The present invention provides a gaming machine that can be subjected to wide-range sterilization treatment. A slot machine 1010 is characterized by including: a housing 1011; a control panel 1030 that is provided on the top surface of an operation table projecting forward from the housing 1011 and that accepts a game operation input from a player; and a straight-tube type sterilization lamp 1050 that has an emission surface emitting ultraviolet rays and that is arranged on the front surface of the housing 1011 at a specific height above the control panel 1030, such that the emission surface is exposed horizontally across both ends of the housing 1011.
A61L 2/10 - Procédés ou appareils de désinfection ou de stérilisation de matériaux ou d'objets autres que les denrées alimentaires ou les lentilles de contact; Accessoires à cet effet utilisant des phénomènes physiques des radiations des ultraviolets
2.
INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND GAME CONTROLLIING METHOD
Provided is an information processing device capable of facilitating recognition of an increasing chance of achieving a combination of symbols including a predetermined symbol. This information processing device comprises: a display device for displaying a symbol display area capable of displaying a plurality of symbols including first symbols and second symbols, the symbol display area including a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns intersecting one another; and a controller for causing the following processes to be executed using processes (1a) to (1c) as a unit game. The processes include: (1a) a symbol lottery process to determine a plurality of symbols by lottery; (1b) a process to display the plurality of symbols determined in the symbol display area; (1c) a process to grant a reward according to a combination of symbols displayed in the symbol display area; (1d) a process to fixedly display the second symbols in a number of columns corresponding to the number of the first symbols displayed in the symbol display area; and (1e) a process to execute the next unit game using the symbol display area in which the second symbols are fixedly displayed.
A63F 13/53 - Commande des signaux de sortie en fonction de la progression du jeu incluant des informations visuelles supplémentaires fournies à la scène de jeu, p.ex. en surimpression pour simuler un affichage tête haute [HUD] ou pour afficher une visée laser dans un jeu de tir
A63F 13/69 - Création ou modification du contenu du jeu avant ou pendant l’exécution du programme de jeu, p.ex. au moyen d’outils spécialement adaptés au développement du jeu ou d’un éditeur de niveau intégré au jeu en permettant l'utilisation ou la mise à jour d'éléments spécifiques du jeu, p.ex. déblocage d’options, d’éléments, de niveaux ou de versions cachés
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
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INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND GAME MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
The present invention provides an information processing system and a game management program that enable the continuation rate of a game to be improved in a game in which any of a plurality of game contents can be executed by satisfying a prescribed condition. An information processing system comprising an information processing device that enables any of a plurality of game contents to be executed by satisfying a prescribed condition, and a server that is communicably connected to the information processing device and that manages the game contents executed in the information processing device, wherein the server is provided with a control unit that, on the basis of information transmitted from the information processing device, performs control so that any of the plurality of game contents can be executed in the information processing device that transmitted the information.
The objective of the present invention is to provide a management system capable of alleviating problems relating to watching of sportsbooks on gaming machines. In a management system A1, a PTS terminal 1700: receives a sports relay video from a sportsbook server A4; receives a game video from an accompanying gaming machine A2; constantly records the received video to generate video recording data; and if a predetermined condition is satisfied, displays the video recording data on a lower side display panel 1141 of the accompanying gaming machine A2.
A63F 13/20 - Dispositions d'entrée pour les dispositifs de jeu vidéo
A63F 13/25 - Dispositions de sortie pour les dispositifs de jeu vidéo
A63F 13/30 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu
A63F 13/79 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
The present invention provides an information processing device and a program with which it is possible to improve a player continuation rate by reducing the degree of difficulty for clearing a predetermined condition. This information processing device is capable of executing a game in which a symbol lottery for determining symbols to be rearranged is executed, and if the arrangement pattern of the determined symbols corresponds to any of a predetermined plurality of types of arrangement pattern, a payout corresponding to the arrangement pattern is granted, wherein the information processing device is provided with a controller programmed to execute the following processing. a) Processing to perform a lottery regarding whether to rearrange the symbols using an arrangement pattern corresponding to a specific payout, among the payouts, and b) processing to rearrange the symbols using the arrangement pattern corresponding to the specific payout and to grant the specific payout, within a prescribed period, irrespective of whether the symbol lottery has been executed, on the condition that the lottery result obtained by means of the processing in a) was a win.
A63F 13/53 - Commande des signaux de sortie en fonction de la progression du jeu incluant des informations visuelles supplémentaires fournies à la scène de jeu, p.ex. en surimpression pour simuler un affichage tête haute [HUD] ou pour afficher une visée laser dans un jeu de tir
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
Provided is a management system which reduces the likelihood of forgetting to bet on a sportsbook or to watch a sportsbook on which one has bet. In a management system A1, a PTS terminal 1700: acquires, from a sportsbook server A4, sportsbook candidates that are in progress; selects, from the acquired sportsbook candidates, a sportsbook having a parameter with a high weighting in profile information associated with a member ID that has been read; and transmits sports broadcast data relating to the selected sportsbook from the sportsbook server A4 to an accompanying gaming machine A2, and displays the same on a lower display panel 1141.
Provided is a management system that prevents using a gaming machine only for a sports broadcast, and with which it is possible to promote betting on the gaming machine. In a management system A1: a gaming machine A2 transmits, to a PTS terminal 1700, bet number data relating to bets on a game that has been executed; the PTS terminal 1700 adds calculating time based on the bet number data to a browsing time, and setting the browsing time as a limit, transmits sports broadcast data from a sports book server A4 of a selected sports book to the auxiliary gaming machine A2; and the PTS terminal 1700 displays the sports broadcast data on a lower-side display panel 1141.
A63F 13/35 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu - Détails des serveurs de jeu
A63F 13/79 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu
A63F 13/792 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu pour le paiement, p.ex. d’abonnements mensuels
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
The present invention expands monitoring modes in a monitoring system using RFID. A monitoring system 1 using RFID includes: an information reading unit 11 that reads information by establishing wireless communication with each of RFID tags 4 disposed on a plurality of articles 3 carried by a person 2 passing through and entrance/exit; a communication determination unit 12 that determines whether or not wireless communication has been established with an RFID tag 4 by the information reading unit 11; a storage unit 13 that stores, in advance, relevance determination data for determining relevance based on a plurality of pieces of information; and a relevance determination unit 14 that stores a determination result obtained by executing a determination process using the plurality of pieces of information read from the respective RFID tags 4 and the relevance determination data, if wireless communication was determined to have been established with all of the RFID tags 4.
The present invention provides a game media management device and a game media management method that enable easy management of game media such as chips for use in casino facilities. This game media management device for managing game media circulating on circulation paths, is equipped with a control unit that controls the game media on the basis of: game media identifiers unique to the respective game media; and whereabouts status information that is updatably associated with the game media identifiers and that indicates the whereabouts of the respective game media on the circulation paths.
The present invention provides an information processing device and payout management system that enable appropriate operation according to type of game values, such as credits. The present invention comprises: an information processing unit that is capable of externally transmitting, in correspondence with registration information, game value information that can be used in a game; and an interface that is capable of sending and receiving information to and from the gaming machine. The information processing unit distinguishes between and manages a plurality of types of game values as the game value information.
The present invention provides an information processing device and a payout management system which can improve sales in a casino by securing the validity of a hand pay, reducing the number of attendants working on the casino floor, and preventing an operation of a gaming machine from being stopped. After receiving, from the gaming machine, establishment information on a condition (hand pay), which indicates that a prescribed condition (occurrence condition of the hand pay) is established for granting a prize to a player separately from processing of the gaming machine, when erasure information, which indicates the erasure of balance information about a game value stored in the gaming machine, is received from the gaming machine, the balance information about the game value is transmitted to the outside.
The present invention makes it possible to prevent a game from progressing while changes have occurred in a game medium arranged in a bet region of a game table. A game table system 1 has a touch panel 41 that receives an operation by a dealer pertaining to the progress of a betting game. The game table system 1: detects the start of the betting game proceeding on a game table 2; disables reception of an operation pertaining to the progress of the betting game by the touch panel 41 after the timing at which the start of the betting game was detected; reads a specified IC tag by wireless communication; and, when an IC tag detection unit 8 has detected the specified IC tag, cancels the disabling, by an input-disabling unit 34, of the reception of the operation pertaining to the progress of the betting game.
