BILL PROCESSING UNIT AND GAMING MACHINE INCLUDING SAME

摘要

In order to make it easy to change the necessary device specifications when adapted to paper currencies in circulation in a plurality of countries and regions, a paper currency processing device (M1) has: a paper currency slot (M5) which is capable of handling the paper currency (T) of multiple currency circulation regions from the outside of the device; a paper currency transfer mechanism for transferring the paper currency (T) between the paper currency slot (M5) and various locations inside the device; and a plurality of paper currency cases linked to the paper currency transfer mechanism. The paper currency transfer mechanism is controlled in such a manner that the paper currency case associated with a currency circulation area is identified, and the paper currency (T) is transferred into the identified paper currency case.

主权项

1. A bill processing unit comprising:
a bill slot allowing bills of a plurality of currency circulation zones to be dealt with from an outside; a bill transportation mechanism configured to transport the bills between the bill slot and parts of the bill processing unit; a plurality of bill cases connected to the bill transportation mechanism; a storage configured to store identification data of each of the bill cases and identification data of each of the currency circulation zones in association with one another; a bill reader configured to read information from the bills while the bills are being transported by the bill transportation mechanism; a bill identifying unit configured to identify the currency circulation zone of each of the bills based on bill information data read by the bill reader; and an import control unit configured to specify one of the bill cases associated with the currency circulation zone identified by the bill identifying unit based on the identification data stored in the storage and control the bill transportation mechanism to import the bills to the specified bill case.