Patents Assigned to Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130147113
    Abstract: The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130134673
    Abstract: The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 8387983
    Abstract: The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2013
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 8371583
    Abstract: The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 8308163
    Abstract: A table game system comprises cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include code elements that are arrayed as an ultraviolet-ray reaction code indicating at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing cards, a card guide unit that guides cards pulled out one by one from the card housing, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from a card guided by the card guide unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 8033548
    Abstract: The present invention provides playing cards which allow a code to be read reliably from the cards shot out at various speeds. Playing cards (1) are provided with a code (2) not readable under a lighting condition of visible light, but readable under lighting conditions other than the visible light. The code (2) comprises four code elements (3) arranged in two rows and two columns and represents suit and rank information of the playing cards (1). The code elements (3) include at least two types of mark which differ in length in a column direction corresponding to a reading direction of the code (2). Row-by-row combinations of the code elements (3) arranged in a row direction orthogonal to the code reading direction can be identified uniquely and the suit and rank information of the playing cards (1) represented by the code (2) can be identified based on the row-by-row combinations of the code elements (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20110210175
    Abstract: A card used in a card game includes a code including at least two sets of code elements printed in UV-luminous ink on a surface of the card, the sets of code elements provided on one side of the surface of the card along a reading direction of a code reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 7967672
    Abstract: A card reading device comprises a rail (18) for guiding a card; card sensors (46, 48, 50) for detecting a passing card which is slid by hand and guided by the rail (18), which are placed in a card sliding direction with a certain gap; and reading sensors (52, 54) for reading code attached to the card, which are placed between the two card sensors in the card sliding direction. The card have the cord which is printed in UV-luminous ink on the card, and the code comprises at least two code rows which are placed across the card sliding direction with a certain gap. The two reading sensors (52, 54) are placed in positions which correspond to the gap of the two code rows, and the card sensors (46, 48, 50) output signal for detecting a position of the passing card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20110034243
    Abstract: A table game system comprises a plurality of playing cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two sets of code elements that are arranged along one side of a face of the card. The code represents at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing the cards, a card guide unit that guides cards pulled out one by one from the card housing, one or more card detecting sensors that detect the existence or non-existence of a card pulled out along a card guiding direction of the card guide unit, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from the card guided by the card guide unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20100327525
    Abstract: The present invention provides shuffled playing cards which eliminate the need for a game host to shuffle cards before games by taking a lot of time as well as eliminate the possibility of cheating. A shuffled playing cards (1) obtained by shuffling a predetermined number of decks of playing cards (12) using a shuffling machine is packaged as an individual pack. The shuffled playing cards (1) is individually packaged and sealed with an adhesive label (13). A bar code (13a) which represents a unique shuffled card ID has been printed on the adhesive label (13). The shuffled card ID is registered in a database by being associated with information which allows identification of a shuffling machine used to shuffle the playing card set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2008
    Publication date: December 30, 2010
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: 7762889
    Abstract: A table game system comprises a plurality of playing cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two sets of code elements that are arranged along one side of a face of the card. The code represents at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing the cards, a card guide unit that guides cards pulled out one by one from the card housing, one or more card detecting sensors that detect the existence or non-existence of a card pulled out along a card guiding direction of the card guide unit, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from the card guided by the card guide unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2010
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20100133754
    Abstract: The present invention provides playing cards which allow a code to be read reliably from the cards shot out at various speeds. Playing cards (1) are provided with a code (2) not readable under a lighting condition of visible light, but readable under lighting conditions other than the visible light. The code (2) comprises four code elements (3) arranged in two rows and two columns and represents suit and rank information of the playing cards (1). The code elements (3) include at least two types of mark which differ in length in a column direction corresponding to a reading direction of the code (2). Row-by-row combinations of the code elements (3) arranged in a row direction orthogonal to the code reading direction can be identified uniquely and the suit and rank information of the playing cards (1) represented by the code (2) can be identified based on the row-by-row combinations of the code elements (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20100130288
    Abstract: An RFID tag incorporated game token that does not allow the RFID tag to be easily removed and hardly has failures in the RFID tag during manufacturing or in use is implemented. In the game token, an RFID covered with flexible cover sheets is held between laminate resin films or plates, and these elements are thermally press-bonded, so that the RFID tag is incorporated in a body. The material of the cover sheet is paper, vinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20100113118
    Abstract: An RFID tag-incorporated game card having no irregularities on its surface layers is provided. In a card, an intermediate layer having an RFID tag incorporated therein with an appropriately uniform thickness is held between at least two sheets. The intermediate layer includes the RFID tag and at least two base films arranged to hold the RFID tag between them. The base films are preferably colored black. Alternatively, it is also preferable that the intermediate layer and the sheets are adhered to each other using a black adhesive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20100105486
    Abstract: A RFID tag incorporated game token that does not allow the RFID tag to be easily removed and hardly has failures in the RFID tag during manufacturing or in use is implemented. A game token (10) includes a body (11) produced by injection molding using thermosetting resin and an RFID tag (131) incorporated in the body (11) as a core (13). The RFID tag (131) is covered with cover sheets (132) and then preferably embedded in the body (11) by insert molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: ANGEL PLAYING CARDS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Publication number: 20090286597
    Abstract: A table game system comprises a plurality of playing cards and a card shooter apparatus. The cards include an ultraviolet-ray reaction code comprising at least two sets of code elements that are arranged along one side of a face of the card. The code represents at least the number of a card. The card shooter apparatus includes a card housing for containing the cards, a card guide unit that guides cards pulled out one by one from the card housing, one or more card detecting sensors that detect the existence or non-existence of a card pulled out along a card guiding direction of the card guide unit, and one or more black light sensors that read the ultraviolet-ray reaction code from the card guided by the card guide unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Applicant: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: D628655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta
  • Patent number: D629047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Angel Playing Cards Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasushi Shigeta