Provided is a management system which can simply execute a ranking game. The management system A1 includes PTS terminals 1700 and a management server A3. The PTS terminals 1700 are respectively attached to a plurality of gaming machines A2 in which games start on the basis of bets, store information about caches in the attached gaming machines A2, and output information about the numbers of the bets, which are used in bets in the games started in the attached gaming machines A2. The management server A3 executes a ranking game for determining the ranking on the basis of the information about the caches and the game results from the PTS terminals 1700. The management server A3 accumulates and stores, as rewards of the ranking game, a period set for the ranking game and the numbers of bets received from the PTS terminals 1700 respectively attached to the plurality of gaming machines A2, and imparts the rewards to winners of the ranking game.
In order that a player of a gaming machine can play a game executed on the gaming machine and a ranked game in parallel, this management system comprises: a plurality of gaming machines which transmit the number of credits that have been used; and a management server which executes a ranked game by converting the received number of credits from each of the gaming machines to a number of points, depending on the credits, then storing the converted points in association with the gaming machine that has just transmitted the number of credits, and determining a ranking for each gaming machine on the basis of the stored number of points.
A63F 13/35 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu - Détails des serveurs de jeu
A63F 13/79 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu
A63F 13/795 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu pour fournir une "liste d’amis"
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
In order that there is no need to switch between a solo game and a ranked game on a gaming machine, this management system A1 comprises: an information management device A21 which is associated with each of a plurality of gaming machines A2, and stores information relating to the cash in the associated gaming machines A2; and a management server A3 which receives information relating to cash from the information management device A21, receives the results of games carried out on the plurality of gaming machines A2, and executes a ranked game that determines a ranking, on the basis of the received information relating to the cash of each of the gaming machines A2 and the results of the games.
Provided is a management system which can change the implementation method of a ranked game without following a setting change in a gaming machine, and can also select a gaming machine that is in an ordinary working state. The management system A1 comprises a PTS terminal 1700 and a management server A3. The PTS terminal 1700 is assigned, so as to be able to communicate, to each of a plurality of gaming machines A2 which can execute a game and which each belong to any of a plurality of groups, and stores game value information of the assigned gaming machines A2 and game information related to gaming machine identification information. The management server A3 receives play information from a plurality of PTS terminals 1700, and executes a ranked game that determines a ranking, on the basis of play information of each of the gaming machines A2. The management server A3 determines a group that will be allowed to take part in a ranked game from the plurality of gaming machines accompanied by the plurality of PTS terminals 1700.
A63F 13/795 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu pour fournir une "liste d’amis"
A63F 13/798 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu pour évaluer les compétences ou pour classer les joueurs, p.ex. pour créer un tableau d’honneur des joueurs
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
The present invention provides a terminal device which can carry out processing at the end of a game without a player being aware of the processing. The terminal device, which is connected so as to be able to communicate with a gaming machine on which games can be played depending on credits, comprises: a reading unit which, before a game starts, can read, by means of wireless communication, a contactless communication medium on which player member information is stored; and a control unit which carries out processing at the end of a game, on the basis of the state of the contactless communication medium read by the reading unit after the start of the game.
The present invention enables management even when the skill level of a dealer is low. A game system 1 connects a game management device 3 and a plurality of bet management devices 2 so that data communication can be performed therebetween, uses progress conditions of bets in the bet management devices 2 for determining the execution timing of a game, and uses the result of execution of the game by the dealer in the game management device 3 for calculating dividends to the respective bet management devices 2.
The present invention provides an information management system and a terminal device that enable an unregistered player to make a cashless payment. A casino server comprises a temporary account processing device which creates, upon a request from a mobile unit, a temporary account for storing money amount data, and sends transaction information for identifying the created temporary account to the mobile unit. The mobile unit comprises a first short-distance transmission device for performing short-distance transmission of the transaction information sent from the casino server to the terminal device. The terminal device comprises: a second short-distance transmission device for acquiring the transaction information sent by short-distance transmission from the first short-distance transmission device of the mobile unit; and a temporary account processing device for processing, via a communication means, a temporary account of the casino server identified by the transaction information acquired by the second short-distance transmission device.
Provided is an information processing device, etc. that can simplify the adjustment (calculation) of a payout rate in a game system that executes a game and pays out dividends according to the results thereof. The information processing device provides, to a terminal device via a communication line, a game based on a first lottery that determines symbols which are rearranged by a first reel set, and a second lottery that determines symbols rearranged by a second reel set. The information processing device is provided with a controller that is programmed such that the following processes are executed by the information processing device and/or the terminal device. (a) A process in which a third lottery, that determines whether the second lottery is to be executed, is executed if an arrangement pattern of the symbols determined as a result of the first lottery has satisfied a first prescribed condition. (b) A process in which the second lottery is executed if it is determined that the second lottery is to be executed as a result of the third lottery.
A63F 13/30 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu
A63F 13/45 - Commande de la progression du jeu vidéo
A63F 13/53 - Commande des signaux de sortie en fonction de la progression du jeu incluant des informations visuelles supplémentaires fournies à la scène de jeu, p.ex. en surimpression pour simuler un affichage tête haute [HUD] ou pour afficher une visée laser dans un jeu de tir
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
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INFORMATION PROVISION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD
Provided are an information provision system and an information provision method through which a user can easily obtain information on desired knowledge data. In an information provision system 1, a suggestion server 400: stores, in advance, a plurality of question text strings, each associated with response content; receives an input text string input from a user terminal 100 operated by a user 10; performs morphological analysis on the input text string and each of the plurality of question text strings; calculates a score indicating a degree of relevance between the input text string and each of the plurality of question text strings on the basis of a morphological analysis result for each of the plurality of question text strings and a morphological analysis result for the input text string; and causes the user terminal 100 to present a question text string that, of the plurality of question text strings, has a score that matches a predetermined condition.
G06F 16/90 - Recherche d’informations; Structures de bases de données à cet effet; Structures de systèmes de fichiers à cet effet - Détails des fonctions des bases de données indépendantes des types de données cherchés
G06F 16/9038 - Présentation des résultats des requêtes
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GAME CONTROL SYSTEM, GAME CONTROL METHOD, AND GAME PROGRAM
The present invention improves the likelihood of preventing opportunities for a user to stop the continuation of a game. An information processing terminal 1 has a touch panel 5 for receiving a change in the number of bets, executes an ordinary normal game having the consumption of said number of bets as a condition, and when a bonus game is triggered, allows a high-probability normal game, in which the win probability of the bonus game has been set higher than that of the normal game, to be executed a prescribed number of times, and limits changing of the number of bets during the period in which the execution of the high-probability normal game set with a high win probability is allowed.
A63F 13/35 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu - Détails des serveurs de jeu
A63F 13/47 - Commande de la progression du jeu vidéo incluant des points de branchement, p.ex. la possibilité à un moment donné de choisir l’un des scénarios possibles
A63F 13/69 - Création ou modification du contenu du jeu avant ou pendant l’exécution du programme de jeu, p.ex. au moyen d’outils spécialement adaptés au développement du jeu ou d’un éditeur de niveau intégré au jeu en permettant l'utilisation ou la mise à jour d'éléments spécifiques du jeu, p.ex. déblocage d’options, d’éléments, de niveaux ou de versions cachés
A63F 13/79 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
Provided is a game management device making it possible to automatically perform ranking processing by batch management based on movement of chips. A plurality of game tables are connected to a controller, the game tables having a first chip information storage control unit for reading chip value data from an RFID of RFID built-in chips on the game tables and cumulatively storing same at each execution of a unit game in association with player-specific identification information. The controller has a second chip information storage control unit for receiving and storing the chip value data stored on the first chip information storage control units. The second chip information storage control unit executes ranking processing in order to identify a winner for respective pieces of identification information of the plurality of players on the basis of the chip value data associated with the identification information of each of the players received from the plurality of game tables.
