US 11,928,929 B2
Device for exchange between gaming chips and cash currency
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Appl. No. 17/253,865
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/024051
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/244876, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-128619 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0264728 A1, Aug. 26, 2021
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2014.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G07D 11/225 (2019.01); G07D 11/34 (2019.01); G07F 17/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07F 17/3248 (2013.01) [G06V 40/172 (2022.01); G07D 11/225 (2019.01); G07D 11/34 (2019.01); G07F 17/3241 (2013.01); G07F 17/3255 (2013.01)] 28 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exchange device for gaming chips and cash currency, wherein the gaming chips have respective colors or indications on their respective outer surfaces that represent respective values, the exchange device comprising:
a cash currency insertion opening;
a cash currency reader configured to acquire authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted via the cash currency insertion opening;
a display on which an amount of the cash currency as reflected in the currency information acquired by the cash currency reader;
a gaming chip storage in which the gaming chips can be stored by type;
a gaming chip dispenser via which one or more of the gaming chips, which correspond to the amount of cash currency, can be dispensed; and
a take-out section on which the dispensed gaming chips can be placed, and
wherein the exchange device is configured to record exchange information that indicates an individual who used the exchange device to performed an exchange of the cash currency for the gaming chips.