# US 10,482,710 B2 · Game medium exchange device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,482,710 B2 - Document ID: US10482710B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/093,996 - Filed: 2016-04-08 - Published: 2016-10-20 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2015-04-15 - Assignees: Universal Entertainment Corporation - Applicants: Universal Entertainment Corporation - Inventors: Shinsuke Yamaguchi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10482710B2 ## CPC - G07F 17/3244: {Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes} - G07F 17/3211: {Display means} - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract Time required for exchanging game media for another type of game media can be shortened. A game medium exchange device includes: a display device; an arranging mechanism configured to hold one or more convertible game media and one or more inconvertible game media in such a manner that the convertible game media and the inconvertible game media are arranged in their respective sections of the arranging mechanism; an information acquiring mechanism configured to acquire game medium information including the currency values of the convertible game media and the inconvertible game media arranged in the arranging mechanism; and a control device configured to obtain total amounts of the currency values of the convertible game media and the inconvertible game media acquired by the information acquiring mechanism, and to display these total amounts on the display device in association with the convertible game media and the inconvertible game media. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A game medium exchange device for exchange between game media each having a currency value, the game medium exchange device comprising: a display device; an arranging mechanism comprising a horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface configured to receive game media directly thereon, and configured to hold the game media in such a manner that the game media divided into groups are arrangeable relative to each of respective horizontally disposed separate sections of a plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections of the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface; a plurality of separate horizontally disposed antennas arranged relative to the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface such that each separate antenna is associated with a separate one of each of the plurality of the horizontally disposed separate sections in which the groups of the game media are respectively arrangeable; an information acquiring mechanism configured to acquire, via each of the separate antennas, game medium information including the currency values of the game media arranged relative to each of the respective horizontally disposed separate sections; and a control device configured to obtain a separate total amount of the currency value acquired by the information acquiring mechanism for each of the plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections, and to display each separate total amount on the display device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The game medium exchange device according to claim 1, wherein, each game medium has a radio frequency identification tag capable of radio communicating the game medium information, the game medium exchange device contains the information acquiring mechanism, and the information acquiring mechanism obtains the game medium information by radio communication with the RFID tag of the game medium placed in the game medium exchange device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The game medium exchanging device of claim 1, wherein the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface comprises a plurality of visibly distinct placing regions that form a plurality of rows and columns. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The game medium exchanging device of claim 3, wherein the visibly distinct placing regions are flat relative to the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The game medium exchanging device of claim 3, wherein each of the visibly distinct placing regions comprises a recessed portion that is recessed relative to the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The game medium exchanging device of claim 3, wherein each of the visibly distinct placing regions comprises partitioning lines configured to receive a differently sized game media. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The game medium exchanging device of claim 6, wherein each of the visibly distinct placing regions includes a center-point configured to receive a center-point of the differently sized game media thereover. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) The game medium exchanging device of claim 3, wherein each separate antenna for each of the plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections is disposed below the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The game medium exchanging device of claim 8, wherein a communications range of each of the plurality of antennas associated with each of the plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections, is limited to that horizontally disposed separate section with which it is associated. ### Claim 10 A game medium exchange device for exchange between game media each having a currency value, the game medium exchange device comprising: a display device; an arranging mechanism comprising a horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface configured to receive game media directly thereon, and configured to hold the game media in such a manner that the game media divided into groups are arrangeable relative to each of respective horizontally disposed separate sections of a plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections of the game media arrangement surface; a plurality of separate horizontally disposed antennas arranged relative to the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface such that each separate antenna is associated with a separate one of each of the plurality of the horizontally disposed separate sections; an information acquiring mechanism configured to acquire game medium information including the currency values of the game media arranged relative to each of the respective horizontally disposed separate sections; and a control device configured to obtain a separate total amount of the currency value acquired by the information acquiring mechanism for each of the plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections, and to display each separate total amount on the display device, wherein, the game media include a convertible game medium exchangeable for currency, and an inconvertible game medium unexchangeable for currency, and, the control device displays the separate total amounts of the currency value on the display device in association with the convertible game medium and the inconvertible game medium. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The game medium exchange device according to claim 10, wherein, each game medium has a radio frequency identification tag capable of radio communicating the game medium information, the game medium exchange device contains the information acquiring mechanism, and the information acquiring mechanism obtains the game medium information by radio communication with the RFID tag of the game medium placed in the game medium exchange device. ### Claim 12 A game medium exchange device for exchange between game media each having a currency value, the game medium exchange device comprising: a display device; an arranging mechanism comprising a horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface configured to receive game media directly thereon, and configured to hold the game media in such a manner that the game media divided into groups are arrangeable relative to each of respective horizontally disposed separate sections of a plurality of horizontally disposed sections of the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface; a plurality of separate horizontally disposed antennas arranged relative to the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface such that each separate antenna is associated with a separate one of each of the plurality of the horizontally disposed separate sections in which the groups of the game media are respectively arrangeable; an information acquiring mechanism configured to acquire, via each of the separate antennas, game medium information including the currency values of the game media arranged relative to each of the respective horizontally disposed separate sections; and a control device configured to obtain a separate total amount of the currency value acquired by the information acquiring mechanism for each of the plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections, and to display each separate total amount on the display device, wherein, the control device identifies a currency unit of each currency value based on the game medium information acquired by the information acquiring mechanism, assigns a corresponding separate color for each identified currency unit, and displays to the display device each respective currency unit of each currency value according to its assigned corresponding currency unit color. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The game medium exchange device according to claim 12, wherein, each game medium has a radio frequency identification tag capable of radio communicating the game medium information, the game medium exchange device contains the information acquiring mechanism, and the information acquiring mechanism obtains the game medium information by radio communication with the RFID tag of the game medium placed in the game medium exchange device. ### Claim 14 A game medium exchange device for exchange between game media each having a currency value, the game medium exchange device comprising: a display device; an arranging mechanism comprising a horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface configured to receive game media directly thereon, and configured to hold the game media in such a manner that the game media divided into groups are arrangeable relative to each of respective horizontally disposed separate sections of a plurality of horizontally disposed sections of the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface; a plurality of separate horizontally disposed antennas arranged relative to the horizontally disposed planar game media arrangement surface such that each separate antenna is associated with a separate one of each of the plurality of the horizontally disposed separate sections; an information acquiring mechanism configured to acquire game medium information including the currency values of the game media arranged relative to each of the respective horizontally disposed separate sections; and a control device configured to obtain a separate total amount of the currency value acquired by the information acquiring mechanism for each of the plurality of horizontally disposed separate sections, and to display each separate total amount on the display device, wherein, the control device identifies a type of each game medium based on the game medium information acquired by the information acquiring mechanism, assigns a corresponding separate color for each type of game medium, and displays to the display device each respective game medium type according to its assigned corresponding color. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The game medium exchange device according to claim 14, wherein, each game medium has a radio frequency identification tag capable of radio communicating the game medium information, the game medium exchange device contains the information acquiring mechanism, and the information acquiring mechanism obtains the game medium information by radio communication with the RFID tag of the game medium placed in the game medium exchange device.