A63F 1/18 - Dispositifs marqueurs ou enregistreurs; Indicateurs
A63F 13/798 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu pour évaluer les compétences ou pour classer les joueurs, p.ex. pour créer un tableau d’honneur des joueurs
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
Provided is a tournament management device which can perform consistent tournament management from promotion to the proceeding of a game and urge suitable members to participate in respective tournaments. The tournament management device is provided with a control unit which executes the following processes. a) a process for constructing, from data including input game content and the number of participants, and storing tournament basic information, b) a process for constructing, on the basis of the tournament basic information, promotion information that requests participation in the tournament, and transmitting the promotion information, c) a process for transmitting, to the outside, a screen for participation registration in the tournament, d) a registration process for storing as a tournament participant in association with member identification information under a condition of receiving prescribed registration information, and e) a process for executing a tournament with the registered participants on the basis of the tournament basic information.
The present invention provides a terminal device and an information management system that make it easy to grasp a gaming machine in which a foreign currency is used. This terminal device is communicatively connected to a gaming machine with which gaming is possible according to an input currency, the terminal device comprising: a control device which executes an input process for converting the amount of the input currency into the amount of the specific currency, on the basis of a conversion rate for converting the amount of the input currency into the amount of the specific currency; and a transmitting device which transmits input currency information including currency information regarding the input currency and specification information for specifying a gaming machine into which the currency has been input.
The present invention reduces the possibility of occurrence of errors in management work concerning secret bets. A game system 1 executes a game in which it is possible to select a normal bet, which is a bet placed on the game with the content of the bet made open, or a secret bet, with which the content of the bet is kept unopen until the game result of the game is revealed. The game system 1 includes: a game management device 3 that includes a game management terminal 33 operated from the outside and that executes the game; and one or more bet management devices 2 that each include a bet management terminal 21 operated from the outside and a plurality of game-value reading units 221 capable of reading, in a contactless manner, game-value information of a game medium used for a bet.
A63F 13/35 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu - Détails des serveurs de jeu
A63F 13/792 - Aspects de sécurité ou de gestion du jeu incluant des données sur les joueurs, p.ex. leurs identités, leurs comptes, leurs préférences ou leurs historiques de jeu pour le paiement, p.ex. d’abonnements mensuels
A63F 13/80 - Adaptations particulières pour exécuter un genre ou un mode spécifique de jeu
G06Q 50/34 - Mises ou paris sportifs, p.ex. paris sur Internet
The present invention provides a terminal device and an information management system that can easily aggregate sales or the like. This terminal device is communicatively connected to a gaming machine with which gaming is possible according to an input currency, the terminal device comprising: a control device which executes an input process for converting the amount of the input currency into the amount of the specific currency, on the basis of a conversion rate for converting the amount of the input currency into the amount of the specific currency; and a transmitting device which transmits input currency information including currency information indicating the type of input currency and rate information indicating a conversion rate used for conversion by the control device.
According to the present invention, even when money exchange is performed at a wrong exchange rate, the wrong exchange is easily corrected to a state in which the money exchange is performed at a correct exchange rate. This exchange rate management system P1 has: a plurality of processing devices P2 with which gaming is possible by converting a value of a non-payment currency into a value of a payment currency according to an exchange rate; a main storage device A312 that stores the exchange rate updated at a predetermined timing; a sub-storage device A21 that is provided in each of the processing devices P2 and stores the exchange rate; and a relay storage device A322 that stores the exchange rate to be developed in the sub-storage device A21 to be updatable by the exchange rate of the main storage device A312, wherein the main storage device A312, the sub-storage device A21, and the relay storage device A322 respectively have update time storage units A3121, A211, and A3221 that store times when the exchange rate is updated.
Provided is a banknote processing system with which it is possible for a banknote processing terminal having a container in which a specific currency is contained to be easily identified. In a banknote processing system 1000: a slot machine G10 reads which of a plurality of types of currency a banknote T contained therein belongs to, and transmits a currency type signal to a management server 260; and the management server 260 stores position information identifying an installation position of a plurality of the slot machines G10, stores the slot machine G10 which transmitted the currency type signal, in association with a currency type indicated by the currency type signal, identifies the slot machine G10 with which a prescribed currency type is associated, and presents the installation position of the identified slot machine G10.
Provided is a bill transaction system which, when working with a bill validator which can handle various types of bills including foreign currencies in a state of being connected to a management server via a communication channel, can reduce risk in working with the foreign currencies when a communication fault occurs. The bill transaction system 100 is connected to a casino management system 2 via a network 3, said bill transaction system 100 comprising a bill validator 201 which can handle various types of bills, and a PTS terminal 700. If a fault occurs in communication with the casino management system 2 (when offline), the PTS terminal 700 causes the bill validator 201 to execute a process of limiting the use of foreign currencies while allowing the use of local bills.
The present invention provides a management server with which, when handling multiple currency handling systems capable of using various currencies, it is possible for areas in which a prescribed currency can be used, and areas in which said currency cannot be used, to be set separately. In a slot machine management server 1 connected to a plurality of currency handling systems, each capable of using various currencies and each provided with a currency reading device 201: each currency handling system 100 is associated with any of area A to area H; the slot machine management server 1 is provided with an input unit 104, a communication interface 103, and a center controller 101; and the center controller 101 accepts a selection of an arbitrarily defined area and a selection of an arbitrarily defined currency, and if a currency read by the currency reading device 201 is the currency of which selection has been accepted, and the currency reading device 201 that read the currency is associated with the area of which selection has been accepted, the center controller 101 transmits an instruction causing execution of a process to permit use of the selected currency.
A banknote processing terminal is provided which, when a user uses foreign currency, reduces the hassle of the user making confirmations. A slot machine G10 displays a confirmation screen 721 for confirming whether or not it is acceptable to exchange a foreign currency, and can receive input for selecting whether or not obtaining further confirmation on the confirmation screen 721 is unnecessary, and in the case of receiving a selection that further confirmation is unnecessary, thereafter cancels display of the confirmation screen.
Provided is a management server which, when operating a currency handling system which comprises a plurality of currency reading devices with which various currencies can be used, is capable of uniformly and rapidly restricting the usage of a prescribed currency. A slot machine management server 1 and a casino management system 2 manage a plurality of slot machines 4S comprising a currency handling system 100 with which various currencies can be used. If, for example, information restricting the usage of 100-dollar banknotes in areas A-D on a map of a gaming floor 15 is received from an input unit 104, and then currency used in a currency reading device 201 of a slot machine 4S installed in the areas A-D is determined to be a 100-dollar banknote, the usage of which has been restricted, a center controller 101 of the slot machine management server 1 transmits, to the currency reading device 201 via a PTS terminal 700, an instruction to execute a process for discharging the banknote T (100-dollar banknote) that was used.
The present invention provides an information processing device with which it is possible to perform, in a gaming machine, a game on a rolling program, a gaming machine, and a game system. The information processing device is provided with: an information medium processing unit which is capable of exchanging, with a portable information medium, play value information usable in a game; and an interface capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from the gaming machine. The information medium processing unit: reads from the information medium first play value information which is given, as play value information, on condition of being exchanged with a monetary value, which is usable for playing the game, and of which cashing is limited; provides the first play value information that has been read to the game; and limits writing of the first play value information read from the information medium into the information medium as cashable second play value information.
The present invention makes it possible for information acquisition of knowledge data desired by a user to be performed easily. An information providing system 1: stores question character strings to which response contents are associated; stores a synonym dictionary in which synonyms comprising a plurality of terms defined as having mutually similar meanings are set; receives an input character string input from a user terminal 100 operated by a user; converts terms included in the input character string on the basis of the synonym dictionary to obtain a search character string; identifies the question character string relating to the search character string; and transmits the identified question character string to the user terminal 100.
G06F 16/90 - Recherche d’informations; Structures de bases de données à cet effet; Structures de systèmes de fichiers à cet effet - Détails des fonctions des bases de données indépendantes des types de données cherchés
A problem addressed by the present invention is to provide a search text generation system capable of automatically generating an appropriate search text from natural language input by a user. The search text generation server 300: analyzes received input text; identifies a word corresponding to an operator and a word of interest which is adjacent to said word; and, using the words having thus been identified, automatically generates a search text which corresponds to the input text.
The present invention addresses the problem of providing a mechanism that makes it possible to readily generate knowledge data including a huge number of anticipated input sentences (input sentences anticipated to be entered by users) in an information providing system that realizes a conversation with a user by outputting, to a terminal of the user, a reply corresponding to an input given by the user. In accordance with an instruction given by a client or the like, an information providing system 1, from pairs of anticipated input sentences and reply sentences defined in template data 240, derives a pair of an anticipated input sentence and a reply sentence corresponding to each item of data stored in intermediate data 350, thereby generating knowledge data 250.
