US 12,347,271 B2
Device for exchanging gaming chips and cash currency
Yasushi Shigeta, Shiga (JP)
Assigned to ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed by ANGEL GROUP CO., LTD., Shiga (JP)
Filed on Dec. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/400,322.
Application 18/400,322 is a continuation of application No. 17/253,865, granted, now 11,928,929, previously published as PCT/JP2019/024051, filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-128619 (JP), filed on Jun. 18, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0135781 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0233487 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
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 a gaming chip and cash currency, wherein the gaming chip has a color or an indication on the outer surface that represents a value, the exchange device comprising:
a cash currency insertion opening;
a cash currency reading section configured to acquire authenticity information and currency information of the cash currency inserted from the cash currency insertion opening;
an inserted cash currency amount display section configured to display an amount of the cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section;
a gaming chip storage section configured to store the gaming chip by type;
a gaming chip dispensing section configured to dispense the gaming chip corresponding to the amount of cash currency acquired by the cash currency reading section from the gaming chip storage section; and
a take-out section on which the dispensed gaming chip is placed.