Automatic dealing machine and automatic dealing system

• US 8,814,040 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2012
• Issued: 08/26/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Glory Limited
• Original Assignee: Glory Limited
• Inventors: Obi, Tomoyuki, Morino, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Suhol, Dmitry
• Assistant Examiner(s): YEN, JASON TAHAI
• Application Number:
  US13/488,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20120241282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 235/379, 235/384, 463/25, 463/29, 463/39, 463/43, 705/16
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 1/04 dispensing change equal to a sum deposited
• CPC Class Codes: G07D 11/0087 Banknote changing devices
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3225 Data transfer within a gaming system, e.g. data sent between gaming machines and users
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3246 involving coins and/or banknotes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3248 involving non-monetary media of fixed value, e.g. casino chips of fixed value
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3251 involving media of variable value, e.g. programmable cards, programmable tokens

Abstract

An automatic dealing machine comprises a casing configured for storing a chip handling unit for handling chips, and a banknote handling unit for handling banknotes. The chip handling unit includes a chip insertion port through which chips are received from the exterior of the casing, a chip determination portion for determining the kind of each chip, and a chip calculation portion for calculating the number of the chips, of each kind, as determined by the chip determination portion and the total amount of money. A control unit controls the operation of the dealing machine, such that banknotes of an amount of money corresponding to the total amount of the chips calculated by the chip calculation portion are disbursed into the banknote disbursement port when the chips are inserted through the chip insertion port.

Claims

1. An automatic dealing machine comprising:

a discrimination portion adapted for discriminating bar-code tickets by reading bar-code information from the bar-code tickets;

a chip handling unit adapted for handling chips, the chip handling unit having a chip determination portion configured to determine the kind of each chip based on a color of the chip or a design of the chip in an image data; and

a banknote handling unit, which is configured to at least perform disbursement of banknotes, wherein the automatic dealing machine can deposit and disburse the banknotes, wherein the discrimination portion is adapted for discriminating the banknotes, and wherein the banknotes of the amount of money corresponding to the total amount of money of the deposited banknotes in a result of discrimination by the discrimination portion, while different in the denomination, can be disbursed when the banknotes are inserted; and

an operation portion configured to be operated by a customer;

wherein the amount of money that is deposited can be calculated by adding the amount of money of the bar-code tickets and the amount of money of the chips,

wherein the automatic dealing machine can communicate with a bank host controller, and wherein when the customer gives a command for a disbursement of money on deposit via the operation portion, it is determined by the bank host controller whether an amount of money on deposit for the customer is greater than an amount of money designated for disbursement.

2. The automatic dealing machine according to claim 1, wherein a part of or all of the amount of money that is deposited, as the bar-code tickets or the chips, is added to the amount of money on deposit in a customer'"'"'s deposit data.

3. The automatic dealing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a disbursement handling unit adapted for disbursing the bar-code tickets or the chips, wherein the banknotes or coins can be deposited in the automatic dealing machine, and wherein the bar-code tickets or the chips, which are equivalent to deposited banknotes or coins, can be disbursed.

4. The automatic dealing machine according to claim 1, further comprising a paper-sheet handling unit, which can handle both the banknotes and the bar-code tickets.

5. The automatic dealing machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

a paper-sheet handling unit, which deposits and disburses the banknotes, wherein the paper-sheet handling unit uses the banknotes, which are deposited in the paper-sheet handling unit, for disbursing.

6. An automatic dealing machine comprising:

a discrimination portion adapted for discriminating bar-code tickets by reading bar-code information of the bar-code tickets;

a chip handling unit adapted for handling chips, the chip handing unit having a chip determination portion configured to determine the kind of each chip, based on a color of the chip or a design of the chip in an image data;

a banknote handling unit, which is configured to at least perform disbursement of banknotes; and

an operation portion configured to be operated by a customer;

wherein the amount of money that is deposited can be calculated by adding the amount of money of the bar-code tickets and the amount of money of the chips,

wherein the automatic dealing machine can communicate with a bank host controller, and

wherein a part of or all of the amount of money of the chips is added to the amount of money on deposit for the customer by the bank host controller when the kind of the one or more chips is determined by the chip determination portion, and

wherein when the customer gives a command for a disbursement of money on deposit via the operation portion, it is determined by the bank host controller whether an amount of money on deposit for the customer is greater than an amount of money designated for disbursement.