G06F 16/90 - Recherche d’informations; Structures de bases de données à cet effet; Structures de systèmes de fichiers à cet effet - Détails des fonctions des bases de données indépendantes des types de données cherchés
[Problem] To provide a management apparatus capable of converting dividend information on the basis of a predetermined currency unit and causing an information-processing apparatus to display said information. [Solution] Provided is a management apparatus provided with: a storage unit that stores currency information including a currency unit; a receiving unit that receives dividend information for generating profit for a user, which is transmitted from an information-processing apparatus and includes a specific currency unit; a converting unit that converts the dividend information received by the receiving unit on the basis of the currency unit stored in the storage unit; a transmitting unit that transmits, in order to cause the information-processing apparatus to display the dividend information converted by the converting unit, the converted dividend information to the information-processing apparatus.
A slot machine according to the present invention is provided with: an input device capable of placing bets of a plurality of credit types having different credit values; a storage unit for storing, for each credit type, a counter for counting a number of games incremented in association with the start of a game and storing, for each credit type, a prescribed number of games to take place before specific control is executed; and a controller. The number of games of the counter for the credit type corresponding to a credit value for which a bet is placed in association with the start of a game is incremented, a determination is made as to whether the number of games of the counter for the credit type has reached the prescribed number of games corresponding to the credit type, and when the number of games has reached the prescribed number of games, specific control is executed.
The present invention addresses the problem of providing an information terminal for which it is possible to minimize manufacturing costs. A ticket printer 238 is held in the upper part of a paper-sheet processing device 240. A guide 501, into which tickets and the like discharged from a ticket discharge opening 301 of the ticket printer 238 are guided, and an input opening 401 of the paper-sheet processing device, are held at a prescribed angle. The tickets and the like printed by the ticket printer 238 are provided from the ticket discharge opening 301 of the ticket printer 238 to an opening part 206a of a bezel 206 via the guide 501. Paper sheets inputted into the paper-sheet processing device 240 are provided from the opening part 206a of the bezel 206 to the input opening 401 of the paper-sheet processing device.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a player tracking device body designed for stable installation in any of various postures in the interior of a console of any of various gaming machines; and a player tracking device that includes the player tracking device body. A PTS body 1700b is equipped with a magnet cover 1801 formed as a protruding part on the center upper side of a base panel 1803, and magnets (1810, 1811, 1812) which are sandwiched between the magnet cover 1801 and a base stopper 1815 are arranged inside the magnet cover 1801.
Provided is a game system for carrying out an interconnected performance in which player tracking devices (PTS terminals) are used in a plurality of gaming machines when carrying out a bonus game or the like. When a bonus game is won, a bonus server 11 transmits a bonus win notification to gaming machines in a bank that includes the winning gaming machines. The PTS terminals of the gaming machines that have received the bonus win notification transmit an interconnected performance start request to a gaming machine that operates as a performance control server within the bank. The PTS terminal of the gaming machine that has received the interconnected performance start request broadcasts an interconnected performance execution request to a network segment of the bank. When each of the PTS terminals of gaming machines that operate as performance execution clients receive the interconnected performance execution request, a performance such as emission of light or output of a sound is carried out within the bank in response to the request.
A63F 13/30 - Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs et des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des dispositifs de jeu; Dispositions d’interconnexion entre des serveurs de jeu
Provided is a player tracking device which, when a player is playing a game, even if an IC card has been introduced into a gaming machine, can read and write information of another IC card with a simple touch operation. This player tracking device is provided with a card unit by which information relating to the results of playing on a game machine is stored on an IC card by radio communication, and a touch unit which reads information from another IC card by radio communication.
A player tracking device is provided which separates a player's voice from ambient sounds, including game sounds outputted from the speakers of a gaming machine, and which can input the player's voice efficiently and clearly with microphones. This player tracking device comprises two directional microphones placed apart from each other, analyzes the difference between the audio on the basis of the relative positions of said microphones and the audio data inputted by said microphones, and carries out audio data processing.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a gaming table for which maintenance can be easily performed. The gaming table comprises: a gaming board on which are disposed antennae which read, by wireless communication, identification information stored on gaming-use chips; and a gaming board platform, on which the gaming board is mounted so as to be closable.
Paper stock that has been conveyed to a position displaced from a normal position can be overlaid and stored on previously stored paper stock. A paper money processing device (1) is provided with: a storage unit (5) for forming a storage space (5a) in which paper money (M) is layered and stored; a conveyance mechanism for conveying paper money (M) to the storage unit (5); and a movable piece (37) capable of entering and exiting the storage space (5a), the movable piece (5) being provided in a direction orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the paper money (M) conveyed by the conveyance mechanism. Conveyance is stopped in a position where the rear end part in the conveyance direction of the paper money (M) to be conveyed to the storage unit (5) by the conveyance mechanism is facing the moveable piece (37), the rear end part of the paper money (M) in the conveyance direction in a position facing the moveable piece (37) is thereafter moved to the storage space (5a) side and the paper money (M) is layered and stored in the storage space (5a) by the entering and exiting operation of the movable piece (37).
B65H 31/26 - Dispositifs auxiliaires pour retenir les articles dans la pile
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
G07D 9/00 - Comptage de pièces de monnaie; Manipulation de pièces de monnaie non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
G07F 17/32 - Appareils déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour la location d'articles; Installations ou services déclenchés par pièces de monnaie pour jeux, jouets, sports ou distractions
47.
CONVERSATION TOPIC PROVISION SYSTEM, CONVERSATION CONTROL TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MAINTENANCE DEVICE
Provided is a conversation topic provision system whereby it is possible to achieve a natural response which matches a conversation topic and a flow of a conversation, and whereby it is possible to separately carry out maintenance work such as changing, adding, or correcting of a conversation topic control rule. The conversation topic provision system comprises: an input unit whereby a user inputs input information; an input information analysis unit which analyzes the input information and generates input specification information; a scenario data storage unit which extracts scenario data which defines response information relating to a conversation topic; a response information determination unit which determines the response information on the basis of the scenario data and the input specification information; and an output unit which outputs the response information.
The present application provides a gaming device in which an auxiliary light device is used, wherein the auxiliary light device can be used over a long period of time. An emission-brightness-determining device for determining the emission brightness of illuminating light sets the emission brightness as a first emission brightness on the condition that a brightness setting signal is detected, and sets the emission brightness as a second emission brightness lower than the first emission brightness on the condition that the face of the gamer is imaged by an image-capturing device.
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
The present application provides a system that can add a multi-currency function to an existing ticket/cashless server. In the system of the application, information for issuing a bar code ticket to pay out credit from a gaming machine is communicated in a channel with the game controller. When paper money is inputted, information concerning the paper money is transmitted to the issuing server by a channel that differs from the channel with the game controller.
Provided is a multiple currency bill acceptor that can convert an existing cashless system easily and at low cost into a cashless system capable of handling multiple currencies. When a ticket is read, the acceptor converts the information to ticket format data that can be understood by the game controller and transmits same to the game controller. When a bill is read, the acceptor transmits the information to the game controller as data converted to a ticket format.
The present invention provides a monitoring system capable of suitably accommodating information which is being suppressed, or modified and released, in a scene of censorship, such as preference information, and a visualization system for information required to achieve the monitoring system and a visualization function for the information. This information processing system extracts, on the basis of decomposed text data in which text data based on individually generated data generated by a multitude of individuals participating in and configuring a critical system has been decomposed so that meaning can be identified, data satisfying predetermined related conditions characterized by each community for a subject and predetermined characteristic conditions characterized by each of the communities regarding attributes of the subject, extracts data satisfying specific conditions indicating a predetermined specificity characterized by each community for the subject, and detects and visualizes the predetermined specificity so as to determine individuals who should be monitored and the monitored content for which the monitoring is to be controlled.
The present invention provides a game-information-integrating system for outputting proportions for individual classes of operating status of game units installed in a game facility and for individual classes of visitors, the proportions being outputted in such a manner that preference trends and other statistics of the largest common denominator of visitors with respect to these proportions can be ascertained in real time; and for providing information useful in optimal management and administration of the game facility, while maintaining a balance between the interests of players and of the game facility. The game-information-integrating system comprises gaming machine units and a server. Game-start or game-end data received from the gaming machine units is stored by the server, in data-storing means, in mutual association with reception-time data indicative of the time the data was received. Analysis-processing means of the server generates, on the basis of the data stored in the data storing means, cumulative values of game-start or game-end data from each of the gaming machine units; and outputting means of the server outputs, as image data changed in accordance with the cumulative values, an image of location information of each of the gaming machine units in a map-layout display image of the game facility.
