JP2018028791A - Coin collector - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a coin collector capable of supplying coins collected from game machines as coins for a money exchanger and correctly and easily managing both of coins and paper currencies even when paper currencies equivalent to the supplied coins collected from the money exchanger.SOLUTION: The coin collector includes: a coin counting unit that counts coins collected from game machines; a coin reservoir for reserving the collected coins; a storage unit that stores count value of the collected coins counted by the coin counting unit; a controller unit that control the storage unit to store the count value of the collected coins while associating with each of the game machines; and an input unit that inputs information to the controller unit. In a series of equivalent exchange processing to supply the collected coins reserved in the coin reservoir to the money exchanger and collect paper currencies equivalent to the supplied coins from the money exchanger, the controller unit controls the storage unit to store the count value counted by the coin counter of the coins supplied to the money exchanger and a piece of information relevant to paper currencies collected from the money exchanger which is input by the input unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to a money collection apparatus, and more specifically, is used in a game place where a plurality of game machines that can be played using coins and a money changer that exchanges banknotes into coins are installed, and each of the plurality of game machines The present invention relates to a collecting device that collects coins and collects them as sales.

  Generally, at game sites, coins used in each game machine after the end of business are collected as sales. When collecting coins from a game machine, a collecting device is used. For example, there is a collecting device for coins disclosed in Patent Document 1.

  The coin collecting device of Patent Document 1 includes a moving carriage, a casing installed on the moving carriage, a weight measuring type number measuring instrument mounted on the casing, and a plurality of openings opened on the casing. Hoppers of various types, bar code readers corresponding to various devices, memories and arithmetic circuits, and electrically connected printers.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 7-3054 (FIGS. 1 to 4, paragraph numbers 0007 to 0010)

  In a game arcade where a game machine using coins is installed, a currency exchange machine for exchanging bills into coins is installed for the convenience of customers. Normally, at the game place, coins used in each game machine are collected after business is completed, and banknotes and coins remaining in the money changer are collected. The collected coins and banknotes are stored in a predetermined storage location. Then, a predetermined amount of currency exchange coins and currency bills are supplied to the currency exchange machine before the start of business.

  Thus, conventionally, since the coins remaining in the money changer are also collected, the collection work becomes complicated. Moreover, it is necessary to store and manage a large amount of coins collected from the game machine, which reduces convenience.

  The inventor of the present application has come up with the idea that the above problem can be solved by replenishing the collected coins collected from the game machine as exchange coins of the money changer and collecting bills equivalent to the replenished coins from the money changer. It was. That is, since a large amount of collected coins collected from the game machine is replaced with banknotes, the number of coins to be stored and managed is reduced, the collection work becomes easy, and convenience can be enhanced. In that case, it is necessary to manage both coins and bills as sales proceeds accurately and easily.

The object of the present invention is to collect coins collected from a game machine as exchange coins of a money changer and to collect coins as sales money even if a coin equivalent to the replenished coins is collected from the money changer. Another object of the present invention is to provide a collecting device that can manage both bills and bills accurately and easily.
Other objects of the present invention which are not specified here will be apparent from the following description and the accompanying drawings.

  In order to achieve this object, a collecting apparatus according to the present invention is configured as follows.

  The money collection device of the present invention is a money collection device that is used in a game place where a plurality of game machines and money changers are installed, and collects and collects the coins respectively stored in the safes of the plurality of game machines as sales. A coin counter that counts the collected coins collected from the safes of the plurality of game machines, a coin storage unit that stores the collected coins counted by the coin counter, and a total of the collected coins in the coin counter A storage device that stores numerical values, a control device that stores the count value of the collected coins in the storage device in association with each of the plurality of game machines, and an input device that inputs information to the control device; Equivalent exchange processing for supporting equivalent exchange work for replenishing the money-collecting coins stored in the coin-reserving unit to the money changer and collecting bills equivalent to the replenished coins from the money changer In the equivalent exchange process, the control device relates to a count value by the coin counter of coins replenished to the money changer, and a bill collected from the money changer input by the input device. A collecting device for storing information in the storage device.

  The money collection device of the present invention includes a coin counter, a coin storage unit, a storage device, a control device, and an input device. When collecting coins stored in the safes of a plurality of game machines as collected coins, the collected coins are stored in the coin storage unit after the collected coins are counted by the coin counter. The count value of the collected coins counted by the coin counter is stored in the storage device corresponding to each of the plurality of game machines by the control device. Thereby, the collected coins collected for each of the plurality of game machines can be managed. On the other hand, when an equivalent exchange operation is performed in which the collected coins stored in the coin storage unit are replenished to the money changer and a bill equivalent to the replenished coins is collected from the money changer, an equivalent exchange process is performed in the money collection device. The In the equivalent exchange process, the coins supplied to the money changer are counted by a coin counter, and the counted value is output to the control device. Moreover, the information regarding the banknote collect | recovered from a money changer (for example, the information regarding a money type and the number of sheets) is input into an input device, and the information regarding the collection | recovery banknote is output to a control apparatus from an input device. And a control apparatus memorize | stores the information regarding the count value of the replenishment coin output from a coin counter, and the collection | recovery banknote output from an input device in a memory | storage device. Thus, even if the collected coins collected from the game machine are replenished as currency exchange coins in the money changer and the equivalent coins are collected from the money changer, both the coins and bills as sales are collected. It can be managed accurately and easily.

