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.

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.

Abstract: A game medium processing device includes a bill processing unit that performs bill processing, a card processing unit that performs a card processing, and a controller. The bill processing unit includes a bill insertion slot through which bill is inserted, and a bill discrimination unit that determines validity of the inserted bill. The card processing unit includes a card ejection slot through which a card-like recording medium is ejected, and a recording medium processing unit that writes and/or reads information related to game value to and/or from the card-like recording medium. The controllercontrolsthebillprocessing unit to stop performing the bill processing while the card processing is performed.

Abstract: In the bill handling apparatus 100, there are provided the bill validating unit 10 which judges whether the bill received from outside is valid or not, the stacker 1 which is detachable with the main unit 2 and receives the bill judged as valid by the bill validating unit 10, the bill feed unit 30 which feeds the bill from the bill validating unit 10 in the length direction of the bill and the bill guide part 4 which temporarily holds the bill discharged from the bill feed unit 30. When the force P is exerted to the press force receiving plate 43, the push-in late 40 is contacted to the bill by the parallel crank mechanism 4P, thereby the bill is moved toward the bill support plate 50, thereafter the bill is stacked in the bill piling part 5 between the partition walls 4A, 4B and the bill support plate 50.

Abstract: A peripheral device of a gaming device operating in connection with a management server to manage a balance deposited by a player as a balance data is disclosed. The peripheral device has a reader unit for reading a characteristic peculiar to the player, a reception unit for receiving an instruction of deposition to the balance and a request for withdrawal of the balance by the player, and a controller. The controller is to convert the characteristic into a characteristic data, transmit the instruction or the request with the characteristic or the characteristic data to the management server in response to the instruction or the request, and receive the balance data from the management server.

Abstract: There is provided a bill handling device in which the size of the device can be reduced by disposing various component members in a limited amount of installation space in a space-efficient manner and efficient bill collection is further realized. The bill handling device includes a bill transport mechanism for transporting a bill inserted from a bill insertion slot along the insertion direction and ejecting the bill toward a bill push area located downstream of the bill transport mechanism; a press plate provided on one side of a housing and pressing the bill ejected in the bill push area toward the other side; a stacking tray reciprocally movable along the insertion direction and stacking and storing the bill pressed by the press plate; a stacking tray drive mechanism for reciprocally moving the stacking tray; a shutter mechanism having a shutter, the shutter mechanism opening and closing the shutter through which the front end area of the stacking tray can project.

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 bills determined as valid by the bill validation part. The main body has a data recording medium insertion opening into which a card-shaped data recording medium may be inserted and includes a data recording medium processor for at least one of writing data to and reading data from the data recording medium.

Abstract: A connecting/holding machine 30 of a cash container according to the present invention holds a cash container 15 having a bottom portion 15a and a back face side portion 15d and provided with first terminal portions 22 and 23 and a fitting-in hole 47 in its back face side portion 15d. This connecting/holding machine 30 includes a holding base 70 in which a mounting portion 40 capable of mounting the cash container 15 and a back face portion 42 standing from the mounting portion 40 are constituted in conformity with an external shape of the cash container 15. The back face portion 42 includes second terminal portions 37 and 38 capable of being connected to the first terminal portions 22 and 23 at positions corresponding to the first terminal portions 22 and 23. The back face portion 42 also includes an engaging protrusion 45 capable of fitting in the fitting-in hole 47 at a position corresponding to the fitting-in hole 47.

Abstract: A bill processor includes a housing, a bill insertion slot, a bill transfer mechanism, a bill container and a bill pressing mechanism. The bill transfer mechanism transfers the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot and discharges the bill toward a bill pushing area positioned downstream. The bill pressing mechanism presses the bill discharged into the bill pushing area toward the bill container. The bill pressing mechanism includes a supporter attached to the housing, a pressing plate movable toward the bill container, a link member joining the supporter and the pressing plate. The link member has an opening and a moving member movable in the opening, and the moving member has a first end portion supported with respect to the supporter and a second end portion engaged with the pressing plate and movable with respect to the supporter.

Abstract: There is provided a highly secure bill handling device that can essentially prevent bill removal. The bill handling device according to the invention includes a bill container for storing a bill inserted through a bill insertion slot, an exit through which the bill container projects out of a housing an openable/closable shutter for closing the exit, a shutter drive module for opening and closing the shutter, a lock member movably supported between a locked position where the shutter is not allowed to open and an unlocked position where the shutter is allowed to open, and a lock member moving module for moving the lock member between the locked position and the unlocked position.

Abstract: A bill handling machine according to one embodiment of the invention is provided with a casing having a bill insertion slot provided on a front face of the casing to enable a bill to be inserted therein; a bill feeding device having a feeding belt wound at opposite ends around at least tension rollers provided on the upstream and downstream sides respectively along the bill insertion direction, and pinch rollers in contact with the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides, to feed the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot along the bill insertion direction. The distance between the pinch rollers in contact with the respective tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides is set to be shorter than the distance between the tension rollers on the upstream and downstream sides.

Abstract: A bill handling device according to one embodiment of the invention is provided with a casing having a bill handling opening enabling a bill to be inserted therein; a bill feeding device for feeding the bill inserted from the bill handling opening along the insertion direction, and for feeding the bill in an insertion state back to the bill handling opening; a bill identifying sensor that identifies the validity of the bill inserted into the bill handling opening; a guide device for curving and guiding a front end of the bill in a fed state when the bill is in the fed state along the insertion direction and the bill identifying sensor is detecting the validity of the bill; a bill storage portion that is provided in parallel with the bill feeding device and that stacks and stores the bill in the direction perpendicular to the bill insertion direction; a control device for controlling switch back of the bill feeding device so as to feed the bill to the bill handling opening side by a predetermined distance when

Abstract: A recording medium dispensing machine according to an aspect of the present invention is provided with a main body having a carry in/out opening through which a recording medium to record predetermined information thereon is carried in/out. Inside the main body is provided a storage device to store a plurality of recording media in a stacked manner. The recording medium dispensing machine is further provided with a carrying device that carries the recording medium back and forth between the storage device and the carry in/out opening, and a storage/feeding device which causes a recording medium stored in the storage device to separate or protrude from/into a carry path formed by the carrying device, and whereby causes the recording medium carried by the carrying device to be stored in the storage device, while causing the recording medium stored in the storage device to be fed from the storage device by the carrying device.

Abstract: An IC card according to the present invention is configured to be communicable with a card reader by receiving a high-frequency signal transmitted from the card reader through an antenna unit provided on an IC card body, rectifying the high-frequency signal to generate an operating voltage, and demodulating a modulating signal superimposed on the high-frequency signal. The antenna unit is composed of paired electrostatic coupling antennas spaced from each other. The paired electrostatic coupling antennas include metallic thin films arranged on a front surface of the IC card body separately from each other; and metallic thin films arranged on a back surface of the IC card body separately from each other. The metallic thin films are opposed to each other and connected to each other to form one of the paired electrostatic coupling antennas. The metallic thin films are opposed to each other and connected to each other to form the other of the paired electrostatic coupling antennas.

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: 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.