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.
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a paper sheet processing device with a reduced number of components for detecting the presence of paper sheets on a conveyance path and which is capable of reducing costs. To achieve this aim, the paper sheet processing device has: an insertion port where paper sheets are inserted; a conveyance path along which paper sheets inserted into the insertion port are conveyed; sensors (10, 13, 32) that detect whether or not paper sheets are present on the conveyance path; a read unit (30) capable of reading inserted paper sheets; and a control unit that performs paper sheet detection processing whereby paper sheets present on the conveyance path are detected, based on the detection results of the sensors (10, 13, 32) and the read results of the read unit (30).
Provided is a game information integration system enabling a game parlor to objectively perform selections and settings according to the preferences of game players, particularly of regular customers and enabling a game machine, which arouses the game players as users and the demand of a game parlor manager in a balanced manner, to be efficiently put into the market from the result of logically analyzing the game machine. The data are created, including: (a) the length of time per play, during which each player plays with a game machine unit; (b) the temporal change of the income and expenditure of the game player during the playing period; (c) the operation time of the game machine unit; and (d) the parlor side profit obtained from the game machine unit. Based on (a) and (b), the degree of satisfaction of the game player is calculated; based on (c) and (d), the degree of satisfaction on the parlor side is calculated.
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
Disclosed is a game information consolidation system that allows gaming establishments to make objective selections and settings in accordance with the preferences of players, particularly regular customers. Said system also makes it possible to efficiently market game machines that, based on the results of logical analysis, appeal in a balanced manner to the demands of both users (players) and managers of gaming establishments. The disclosed game information consolidation system is provided with a plurality of game machine units and a sever that is connected to each game machine unit so as to be able to communicate therewith. Each game machine unit is provide with a means for reading player-identifying information, a means for outputting usage count data, and a means for outputting payout count data. Game machine unit identification information is individually allocated to each game machine unit. The server is provided with a data memory means that associates and stores the usage count data and payout count data with time-received data, player-identifying information, and game machine unit identification information.
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
57.
DEPOSIT AMOUNT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM COMPRISING DEPOSIT AMOUNT MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND DEPOSIT AMOUNT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COMPRISING PORTABLE TERMINAL
A deposit amount management device capable of managing money received from a general user who has no bank account so as to allow even the general user to do payment, send remittance, and receive lottery prize money via a network. The deposit amount management device has a deposit amount storage unit for storing the deposit amount of each user, a deposit amount management unit for increasing or decreasing the deposit amount of the user in response to a request from a user terminal device, a shop terminal device, or an automatic teller machine, and a cash processing unit which generates an account transfer request message and sends the message to a financial institution system to cause the financial institution system to receive and disburse cash in order to convert cash to deposit or deposit to cash.
G06Q 20/00 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement
G07D 13/00 - Manipulation de pièces de monnaie ou de papiers de valeur, caractérisée par une combinaison de mécanismes non couverts par un seul des groupes
G07D 9/00 - Comptage de pièces de monnaie; Manipulation de pièces de monnaie non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
G07F 19/00 - Systèmes bancaires complets; Dispositions à déclenchement par carte codée adaptées pour délivrer ou recevoir des espèces ou analogues et adresser de telles transactions à des comptes existants, p.ex. guichets automatiques
Provided is a game system in which a game can be played by means of an information card in place of a conventional paper system. The game system is comprised of a bill identification device that is set to correspond to each game machine, identifies different currency bills and an amount of money thereof and outputs data indicative of an identified result; a player tracking device that is integrated into each of the gaming machines, converts the data outputted from the bill identification device into credit data for the execution of the game in accordance with a currency exchange rate, and transmits the credit data to the gaming machine; and an information card device that is integrated into the player tracking device, makes the information card store data corresponding to an amount of money granted to the player in accordance with a game result of the gaming machine, and transmits the credit data for the execution of the game to the gaming machine in accordance with data corresponding to the amount of money read from the information card.
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
59.
READ/WRITE DEVICE FOR INFORMATION DATA STORAGE MEDIUM
Provided is a read/write device for an information data storage medium, which can decrease forgetting to take an IC card ejected from a gaming machine. When it is determined that an information data recording medium is present in an eject position and it is determined that no player is present, the information data recording medium is transferred from the eject position to a housing position by a transfer unit.
A slot machine is equipped with a protrusion which is formed to protrude from the lower end of a main display arranged in a cabinet toward the front side of the slot machine. At the protrusion, an arm rest, a control panel, and the like, are provided as portions on which a part of the body of a player abuts. The lower end of the display surface of the main display is located below the portions on which a part of the body of a player abuts (the arm rest and control panel).
A gaming system comprises a control unit quipped with a controller. The control starts the reception of bets from a plurality of stations, displays, on a dealer display, termination order images from the plurality of the stations in accordance with a lapse of a predetermined period of time from the start of the bet reception, and advances the game on the condition that a bet termination order signal is received from an operation input button.
A paper sheet processing device capable of accurately detecting a paper sheet present in a conveying path. A paper sheet (banknote) processing device comprises: a motor (13) for a banknote conveying mechanism, the motor (13) being capable of driving a banknote so that the banknote is conveyed along a conveying path; a discharge sensor (18) for detecting whether or not a banknote is present in the banknote conveying path; and a control means (200) for detecting, with drive of the conveying mechanism stopped, whether or not a banknote is present in the banknote conveying path by means of the discharge sensor (18) and, when the banknote is not detected, driving the motor (13) for the banknote conveying mechanism to perform re-detection processing in which whether or not a banknote is present in the banknote conveying path is detected again by the re-discharge sensor (18).
Provided is a game system in which a player can continue a game without the feeling of any inconvenience even if the player runs out of basic currency. The game system is comprised of a bill identification device that identifies different currency bills and an amount thereof and outputs the result of identification, a player tracking device, which is integrated with each gaming machine, converts data outputted from the bill identification device into credit data for the execution of a game in accordance with an exchange rate and sends out the same to the game machine, and an information card device that makes an information card store data corresponding to an amount of money provided to the player in accordance with a game result of the gaming machine and transmits credit data for the execution of the game to the gaming machine in accordance with data corresponding to the amount of money read out from the information card.
A63F 5/04 - Roulettes à disque; Roulettes à cadran; Totons; Totons marqués comme des dés
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
Provided is a sheet-of-paper processing device enabling correct determination of authenticity even if transportation member induces a production error. The sheet-of-paper processing device includes a transportation roller for transporting a sheet of paper inserted in the insertion slot, a sheet-of-paper reading means (8) for reading the sheet of paper transported by the transportation roller, a detecting means (231) for detecting a measured value of the length of a predetermined region of the sheet in the direction in which the sheet is transported, a storage means (233) storing a reference value of the length of the predetermined region of the sheet, and an authenticity determining section (230) for determining the authenticity of the sheet of paper on the basis of the result of comparison of the measured value with the reference value. The length of the predetermined region is calculated after reading an authentic sheet. The reference value is determined from the calculated length, the theoretical value which is the length of the predetermined region of an authentic sheet, and an allowable value determined for authentic sheets with respect to the theoretical value.
Provided is a paper sheet processing apparatus capable of preventing the authentication accuracy from degrading even when the condition of a paper sheet is changed by the attachment of water or the like. The paper sheet processing apparatus comprises: a light receiving unit (81a) for receiving transmission light transmitted through a paper sheet and reflection light reflected on the paper sheet, which are radiated from light emitting units (80a, 81b); a conversion unit (231) for converting each of the transmission and reflection lights received by the light receiving unit on a per-pixel basis, wherein the pixel includes color information having brightness and has a predetermined size as one unit; a RAM (224) for storing a transmission image comprising a plurality of pixels converted by the conversion unit from the transmission light received by the light receiving unit (81a) and a reflection image comprising a plurality of pixels converted by the conversion unit from the reflection light; an authentication processing unit (230) for authenticating the paper sheet, based on each image stored in the RAM (224); and a discrimination section (233) for excluding, based on the comparison result between a pixel brightness in a predetermined region of the transmission image and a pixel brightness of the reflection image corresponding to the predetermined region of the transmission image, the predetermined region from an authentication target.