  In the money collection cart of the present invention, coins collected as money collected from a game machine are replenished as money exchange coins and money equivalent to the replenished coins is collected from the money changer even if the coins are used as sales. In addition, it is possible to manage both bills and bills accurately and easily.

It is the schematic which shows the game place where the collection cart of one Embodiment of this invention is used. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the game machine installed in the game place of FIG. It is a schematic front view which shows the money change machine installed in the game field of FIG. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the collection cart used in the game place of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the collection cart of FIG. It is an enlarged view which shows the input device of the collection cart of FIG. It is a schematic front view which shows the management apparatus installed in the game place of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the collection cart of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the money collection process step of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the equivalent exchange process step of FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the detail of the setting process of FIG. It is a sequence diagram for demonstrating operation | movement of the management apparatus in the game place of FIG. 1, a collection cart, and a change machine. 5A and 5B are schematic diagrams showing the display state of the display device of the collecting cart of FIG. 4, in which FIG. 4A shows a state where an initial menu is displayed, FIG. 4B shows a state where an equipment number input screen is displayed, and FIG. A state in which a value input screen is displayed, (D) is a state in which a screen during coin counting is displayed. It is the schematic which shows the display state of the display apparatus of the collection cart of FIG. 4, (A) is the state where the completion screen of the coin count was displayed, (B) is the state where the confirmation screen which confirms a coin count value was displayed, (C) is the state where the confirmation screen of the coin count value is displayed, and (D) is the state where the screen for confirming the end of the collecting operation is displayed. FIGS. 5A and 5B are schematic views showing the display state of the display device of the collecting cart of FIG. 4A in which the input screen for the equipment number in the equivalent exchange process is displayed, and FIG. 5B is the input screen for the number of supply coins. (C) is a state in which a confirmation screen for confirming the number of replenishment coins is displayed, and (D) is a state in which a screen for counting replenishment coins is displayed. It is the schematic which shows the display state of the display apparatus of the collection cart of FIG. 4, (A) is the state where the confirmation screen which complete | finishes the count of replenishment coins was displayed, (B) the input screen of the collection | recovery banknote number was displayed. The state, (C) is a state in which a confirmation screen for confirming the number of collected banknotes is displayed, and (D) is a state in which a confirmation screen for ending the equivalent exchange process is displayed. It is a schematic diagram which shows the form of equivalent exchange output from the management apparatus of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the deposit / withdrawal information output from the money changer of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a game field 1 in which a collection cart 30 is used as a collection apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, five game machines 10 </ b> A to 10 </ b> E and one currency exchange machine 20 are installed in the game field 1. In addition, in reality, a larger number of game machines and change machines may be installed, but here, in order to simplify the description, five game machines 10A to 10E and one change machine 20 are installed. It shall be. The game hall 1 is provided with a collection cart 30 that collects coins from the game machines 10A to 10E and collects them as sales, and a management device 40 that manages the sales collected by the collection cart 30.

  First, the game machines 10A to 10E will be described with reference to FIG. Since the game machines 10A to 10E have the same configuration, only the game machine 10A will be described here, and description of the game machines 10B to 10E will be omitted.

  10A of game machines discriminate | determine true / false of the coin thrown in from the coin slot 104, and while dropping a true coin from a true coin port (not shown), coin selection which guides a false coin to the return slot 106 is carried out. A device 102 is included. The coin sorting device 102 has a coin sensor (not shown) that detects coins that are identified as genuine coins one by one. Below the coin sorting apparatus 102, a safe 108 in which coins dropped from the true coin slot are held is built. The safe 108 is housed in a safe room 114 that can be opened and closed by a door 112 with a key 110. Above the safe room 114 is disposed an electromagnetic counter 116 that displays the number of coins received. The electromagnetic counter 116 displays the counted value counted up as a numerical value (hereinafter referred to as meter value) based on the detection signal output from the coin sensor of the coin sorting device 102. A bar code seal 118 printed with a bar code is attached to one side of the safe 108. The barcode on the barcode seal 118 is used when inputting the identification ID of the game machine 10A.

