US 2004/0124063 A1 · Token purchasing device

Abstract

A token purchasing device that can automatically change the number of tokens purchased for a given price based on time, date, and day of the week information. The token purchasing device includes a banknote accepting unit for accepting a banknote and outputting a banknote value signal based on the denomination of the accepted banknote, a clock unit for outputting the current time and date information, a control unit for computing the number of tokens for dispensing, and a token dispensing unit. The control unit is configured to store a predetermined set of days or a range of times from a start time to an end time defining a special purchasing mode. The control unit can automatically change the number of tokens purchased when the current time and date is within the programmed parameters for the special purchasing mode.

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Dependent claims

A token purchasing device including

a banknote accepting unit for accepting a banknote and determining the denomination of the accepted banknote, the banknote accepting unit outputting a banknote value signal based on the denomination of the accepted banknote;
p1 a control unit for receiving the banknote value signal, the control unit outputting a token dispensing signal based on the banknote value signal;
and
a token dispensing unit for storing and dispensing tokens based on the token dispensing signal, the improvement comprising:
a clock unit for outputting the current time information;
a dispensing number setting unit for setting the dispensing number of tokens from the token dispenser, the dispensing number being determined based on the current time and date information from the clock unit;
a display unit for displaying the dispensing number;
and
a dispensing number changing unit for changing the dispensing number based on the current time and the current dispensing number,
wherein the dispensing number is changed for both the display unit and the token dispensing unit.

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A token purchasing device, comprising:

a banknote accepting unit for accepting banknotes and outputting a banknote value signal based on the denomination of the accepted banknote;
a clock unit for outputting the current time information;
a control unit for receiving the banknote value signal from the banknote accepting unit and the current time information from the clock unit, the control unit storing a predetermined range of times from a start time to an end time, the control unit computing and outputting a token dispensing signal corresponding to a predetermined quantity of tokens, the predetermined quantity of tokens being a first quantity of tokens when the current time is within the predetermined range of times, the predetermined quantity of tokens being a second quantity of tokens when the current time is not within the predetermined range of times, the first quantity of tokens being greater than the second quantity of tokens;
and
a token dispensing unit for dispensing the predetermined quantity of tokens based on the token dispensing signal from the control unit,
wherein the token dispensing signal is automatically changed based on the current time information from the clock unit.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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