A bank notes handling apparatus comprising an insertion port through which a bank notes are inserted, a sensor which detects the insertion of bank notes into the insertion port, a conveyance passage for conveying bank notes inserted into the insertion port, a light emitting section for irradiating the conveyance passage with light, a light receiving section for receiving light from the conveyance passage, a black correction section for receiving light from the conveyance passage at the light receiving section in a state where emission of light from the light emitting section is invalidated and for setting the light to a reference value of the lowest lightness, and a true/false determination section for determining true/false by comparing a plurality of elements of pixel data, that are obtained by irradiating bank notes moving on the conveyance passage with light from the light emitting section and by converting the light received at the light receiving section so that the light includes color information having brightness with a predetermined magnitude as one unit, with reference pixel data about an authentic bank note, based on the reference value set at the black correction section. Every time when a bank note is inserted, the black correction section sets a reference value after the insertion of the bank notes is detected by means of the sensor and before true/false is determined at the true/false determination section.
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
An electronic settling system which can be used in a game center and is similar to cash settling is provided. A portable telephone set acquires device ID from a ball lending machine by performing communication with the ball lending machine by a non-contact IC card and transmits a payment request message including the device ID and the user ID to an electronic settling server. The electronic settling server informs an intra-store server of a transfer amount to a settling provider account from a user account, and the intra-store server stores the transfer amount as money entrusted. The intra-store server instructs the ball lending machine to supply a game medium corresponding to a game medium cost in accordance with a payment request message from the portable telephone set, adds an amount corresponding to the game medium cost to a consumption amount and gives a transfer request to a receiving network so that the consumption amount is transferred from the settling provider account to the game center provider account. The ball lending machine supplies the game medium corresponding to the game medium cost when it receives a supply instruction message from the intra-store server.
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
G06Q 20/00 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement
68.
THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER ELEMENT AND CONDUCTIVE MEMBER FOR THERMOELECTRIC CONVERTER ELEMENT
Disclosed is a low-cost thermoelectric converter element which is not decreased in electrical conductivity and thermal conductivity even under high temperature conditions. Specifically disclosed is a thermoelectric converter element (10) which is characterized by comprising a single element composed of a sintered cell (15) and a pair of electrodes (14) respectively attached to a heating surface which is one surface of the sintered cell (15) and a cooling surface which is a surface opposite to the heating surface, a conductive member (11) for electrical connection with an electrode other than the electrodes (14), and a metal layer (12) composed of at least one of gold and platinum. The thermoelectric converter element (10) is also characterized in that an electrode (14) of the single element is electrically connected with the conductive member (11) through the metal layer (12).
H01L 35/08 - Jonctions non amovibles, p.ex. obtenues par cémentation, frittage, soudage
H01L 35/22 - Emploi d'un matériau spécifié pour les bras de la jonction utilisant des compositions inorganiques comprenant des composés contenant du bore, du carbone, de l'oxygène ou de l'azote
H01L 35/32 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par la structure ou la configuration de la cellule ou du thermocouple constituant le dispositif
H02N 11/00 - Générateurs ou moteurs non prévus ailleurs; Mouvements dits perpétuels obtenus par des moyens électriques ou magnétiques
A thermoelectric generation apparatus, which is provided with a thermoelectric conversion element, can be used even when exposed to a high-temperature environment such as being heated on an open fire, and is inexpensive. Onto the bottom surface or the like. of a container (11) which can be used even when heated by heat from an ignition source, the thermoelectric conversion element (12) made from the same material which can be used even when heated by the heat generated from the ignition source is installed fixedly. Thus, a thermoelectric conversion apparatus (10), which can be used even when exposed to the high-temperature environment such as an open fire, and is inexpensive, is provided.
H01L 35/30 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par les moyens d'échange de chaleur à la jonction
H01L 35/22 - Emploi d'un matériau spécifié pour les bras de la jonction utilisant des compositions inorganiques comprenant des composés contenant du bore, du carbone, de l'oxygène ou de l'azote
H01L 35/32 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par la structure ou la configuration de la cellule ou du thermocouple constituant le dispositif
H02N 11/00 - Générateurs ou moteurs non prévus ailleurs; Mouvements dits perpétuels obtenus par des moyens électriques ou magnétiques
A device for processing paper sheets or the like does not cause a failure in conveyance of the paper sheets or the like. The device has a banknote inserting opening, a banknote conveying mechanism capable of conveying a banknote inserted from the banknote inserting opening, a banknote reading means (8) for reading the banknote conveyed by the banknote conveying mechanism, an authentication determining means for determining the authentication of the banknote read by the banknote reading means (8), a banknote determination processing section (230) for determining, before the reading of the banknote by the banknote reading means is completed, damage to the banknote based on the shape of that portion of the banknote which is read and on the shape of a banknote as a reference banknote, and a controlling means (200) for controlling conveyance of the banknote by the banknote conveying mechanism based on the result of the determination by the banknote determination processing section (230).
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
Provided is a paper treating apparatus capable of preventing the transfer failure of paper. A paper-currency treating apparatus comprises a paper-currency slit, a paper-currency transfer mechanism capable of transferring the paper currencies inserted from the paper-currency slit, a paper-currency reading means (8) for reading the paper currencies transferred by the paper-currency transfer mechanism, a conversion unit (231) for converting the images read by the paper-currency reading means (8), into individual pixels which contain color information having brightness and which have a predetermined size as a unit, a genuineness deciding means for deciding a genuineness from the density value of each pixel converted by the conversion unit (231) and the density value of each pixel of the paper currency for the reference, a paper-currency discriminating unit (230) for discriminating the damage of the paper currency, before the reading of the paper currencies by the paper-currency reading means (8) is ended, on the basis of both the density value of each pixel at the read portion and the density value of each reference pixel corresponding to the read portion, and a control means (200) for controlling the transfers of the paper currencies by the paper-currency transfer mechanism, on the basis of the decision results by the paper-currency discriminating unit (230).
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
A paper money identifying apparatus accurately identifies authenticity of a watermark area formed on paper money. The paper money identifying apparatus has light receiving sections (81c, 82c) which respectively receive reflected lights from the top surface and bottom surface for a watermark image formed on paper money fed, a converting section (232) which converts a watermark image yielded by each of the reflected lights respectively received by the light receiving sections (81c, 82c) to pixels each including color information having brightness and having a predetermined size as a unit, and an identifying section (235) which identifies the authenticity of the watermark image based on the density values of the pixels of each light receiving section (81c, 82c) converted by the converting section (232) and the transmitted-light oriented density values of the pixels of the watermark image on reference paper money.
Disclosed is a paper sheet handling device that is equipped with a storage part that is able to collect paper sheets in a stable state. A paper sheet handling device (1) is equipped with a paper currency storage part (100), which makes it possible to store paper currency inserted into a paper currency insertion slot. The paper currency storage part possesses a restricting member (110), which is equipped with an opening (110A) for accepting paper currency to be stored in a stack, and with a contact surface (110a) which the paper currency contacts, whereby movement of the paper currency is restricted. The coefficient of friction of the contact surface (110a) of the restricting member (110), which contacts the paper currency, is made to be greater than the coefficient of friction generated between the paper currency stored in a stack.
Provided is a paper sheet processing device capable of preventing paper sheets from being drawn out by an unauthorized action. A bill processing device (1) comprises: an insertion slot into which bills are inserted; a bill feeding mechanism capable of feeding the bills inserted from the insertion slot; a bill reading means (8) for reading the bills fed by the bill feeding mechanism; authentication means (210, 212, 214, 216) for authenticating the bills read by the bill reading means (8); and a motor driving pulse output unit (180) for controlling the bill feeding speed by a motor (13) constituting the bill feeding mechanism. The motor driving pulse output unit (180) controls the feeding speed of the bill feeding mechanism (6) after the completion of reading by the bill reading means (8).
