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Poker tournament
Assignee: HSOR LLC
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Filing: 1994-05-03
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Granted: 1995-09-19
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Expires: 2014-05-03
Abstract
Abstract A poker tournament is displayed to an audience using a tournament table having stations for receiving and scanning the image of each players down cards. The display can identify the down cards of the players to the audience without revealing the information to the other players so that the audience can fully observe the strategy of each player.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry Orenstein
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 05:08
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63F; A63F1/00; A63F1/06; A63F1/18; A63F9/00; A63F9/24; A63F2009/2401; A63F2009/243; A63F2009/2435
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
65 words
Apparatus for real time exhibition of a card tournament to an audience, comprising: a playing table having a plurality of playing positions; a card receiving station at each of said playing positions, each station having a window and card scanning apparatus for electronically identifying cards placed face down at said station; and image display means for exhibiting the identification of said cards to an audience.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
65 words
Apparatus for real time exhibition of a card tournament to an audience, comprising: a playing table having a plurality of playing positions; a card receiving station at each of said playing positions, each station having a window and card scanning apparatus for electronically identifying cards placed face down at said station; and image display means for exhibiting the identification of said cards to an audience.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
13 words
Apparatus as specified in claim 1 wherein said card scanning apparatus comprises television-cameras.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
Apparatus as specified in claim 2 wherein said image display means comprises means for generating a composite television display using the image signals from a plurality of said television cameras.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
Apparatus as specified in claim 1 wherein said card scanning apparatus comprises character recognition apparatus.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
Apparatus as specified in claim 4 wherein said image display means comprises a computer generated display.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
54 words
Apparatus as specified in claim 1 wherein there is further provided a chip receptacle at each of said playing positions, and wherein said receptacles include means for providing signals representative of the quantity of chips contained therein, and wherein said image display means includes means for displaying the amount of chips at each receptacle.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
76 words
A method for exhibiting a card tournament, comprising the steps of: detecting and displaying to an audience the face up cards of the players and the betting action: detecting by electronic optical means the face down cards of each player and displaying the value thereof to an audience; detecting the value of chips possessed by each player and displaying the value thereof to an audience; and isolating said players from display of said face down cards.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
76 words
A method for exhibiting a card tournament, comprising the steps of: detecting and displaying to an audience the face up cards of the players and the betting action: detecting by electronic optical means the face down cards of each player and displaying the value thereof to an audience; detecting the value of chips possessed by each player and displaying the value thereof to an audience; and isolating said players from display of said face down cards.
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