Patents Assigned to DEQ Systems Corp.
  • Patent number: 9480905
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe with card reading capability for facilitating play of card games includes a control system configured to detect the existence of an alarm condition and a card restraining apparatus mounted on the elongated housing and configured for alternating between a non-restraining condition and a restraining condition, wherein the restraining condition includes activation of a physical restraint that prevents cards from being added to and removed from the card receiving or staging area in the card dealing shoe, wherein the card restraining apparatus is in communication with the control system and actuated from the non-restraining condition to the restraining condition responsive to the detection of an alarm condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Réal Bérubé, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • Patent number: 9452348
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe including a sloped base with an opening, a roller mounted for rotational motion on an axle connected at each of the opposing side walls, and a pivoting lever having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base, the pivoting lever being configured to pivot from a first position wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base and the second end restricts rotational motion of the roller to a second position in which the second end permits rotational motion of the roller, wherein the lever is biased towards the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Real Berube, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20150209654
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a reconfigurable gaming tables and playing cards, such as card devices including thin, planar display devices in communication with a processing device for randomly selecting card images stored in a data storage device for display on the display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Applicant: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Steven Jones, Kyle Kornegay, Kurt Hilts
  • Publication number: 20140291930
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe including a sloped base with an opening, a roller mounted for rotational motion on an axle connected at each of the opposing side walls, and a pivoting lever having a first end and an opposing second end, wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base, the pivoting lever being configured to pivot from a first position wherein the first end protrudes from the opening in the sloped base and the second end restricts rotational motion of the roller to a second position in which the second end permits rotational motion of the roller, wherein the lever is biased towards the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Real Berube, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • Publication number: 20140042697
    Abstract: A card dealing shoe with card reading capability for facilitating play of card games includes a control system configured to detect the existence of an alarm condition and a card restraining apparatus mounted on the elongated housing and configured for alternating between a non-restraining condition and a restraining condition, wherein the restraining condition includes activation of a physical restraint that prevents cards from being added to and removed from the card receiving or staging area in the card dealing shoe, wherein the card restraining apparatus is in communication with the control system and actuated from the non-restraining condition to the restraining condition responsive to the detection of an alarm condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Réal Bérubé, Guillaume Pouliot, Patryck Rouleau
  • Patent number: 7516959
    Abstract: The method of betting on participants in a tournament comprises creating at least two teams of at least one participating player playing in the tournament, the tournament having a series of at least two casino games in which the participating players will play; associating at least one event with at least one participating player during the tournament; a betting player selecting at least one chosen participant on which to place a bet, each of the chosen participant being one of a team and a participating player; the betting player identifying at least one event related to the tournament for which to place the bet, wherein the event is meaningful within the tournament; the betting player making a that the event will occur in association with the chosen participant during the tournament; determining an occurrence of the event in association with the chosen participant; and if the event occurred in association with the participant, determining a payout to be paid to the betting player; wherein the betting player
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: DEQ Systèmes Corp.
    Inventors: Marcel Huard, Réal Bérubé
  • Patent number: 6929264
    Abstract: A method and system for playing an auxiliary casino game managed by a casino house comprising: selecting at least one player of an underlying casino game on which to place a bet; identifying at least one event related to at least one play of the underlying game for which to place the bet; making a bet that at least one event will occur in association with a player during at least one play of the underlying game; determining an occurrence of the event in the underlying game in association with the player; if the event occurred in association with the at least one player, determining a payout to be paid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: DEQ Systemes Corp.
    Inventors: Marcel Huard, Réal Bérubé , Martin Benoît Gagnon
  • Patent number: D594911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: DEQ Systems Corp.
    Inventors: Earle G. Hall, Benoit Sawyer, Réal Bérubé, Esther Board, David Jacques, François Proulx
  • Patent number: D594912
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: DEQ Systemes Corp.
    Inventors: Earle G. Hall, Benoit Sawyer