G07D 9/00 - Comptage de pièces de monnaie; Manipulation de pièces de monnaie non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
A63F 7/02 - Jeux d'intérieur utilisant de petits éléments de jeu mobiles, p.ex. des boules, billes, disques ou cubes utilisant des éléments de jeu tombant ou des éléments de jeu roulant sur une surface inclinée, p.ex. billards électriques
Provided is an infrared sensor, which suppresses the dispersion of semiconductor characteristics of individual elements, which reduces the drop of thermoelectric conversion efficiencies due to the dispersion of the semiconductor characteristics, and which is simple in construction. The infrared sensor (S) comprises a substrate (10) having an insulating layer (11) formed thereon, a thermoelectric conversion element (20) mounted on the substrate (10) through the insulating layer (11), and an infrared absorbing layer (30) mounted on the thermoelectric conversion element (20). This thermoelectric conversion element (20) includes at least one single element (25) having a heating surface defined as one side face and a cooling surface defined as the opposite face of the heating surface, for generating an electric power from the temperature difference made between the heating surface and the cooling surface. The single element (25) includes a sintered cell (21) made of a composite metallic oxide, a pair of electrodes (22 and 23) formed on the heating surface and the cooling surface of the sintered cell (21), and lead wires (24) for connecting the electrode (22) on the heating surface and the electrode (23) on the cooling surface electrically in series.
H01L 35/22 - Emploi d'un matériau spécifié pour les bras de la jonction utilisant des compositions inorganiques comprenant des composés contenant du bore, du carbone, de l'oxygène ou de l'azote
H01L 35/32 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par la structure ou la configuration de la cellule ou du thermocouple constituant le dispositif
H01L 37/00 - Dispositifs thermoélectriques sans jonction de matériaux différents; Dispositifs thermomagnétiques, p.ex. utilisant l'effet Nernst-Ettinghausen; Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
76.
BANK NOTE PROCESSING DEVICE AND AUTHENTICATING METHOD
A bank note processing device for correctly authenticating a bank note even if the bank note has extended/contracted and an authenticating method used for the device are provided. The bank note processing device comprises a bank note reading means (8) for reading a bank note, a reference data storage section (233) storing an allowable range of a reference value of the length of printed area on each side of the bank note and a comparing/judging section (235) for calculating the correction value for measured data when the measured length data relating to the printed area on one side of the bank note read by the bank note reading means (8) is out of the allowable range of the one side, correcting the measured data relating to the other side by using the calculated correction value, comparing the corrected measured data with the allowable range of the other side stored in an allowable range storage unit, and judging if the bank note is authentic.
B42D 15/10 - Cartes d'identité, cartes de crédit, cartes bancaires ou cartes analogues portant des informations (supports d'enregistrement, p.ex. cartes d'identité ou cartes de crédit, pour utilisation avec des machines et avec au moins une partie prévue pour supporter des marques numériques G06K 19/00)
77.
PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING METHOD
A banknote identifying device for identifying whether a watermark region formed on a banknote is authentic without increasing the cost. The banknote identifying device comprises a light-receiving section (81a) for receiving light reflected from a watermark image formed on a banknote being transported, a converting section (232) for converting the received light for each pixel having color information which includes the brightness and having a predetermined size as a unit, and an identifying section (235) which calculates the correlation coefficient from the density value of each pixel converted by the converting section (232) and the density value of each pixel determined from light transmitted through the watermark of a reference banknote and identifies whether the watermark image is authentic on the basis of the correlation coefficient.
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
G07D 7/06 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie à l'aide d'un rayonnement ondulatoire ou corpusculaire
78.
PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING DEVICE AND PAPER SHEET IDENTIFYING METHOD
A banknote identifying device for accurately identifying whether a banknote is authentic even if a crease is formed in the watermark of the banknote. The banknote identifying device comprises banknote reading means (8), a converting section (232) for converting the watermark image which is read by the banknote reading means (8) for each pixel having color information which includes the brightness and having a predetermined size as a unit, an image correcting section (231) for calculating, from the watermark image of each pixel converted by the converting section (232), an average density value of each pixel line in one direction, an average density value of each pixel line in the other direction, and an average density value of the whole watermark image and correcting the density value of each pixel so that the density value of each pixel may be approximated to the average density value of the whole watermark image or may agree with that, a reference data storage section (233) holding every pixel of a reference watermark image serving as a comparative reference, and an identifying section (235) for identifying whether the banknote is authentic by comparing the image corrected by the image correcting section (231) with the reference watermark image.
Provided is a thermoelectric conversion module which can be flexibly applied to element size difference and thermal expansion of an element and has high electrical reliability with no conduction failure. A connector for a thermoelectric conversion element is also provided. A connector (C1) in one embodiment of this invention is provided for electrically connecting an electrode of a thermoelectric conversion element (30) to other electrode, and has an elastic deformation section (200) for adjusting the length of a connecting section (44) to be freely elongated and shortened.
H01L 35/06 - Jonctions amovibles, p.ex. utilisant un ressort
H01L 35/22 - Emploi d'un matériau spécifié pour les bras de la jonction utilisant des compositions inorganiques comprenant des composés contenant du bore, du carbone, de l'oxygène ou de l'azote
H01L 35/32 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par la structure ou la configuration de la cellule ou du thermocouple constituant le dispositif
H02N 11/00 - Générateurs ou moteurs non prévus ailleurs; Mouvements dits perpétuels obtenus par des moyens électriques ou magnétiques
When the individual light emitting diodes of juxtaposed optical sensors are simultaneously caused to emit lights, their individual light receiving transistors may be affected by the influences of the lights of other light emitting diodes. There is provided a paper handling apparatus for reading an object to be recognized precisely. The paper currency handling apparatus (1) comprises a first sensor (8) having a first light emitting unit (8a) for emitting a light to the object to be recognized and a first light receiving unit (8b) for receiving the light from the first light emitting unit (8a), and a second sensor (88) having a second light emitting unit (88a) for emitting a light in a direction different from that of the first light emitting unit (8a) and a second light receiving unit (88b) for receiving the light from the second light emitting unit (88a).
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
B65H 7/14 - Commande de l'alimentation en articles, de l'enlèvement des articles, de l'avance des piles ou d'appareils associés permettant de tenir compte d'une alimentation incorrecte, de la non présence d'articles ou de la présence d'articles défectueux par palpeurs ou détecteurs par palpeurs ou détecteurs photo-électriques
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
A device for processing paper sheets or the like, which allows easy insertion of paper sheets or the like into an insertion opening of the device, so that even banknotes which are difficult to be pushed and inserted into place because of easily bendable nature thereof can be simply inserted into the insertion opening. A banknote processing device has an opening and closing member (2B) opened and closed relative to a frame (2A), a banknote insertion opening (5) formed such that, when the opening and closing member (2B) is closed to the frame (2A), a banknote can be inserted between the frame (2A) and the opening and closing member (2B), and a frame member (70) mounted to the banknote insertion opening (5) and having a vertical frame section (71) and a horizontal frame section (72) which are integrally formed with each other, the vertical frame section (71) extending in the direction of the thickness of the banknote insertion opening, the horizontal frame section (72) extending in the horizontal direction along the banknote insertion opening.
A banknote processing device capable of inexpensively authenticating a banknote and a paper sheet which is provided with a barcode. The banknote processing device has light emitting sections (80a, 81b) for applying light to an object to be discriminated passing through a conveying path, a light receiving section (81a) for receiving the light emitted from the light emitting sections (80a, 81b) and arriving from the object to be discriminated, a determining section (232) for determining, based on the light received by the light receiving section (81a), whether the object to be discriminated is a banknote or a paper sheet on which a barcode is printed, and a light emission controlling section for controlling light emission of the light emitting sections (80a, 81b). The light emission controlling section changes the interval of lighting according to the object determined by the determining section (232).
G07D 7/12 - Lumière visible, rayonnement infrarouge ou ultraviolet
G07D 7/00 - Vérification spécialement adaptée à la détermination de l’identité ou de l’authenticité de papiers de valeur ou pour discriminer ceux qui sont inacceptables, p.ex. qui ne correspondent pas à une monnaie
G07D 7/04 - Test des propriétés magnétiques des matériaux de ces papiers, p.ex. par détection d’empreinte magnétique
Disclosed is a banknote treating apparatus capable of correcting the inclination of banknotes, when inserted into a slot, with respect to a transfer direction. The banknote treating apparatus (1) comprises a pair of movable members (30A and 30B) capable of moving in the center direction of a transfer passage, on which the banknotes are transferred by a motor (40), for regulating the side edges of the banknotes to be transferred, thereby to correct the inclinations of the banknotes with respect to the transfer direction. The pair of movable members (30A and 30B) have been moved by the drive source (40), before the banknotes reach the movable members (30A and 30B), in the center direction of the transfer passage to the positions, at which the distance between one movable member and the other movable member is shorter than the width of the banknotes.
