shuffled playing card ID with the sheet ID.
  • FIG. 1A is a diagram showing a front surface of a card constituting a set of decks among playing cards according to one embodiment
  • FIG. 1B is a diagram showing a back surface of the card
  • FIG. 2A is a diagram showing a front surface of a card other than the card constituting a set of decks among playing cards according to one embodiment
  • FIG. 2B is a diagram showing a back surface of the card.
  • suits 21 a that is, spade, club, diamond, and heart
  • 13 ranks 21 b that is, ace (A), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, jack (J), queen (Q), and king (K)
  • the set of playing cards according to the present embodiment further has a “joker” card 22 as a card other than the cards constituting the set of decks.
  • the “joker” card 22 included in one set of playing cards may be one sheet or two sheets.
  • the “joker” card 22 is a card which is removed and discarded before a shuffling process at the time of producing a shuffled playing card to be described later.
  • the set of playing cards 21 and 22 according to the present embodiment are formed by being individually cut from one card base sheet 20 (see FIG. 4 ) by a cutting machine.
  • common sheet IDs 31 and 32 are printed on front surfaces of each of the set of playing cards 21 and 22 , and a common back pattern 29 is printed on a back side thereof.
  • the sheet IDs 31 and 32 may be a character code including a plurality of figures, alphabets, or symbols, or may be a bar code or a two-dimensional code in which the character code is encoded.
  • the sheet ID 31 printed on the card 21 constituting the set of decks may be printed with ink (for example, transparent UV ink) invisible to human eyes, or may be printed with ink (for example, black ink) visible to human eyes.
  • ink for example, transparent UV ink
  • black ink visible to human eyes.
  • the sheet ID 31 is printed with ink (for example, transparent UV ink) invisible to human eyes, the appearance becomes similar to that of the conventional card, and thus a user of the card can use the card without feeling uncomfortable.
  • ink for example, black ink
  • the sheet ID 32 printed on a card 22 other than the card constituting the set of decks may be printed with ink (for example, transparent UV ink) invisible to human eyes, or may be printed with ink (for example, black ink) visible to human eyes.
  • ink for example, transparent UV ink
  • black ink ink
  • a manufacturer can easily confirm the sheet ID 32 in the manufacturing process to be described later when inspecting quality of the printed card base sheet.
  • the sheet IDs 31 and 32 printed on the respective playing cards 21 and 22 are stored in the database in association with one or both of recording of a printing date of the sheet ID on the original card base sheet 20 and recording of a cut date on the individual playing cards 21 and 22 .
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a shuffled playing card according to the present embodiment, and is a diagram showing the shuffled playing card before a package is sealed with a seal.
  • FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the shuffled playing card according to the present embodiment, and is a diagram showing the shuffled playing card in which a shuffled playing card ID is assigned to the seal for sealing the package.
  • the shuffled playing card 12 is a card in which a plurality of decks (for example, four decks or eight decks) of the above-described playing card 21 are one set, and is sufficiently shuffled by a shuffle machine.
  • different shuffled playing card IDs 13 a are assigned as ID codes for each set.
  • the shuffled playing card 12 is housed in a box-shaped package 11 and a lid thereof is sealed with a seal 13 .
  • the shuffled playing card ID 13 a is encoded as a bar code and printed on the seal 13 which seals the package 11 .
  • the sheet ID 31 of the playing card 21 constituting the shuffled playing card 12 and the shuffled playing card ID 13 a are stored in the database in association with each other.
  • FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a method for manufacturing a playing card 21 and a shuffled playing card 12 according to the present embodiment.
  • a process management system In the manufacturing process of the playing card 21 and the shuffled playing card 12 according to the present embodiment, it is preferable for a process management system to consistently perform process management from order to shipment. In the present embodiment, a manufacturing method using such a process management system will be described.
  • a printing machine prints a suit and a rank on the front surface of the card base sheet 20 , and prints a back pattern on a back surface thereof (step S 40 ).
  • a total of 56 cards including 52 cards 21 including a combination of four suits and 13 ranks, one “joker” card 22 , and three other cards 23 are printed in a matrix arrangement of 8 rows ⁇ 7 columns.
  • a total of 105 cards including two decks of 52 cards 21 including a combination of four suits and 13 ranks and one other card 23 may be printed in a matrix arrangement of 7 rows ⁇ 15 columns.
  • the process management system assigns different sheet IDs to each card base sheet or the plurality of card base sheets and the printing machine prints the sheet IDs 31 and 32 on the front surface of the card base sheet 20 (step S 41 ).
