Abstract: This invention has as its object to allow a-non-contact IC card to accept a frequency band different from the main receive frequency band of the non-contact IC card. The invention has a non-contact IC card which has a main antenna supporting a first frequency band and an IC device connected to the main antenna to perform data transmission and reception processing and an attaching body detachably attached to the non-contact IC card which has a sub-antenna supporting a second frequency band different from the first frequency band. When the attaching body is attached to the non-contact IC card, the sub-antenna can be capacitively coupled to the main antenna.

Abstract: There is provided a game card including an IC device and an antenna that is difficult to notice even if the card is torn to discard. The game card stores authentication information readable by a reader/writer that emits electromagnetic waves, and includes an IC device for transmitting and receiving data according to a request from the reader/writer, an intermediate member having a space for housing the IC device, and an antenna provided by printing on the intermediate member with conductive ink and connected to the IC device. A front surface member and a rear surface member are joined to opposite sides of the intermediate member by bonding or the like to form the game card.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technology of recognizing and reading each game chip although game chips are stacked. The present invention is a game chip storing data readable by a reader/writer having an antenna which emits an electromagnetic wave and available in a stack of game chips, and includes: an IC device for communicating data at a request from the reader/writer; an antenna electrode connected to the IC device, and configured such that the antenna electrode can enter a resonant state with an antenna of the reader/writer through an electromagnetic wave; and a reflection member for reflecting an electromagnetic wave reflected from the antenna of the reader/writer toward upper game chips in the stack.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technology of recognizing and reading each game chip although game chips are stacked. The present invention is a game chip storing data readable by a reader/writer having an antenna which emits an electromagnetic wave and available in a stack of game chips, and includes: an IC device for communicating data at a request from the reader/writer, an antenna coil which is connected to the IC device, gets into electromagnetic coupling with an antenna of the reader/writer, can provide electric power to the IC device, is configured to enter a resonant state through an electromagnetic wave, and can transfer data to the reader/writer by load modulation, and a booster coil for configuring a resonant circuit by electromagnetic coupling through an electromagnetic wave from the reader/writer.

Abstract: A game medium renting machine management system comprises a plurality of game medium renting machines that rent a game medium when money is inserted, a remote control unit capable of communicating with each of the game medium renting machines and a management server connected via a network to each of the game medium renting machines. Each game medium renting machine comprises a holding case for accommodating bills and a motor for providing the thrust to discharge bills accommodated inside the holding case. Further, the management server sends a discharge instruction signal to at least one among the plurality of game medium renting machines when a discharge request signal is input from the remote control unit and input part via a game medium renting machine and the network.

Abstract: A bill processing device includes: a bill insertion slot into which a bill is inserted; a bill conveying mechanism that conveys the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot along the insertion direction or returns the bill toward the bill insertion slot; a bill validating sensor that validates whether the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot is valid or not; a bill storing section that stores bills in a stacked manner in the direction orthogonal to the bill insertion direction; a sorting mechanism that stores the bills in the bill storing section in a stacked manner and that performs the sorting between the bills and a bill which is subsequently inserted; and a noncontact mechanism that causes the bills stored in the bill storing section not to come in contact with the bill conveying mechanism, until the bill is carried in the storage position.

Abstract: An object recognition device capable of recognizing distributed kinds and distributed positions of objects 11 is provided with: a plural kinds of resonant tags (1, 2, 3, . . . ) for sending different frequencies of echo waves (F1, F2, F3, . . . ) from each other; an object holding section Z for holding a plurality of objects each provided with a plurality of resonant tags; detection systems 9, 9? for transmitting predetermined frequencies of radio waves (W1, W2, W3, W4, W5, W6, W7, W8) to respective objects distributed from the object holding section to predetermined distribution areas (A, B, . . . ) and for detecting the echo waves sent from the plural kinds of resonant tags when the radio waves are transmitted; and a recognition system 27 for recognizing the distributed kinds and distributed positions of the objects based on the echo waves detected with the detection systems.