A banknote processing device capable of reliably supplying information on a banknote to the banknote receiving body side. The banknote processing device has a banknote receiving section (100) capable of receiving a banknote inserted from a banknote insertion opening, and also has a reader/writer (142) for wirelessly transmitting information on the banknote inserted from the banknote insertion opening. The banknote receiving section (100) has a coil antenna (104c) for wirelessly receiving the information transmitted from the reader/writer (142), and also has a storage section (104b) for storing the information on the banknote received from the coil antenna (104c).
A paper sheet processing device capable of preventing pilferage of a paper sheet, such as a paper currency, from the device. The paper sheet processing device has an insertion opening into which a paper currency is inserted and also has a conveyance path for conveying the paper currency inserted into the insertion opening. The conveyance path has a first conveyance path (3A) connected to the insertion opening and also has a second conveyance path (3B) extending downstream from the first conveyance path (3A) and inclined relative to the first conveyance path (3A). The second conveyance path (3B) is provided with a shutter (200) for preventing conveyance of a paper currency toward the insertion opening.
A banknote processing device which can inexpensively detect that a banknote receiving section is completely filled with banknotes. The banknote processing device has the banknote receiving section (100) for receiving banknotes in a stacked state, a placement plate (105) placed in the banknote receiving section (100) and moved as banknotes are stacked and received, a magnetic substance (140A) provided to the placement plate (105), a magnetism sensor (140) for detecting the amount of magnetism of the magnetic substance (140A), and a control section for determining whether or not the amount of magnetism detected by the magnetism sensor (140) is greater than or equal to a threshold value.
G07D 9/00 - Comptage de pièces de monnaie; Manipulation de pièces de monnaie non prévue dans les autres groupes de la présente sous-classe
B65H 43/06 - Utilisation de dispositifs de commande de vérification ou de sécurité, p.ex. dispositifs automatiques comportant un élément pour détecter une variable détectant ou réagissant à l'achèvement de la pile
G07D 11/00 - Dispositifs acceptant des pièces de monnaie; Dispositifs acceptant, distribuant, triant ou comptant des papiers de valeur
A paper sheet processing device having a conveyance path adapted to be openable for ease of maintenance, wherein paper sheet clogging which is likely to be caused by an opening/closing member being incompletely closed on a frame is effectively prevented. The paper sheet processing device has the opening/closing member (2B) opened and closed relative to the frame (2A). When the opening/closing member (2B) is closed on the frame (2A), these two elements (2B, 2A) form a conveyance path in which paper sheets (such as paper currencies, cards, and coupons) are conveyed. The opening/closing member (2B) is provided with a sensor (31) for detecting that the opening/closing member (2B) is released from the frame (2A).
Provided is a paper currency handling device capable of preventing a bill contained in a bill containing portion from being pulled out. The paper currency handling device comprises an insertion slit (5), into which the bill is inserted, a bill containing portion (100) capable of containing the bill inserted from the insertion slit (5), an opening (110A) for the bill containing portion (100) to receive the bill therethrough, and a pressure plate (115) capable of passing the opening (110A) to contain the bill in the bill containing portion (100). Further comprised is a sensor for detecting the bill inserted into the insertion slit (5), so that the pressure plate (115) is moved to regulate the passage of the bill from the opening (110A) till the insertion of the bill is detected by the sensor.
A paper sheet processing device having a simplified and low cost structure capable of detecting whether or not a paper currency receiving section is attached to the device and also detecting the position of a pressing plate. The paper sheet processing device has the paper currency receiving section which can be attached to and detached from a frame and can receive a paper currency, the pressing plate (115) which is, in the paper currency receiving section, moved between a pressing position for pressing a paper currency and an initial position for permitting conveyance of the paper currency into the paper currency receiving section, a detection member (170) which can move as the pressing plate (115) moves, a sensor (172) which detects movement of the detection member (170) by detecting movement of the pressing plate (115) to the pressing position, and a movement mechanism (180) which, when the paper currency receiving section is detached from the frame, moves the detection member (170) so that the detection member (170) can be detected by the sensor (172).
Disclosed is a low-cost metal complex oxide material which has excellent stability at high temperatures and good crystallinity, while placing only a little burden on the environment. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a metal complex oxide powder represented by the following general formula: ABO3 (wherein A represents an oxygen 12 coordinated metal element and B represents an oxygen 6 coordinated metal element). This method for producing a metal complex oxide powder is characterized in that a chloride containing the element A, a chloride containing the element B and an aqueous solution containing an alkali carbonate are reacted as represented by the reaction formula below for producing a precipitate, and then the thus-produced precipitate is fired. (1-x)CaCl2+x•MCl3 + (2+0.5x)Na2Co3 → (1-x)CaCO3 ↓ + 0.5x•M2CO3 ↓ + MnCO3 ↓ + (4+x)NaCl
C04B 35/626 - Préparation ou traitement des poudres individuellement ou par fournées
H01L 35/22 - Emploi d'un matériau spécifié pour les bras de la jonction utilisant des compositions inorganiques comprenant des composés contenant du bore, du carbone, de l'oxygène ou de l'azote
H01L 35/34 - Procédés ou appareils spécialement adaptés à la fabrication ou au traitement de ces dispositifs ou de leurs parties constitutives
91.
METHOD FOR PRODUCING METAL COMPLEX OXIDE SINTERED BODY
Disclosed is a highly functional low-cost metal complex oxide having low resistivity and excellent high-temperature stability, which places only little burden on the environment. Specifically, a metal complex oxide is produced by a method which is characterized by comprising a calcination step for obtaining a calcine containing a metal complex oxide, a cleaning step for cleaning the calcine with purified water, and a firing step for firing the cleaned calcine. Preferably, the calcine is cleaned with purified water a plurality of times for obtaining a sintered body having less structural defects. Since a perovskite oxide produced by this method has a low resistivity and a high output factor, it can be used as a thermoelectric material.
C04B 35/622 - Procédés de mise en forme; Traitement de poudres de composés inorganiques préalablement à la fabrication de produits céramiques
C04B 35/00 - Produits céramiques mis en forme, caractérisés par leur composition; Compositions céramiques; Traitement de poudres de composés inorganiques préalablement à la fabrication de produits céramiques
Provided is a thermoelectric conversion module, which is simplified in constitution and improved in adhesion between a thermoelectric conversion element and a heat transfer element so that it has an excellent heat conduction efficiency. The thermoelectric conversion module (10) comprises a double rectangular cylinder (15) including an inner tube (14) and an outer tube (13) disposed on the axis common to the inner tube (14) and at a predetermined spacing. Electrodes (12c and 12d) are individually arranged on the confronting faces of the inner tube (14) and the outer tube (13). A thermoelectric conversion element (12) is connected with the electrodes (12c and 12d). Of the faces of the thermoelectric conversion element (12) arranged in the opposite directions, one face is defined as a heating face, and the other face is defined as a cooling face. One of the inside of the inner tube (14) and the outside of the outer tube (13) is defined as a first fluid passage for passing a high-temperature fluid therethrough, and the other is defined as a second fluid passage for passing a low-temperature fluid therethrough.
H01L 35/30 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par les moyens d'échange de chaleur à la jonction
H01L 35/22 - Emploi d'un matériau spécifié pour les bras de la jonction utilisant des compositions inorganiques comprenant des composés contenant du bore, du carbone, de l'oxygène ou de l'azote
H01L 35/32 - DISPOSITIFS À SEMI-CONDUCTEURS; DISPOSITIFS ÉLECTRIQUES À L'ÉTAT SOLIDE NON PRÉVUS AILLEURS - Détails fonctionnant exclusivement par effet Peltier ou effet Seebeck caractérisés par la structure ou la configuration de la cellule ou du thermocouple constituant le dispositif
H02N 11/00 - Générateurs ou moteurs non prévus ailleurs; Mouvements dits perpétuels obtenus par des moyens électriques ou magnétiques
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