  • the sheet IDs 31 and 32 and the printing dates of the sheet IDs 31 and 32 on the card base sheet 20 are stored in the database in association with each other (see FIG. 8 ).
  • the sheet IDs 31 and 32 may be stored in the database in association with one or two or more of a factory name, a manufacturing line, a customer name (casino name).
  • the sheet ID 31 is printed on the card 21 constituting a set of decks with ink (for example, transparent UV ink) invisible to human eyes.
  • ink for example, transparent UV ink
  • the card 21 constituting the set of decks has the same appearance as a conventional card, and thus the user of the card can use the card without feeling uncomfortable.
  • the sheet ID 31 may be printed only on a specific card (for example, spade A) among the cards 21 constituting the set of decks, or may be printed on all the cards.
  • the sheet ID 32 is printed on the cards 22 and 23 other than the card constituting the set of decks with ink (for example, black ink) visible to human eyes.
  • ink for example, black ink
  • the sheet ID assigning process (step S 41 ) is performed after the printing process (step S 40 ), but the present embodiment is not limited thereto, and the printing process (step S 40 ) may be performed after the sheet ID assigning process (step S 41 ).
  • the card base sheet 20 having undergone the printing process (step S 40 ) and the sheet ID assigning process (step S 41 ) is cut into individual cards 21 , 22 , and 23 by the cutting machine (step S 42 ).
  • the playing card 21 corresponding to one deck (corresponding to two decks from the card base sheet 20 shown in FIG. 5 ) is produced.
  • the sheet ID 31 is read from the playing card 21 constituting the set of decks by the process management system before being shuffled or during being shuffled by the shuffle machine to be described later and is stored in the database in association with the shuffle machine (or shuffle machine group) and shuffled date and time (see FIG. 8 ).
  • the plurality of decks for example, four decks or eight decks
  • the set of shuffled playing cards 12 is produced (step S 43 ).
  • the shuffle machine for example, the shuffle machine described in WO 2009/069708 A can be used.
  • the set of shuffled playing cards 12 which has undergone the shuffling process is packaged by a packaging machine (step S 44 ).
  • the set of shuffled playing cards 12 is housed in the box-shaped package 11 .
  • the material of the package 11 is not particularly limited, and may be paper or a resin film.
  • the lid of the package 11 is sealed with the seal 13 .
  • shuffled playing card ID 13 a is assigned to the set of shuffled playing cards 12 as the ID code (step S 45 ).
  • the shuffled playing card ID 13 a is encoded as the bar code and is printed on the seal 13 sealing the lid of the package 11 by the printing machine.
  • a specification table 13 b is printed on the seal 13 .
  • arbitrary information such as a manufacturing number, a product number, a product name, a color, and a manufacturing date of the shuffled playing card is described in the specification table 13 b.
  • the sheet ID 31 read from the playing card 21 constituting the set of decks before the shuffling process is stored in the database in association with the shuffled playing card ID 13 a of the set of shuffled playing cards 12 to which the deck belongs (see FIG. 8 ).
  • the set of shuffled playing cards 12 are configured from the playing cards 21 corresponding to four decks, and four sheet IDs 31 are stored in the database in association with each shuffled playing card ID 13 a.
  • the card base sheet 20 on which the different sheet IDs 31 and 32 are printed for one card base sheet or each of the plurality of card base sheets is cut to produce the playing card 21 of one deck or a plurality of decks, it is possible to confirm, on the database, the information on when the card is printed and also when the card is inspected by tracing back through the distribution history of the playing card 21 .
  • the ID management of the card base sheet 20 in the factory becomes possible. For example, even when the card base sheet 20 is discarded halfway, it is possible to manage at which step the playing card is discarded in the database. In this way, it is possible to grasp a yield in each process at the manufacturing stage. In addition, it will be able to be understood whether the card of the card base sheet which is determined to be defective in each process and thus discarded is inadvertently mixed in goods (that is, it will be able to be understood whether only cards of good card base sheet are used for goods).
  • the sheet ID 31 is read from the card to confirm the history on the database, thereby making it possible to easily detect that the playing card is a counterfeit card and enhance the security of the game.
  • the sheet IDs 31 and 32 are printed on a part of the card base sheet 20 on which the cards 21 to 23 are printed, but the present embodiment is not limited thereto, and the sheet ID may also be printed on a part of the card base sheet 20 on which the card is not printed. In this case, it is possible to acquire the sheet ID from the remaining part (so-called punching scrap) after removing the cards 21 to 23 from the card base sheet 20 .

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