Abstract: A discrimination sensor includes a light emitting device individually emitting sensing light beams onto a surface of an object, such as a bill and having a sensing area that is wide in a direction perpendicular to a scanning direction; and a light detecting device assuring a light detecting area that is wide in a direction perpendicular to the scanning direction and detecting light coming from a surface structure of the bill when the sensing light is emitted. The light emitting device and the light detecting device are integrated with each other.

Abstract: A game chip transmits information in response to an inquiry from a reader/writer. The game chip comprises an IC device, an antenna coil unit, a first ring and a second ring. The IC device constitutes an electromagnetic induction coupling circuit with the reader/writer and stores information. The antenna coil unit is connected to the IC device and generates an induced current by a magnetic flux emitted from the reader/writer to supply power to the IC device when the inquiry is received. The first ring induces the magnetic flux emitted from the reader/writer in one of directions of moving away from and approaching the reader/writer. The second ring induces the magnetic flux induced by the first ring in the other of the directions of moving away from and approaching the reader/writer.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a bill handling device, the control of the entire device of which is simplified. The bill handling device comprises: a bill validator including a bill sensor for discriminating the validity of a bill inserted into a bill insertion slot and further including a bill conveyor for conveying the bill to a predetermined position and sending the bill, which has been discriminated to be invalid by the bill sensor, back to the bill insertion slot; and a bill accommodating unit including a bill accommodating section for accommodating a bill, further including a bill detector for detecting the bill which has been sent out, furthermore including a conveyance roller for conveying the bill to the bill accommodating section side independently from the bill conveyor by a conveyance force weaker than the conveyance force of conveying the bill by the bill conveyor while the bill detector is detecting the bill.

Abstract: A bill storage unit according to an aspect of the invention has a bill storage portion to store bills that has an installation area to install a bill validator which takes in a bill to validate validity of the bill, a feeding device that feeds the bill delivered from the bill validator to the bill storage portion along a predetermined feeding path, and a correcting device which is formed of at least part of the feeding device and corrects a fold of the bill by applying a bending force to bend the bill to the bill while holding the bill on at least part of the feeding path.

Abstract: A bill validation device includes a main body having a bill validation part for validating a bill inserted through a bill insertion opening and a bill conveyance mechanism for conveying a bill, and a bill holder attached to the main body for holding a bill determined as valid by the bill validation part. The main body has a data recording medium insertion opening to which a card-shaped data recording medium is inserted and includes a data recording medium processor which performs at least one of writing and reading of data to/from the data recording medium.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a discrimination machine for optically sensing a specific object having a surface formed with a planar structure to discriminate the specific object while scanning the planar structure along the surface of the specific object, comprising: a discrimination sensor including a plurality of optical devices provided to be capable of receiving a light generated from the planar structure of the specific object, the optical devices being disposed at a predetermined interval in a transverse direction perpendicular to a scanning direction in which the specific object is scanned to ensure a sufficiently wide sensing area for the specific object; deviation detecting means for detecting a deviation of the planar structure deviated to the surface of the specific object based on electrical signals outputted from the respective optical devices receiving the light generated from the planar structure of the specific object while the discrimination sensor is scanning the planar structure along the surface of

Abstract: A cash dispensing machine includes a validation unit 13 for validating cash inserted through an insertion slot 8, a detachable storage unit 30 for storing cash validated by the validation unit 13, communication means provided in each of the validation unit and the storage unit, for transmitting and receiving information of the cash related to cash validated by the validation unit and an ID information of the cash and a memory unit 37 provided in the storage unit 30, for storing information of the cash transmitted from the validation unit 13 in association with the ID information.

Abstract: A validating machine 30 according to the present invention is provided with a validation sensor 2 having a first-side light emitting device 8 and a first-side light receiving device 10 disposed closely to each other and a validation sensor 2′ having a second-side light emitting device 8′ and a second-side light receiving device 10′ disposed closely to each other so that the validation sensor 2 and the validation sensor 2′ are disposed opposite to each other on a first side and on a second side of a bill 4. The first-side light emitting device 8 and the second-side light emitting device 8′ are controlled so as to emit light at their respective emission timings different from each other.