AUTOMATIC POKER MACHINE
An automatic poker machine includes a mechanical arm using a suction disk for picking up a poker card, a video recognition device adapted for recognizing the card suit and card value of the poker card carried by the mechanical arm, a display screen for displaying the card suit and card value of each recognized poker card and two card shufflers alternatively used for shuffling poker cards.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to poker machines and more particularly, to an automatic poker machine, which consists of a mechanical arm, a card shuffle and a video recognition device for collecting poker cards, shuffling poker cards, dispensing poker cards, recognizing poker cards and displaying poker cards fully automatically.
2. Description of the Related Art
A card game (poker game) is a game using playing cards as the primary device with which the game is played. When playing a card game (poker game), playing cards are distributed among players manually by the dealer or automatically by an automatic card dispenser. When one pack of playing cards (poker cards) is shuffled once, the dealer needs to pick up the primarily shuffled playing cards (poker cards) from the card shuffler and then insert the primarily shuffled playing cards (poker cards) into the card shuffler again for a secondary shuffling. Therefore, these card shufflers require much labor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONThe present invention has been accomplished under the circumstances in view. It is the main object of the present invention to provide an automatic poker machine, which can collect playing cards, shuffle playing cards, dispense playing cards, recognize playing cards and display playing cards fully automatically, saving much labor and avoiding shuffling trick.
To achieve this and other objects of the present invention, an automatic porker machine comprises a mechanical arm, a video recognition device, a display screen, and two card shufflers. The mechanical arm uses a suction disk for picking up a poker card. The video recognition device is adapted for recognizing the card suit and card value of the poker card carried by the mechanical arm. The display screen is adapted for displaying the card suit and card value of each recognized poker card. The two card shufflers are alternatively used for shuffling poker cards.
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The mechanical arm 10 comprises a suction disk 11 for picking up poker cards 1 individually.
Each card shuffler 20 comprises a card-dispensing slot 21, two card-collecting slots 22 at two opposite lateral sides of the card-dispensing slot 21, two card carriers 24 respectively set in the two card-collecting slots 22 for holding poker cards 1, two presser arms 25 respectively pivotally disposed in the card-collecting slots 22 above the respective card carriers 24, two impression rollers 26 respectively pivotally mounted at the free ends of the presser arms 25 in the card-collecting slots 22 for holding poker cards 1 on the respective card carriers 24, two motor-driven card-transfer wheels 27 respectively controllable to transfer poker cards from the card-collecting slots 22 into the card-dispensing slot 21, and a lifting card holder 23 vertically movably mounted in the card-dispensing slot 21 and adapted for receiving poker cards 1 transferred by one of the motor-driven card-transfer wheels 27 from one of the two card-collecting slots 22.
When dispensing poker cards, as shown in
The shuffling operation and effects of the present invention are outlined hereinafter. Collected poker cards 1 are received by the card carriers 24 in the card-collecting slots 22. When poker cards have been dealt, card shuffling is started. As this time, as shown in
Although a particular embodiment of the invention has been described in detail for purposes of illustration, various modifications and enhancements may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, the invention is not to be limited except as by the appended claims.
Claims
1. An automatic poker machine, comprising:
- a mechanical arm comprising a suction disk for picking up a poker card;
- a video recognition device adapted for recognizing the card suit and card value of the poker card carried by said mechanical arm;
- a display screen for displaying the card suit and card value of each recognized poker card; and
- two card shufflers for shuffling poker cards, each said card shuffler comprising a card-dispensing slot, two card-collecting slots at two opposite lateral sides of said card-dispensing slot, two card carriers respectively set in said two card-collecting slots for holding poker cards, two presser arms respectively pivotally disposed in said card-collecting slots above the respective card carriers, two impression rollers respectively pivotally mounted at respective free ends of said presser arms in said card-collecting slots for holding poker cards on the respective card carriers, two motor-driven card-transfer wheels respectively controllable to transfer poker cards from said card-collecting slots into said card-dispensing slot, and a lifting card holder vertically movably mounted in said card-dispensing slot and adapted for receiving poker cards transferred by one of said motor-driven card-transfer wheels from one of said two card-collecting slots.
Type: Application
Filed: Oct 27, 2011
Publication Date: May 2, 2013
Inventor: TZU-HSIANG TSENG (TAICHUNG CITY)
Application Number: 13/282,583
International Classification: A63F 1/14 (20060101);