  Next, the money changer 20 will be described with reference to FIG. The money changer 20 includes a box-shaped housing 202, a display device 204 constituted by a dot matrix type display or a liquid crystal display, a plurality of operation buttons 208 constituting an input device 206, a bill insertion slot 210, and a bill payout slot 212. It includes a banknote depositing / dispensing device 214, a coin dispensing device 218 for dispensing coins to the coin dispensing outlet 216, and a control device 220 for controlling the operation of the money changer 20.

  The display device 204 has a horizontally long rectangular shape and is disposed on the front upper portion of the housing 202. Various kinds of guide information are displayed on the display device 204.

  The input device 206 is arranged below the display device 204, and is used to determine a predetermined operation in the money changer 20 when the user presses the operation button 208 according to the guide information displayed on the display device 204. The In other words, the input device 206 outputs an output signal corresponding to the user's operation of the operation button 208 to the control device 220.

  The bill deposit / withdrawal device 214 is incorporated in the housing 202 and has a bill insertion slot 210 disposed on the lower right side of the input device 206 and a bill dispensing outlet 212 disposed below the bill insertion slot 210. Yes. The banknote deposit / withdrawal device 214 discriminates the authenticity and denomination of the banknote inserted into the banknote slot 210, accepts the banknote determined to be a genuine coin into the banknote storage 217 in denomination, and determines it as a false coin. Banknotes and unidentifiable banknotes are returned to the banknote slot 210. Moreover, the banknote depositing / withdrawing device 214 changes the banknote stored in the banknote storage 217 to the fishing banknote when the exchange amount set by the operation of the operation button 208 is lower than the face value of the banknote inserted into the banknote insertion slot 210. As shown in FIG.

  The coin dispensing device 218 is incorporated in the housing 202 and disposed on the lower left side of the input device 206. The coin dispensing device 218 includes a coin storage container 221 that stores coins, and a coin dispensing device 222 that is disposed below the coin storage container 221. The coin storage container 221 has a rectangular shape in a cross-sectional view opened at the top and bottom, and stores the exchange coins in its internal space. A coin supply port 224 for supplying exchange coins is formed on the front surface of the coin storage container 221, and the coin supply port 224 is normally closed by a front plate 226 that can be opened and closed. The coin dispensing device 222 separates the coins stored in the coin storage container 221 one by one and discharges them from the coin outlet 228, and detects the coins to be discharged with a coin sensor (not shown). When a coin is detected by the coin sensor, the coin sensor outputs a coin detection signal to the control device 220.

  On the front side of the coin dispensing device 222, a coin chute 230 is disposed that extends vertically downward and guides the exchange coins discharged from the coin outlet 228 to the coin payout outlet 216. The exchange coins guided by the coin chute 230 are stored in a coin tray 232 provided in front of the coin payout outlet 216.

  The control device 220 is incorporated in the housing 202 and disposed on the top of the housing 202. The control device 220 includes a main control unit 234, an internal display device 236 including a liquid crystal panel, an internal input device 238 including a plurality of input keys 269, and a printer 240 that prints various information in the money changer 20. ing.

  The main control unit 234 displays on the display device 204 the exchange denomination and the number of coins according to the denomination of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 210. Further, the main control unit 234 determines the money denomination and the number of coins in accordance with the operation of the operation button 208 of the input device 206, and controls one or both of the bill depositing / dispensing device 214 and the coin dispensing device 222 to determine. One or both of the exchanged denominations and the number of bills and coins are paid out. For example, when a 10,000 yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 210, the main control unit 234 exchanges nine thousand yen bills and ten 100 yen coins, or ten thousand yen bills. Is displayed on the display device 204. When the user operates the operation button 208 to change between nine thousand yen bills and ten 100 yen coins, the main control unit 234 controls the bill depositing / dispensing device 214 to pay nine thousand yen bills. In addition to being paid out from the outlet 212, the main control unit 234 controls the coin dispensing device 222 so that ten 100-yen coins are paid out from the coin payout outlet 216.

  The internal display device 236, the internal input device 238, and the printer 240 of the control device 220 are used by the manager of the game field 1 to manage the money changer 20. For example, confirmation and change of various setting information in the money changer 20, printing of deposit / withdrawal information, input and management of exchange coin replenishment information and banknote collection information by equivalent exchange described later are performed. The main control unit 234 displays management items on the internal display device 236 and executes the management items selected by operating the input keys 239 of the internal input device 238.

  Next, the collecting cart 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 4, the collecting cart 30 has a box-shaped cart body 302. Four wheels 304 are attached to the bottom of the cart body 302, and a handle 306 is fixed to the side of the cart body 302. As a result, the collecting cart 30 can travel by pushing or pulling the handle 306. A display device 308 and an input device 310 are arranged on the slope formed on the handle 306 side in the upper part of the cart body 302. In addition, a coin counter 312 is attached to the top of the cart body 302 on the tip side, and a coin slot 314 is provided in the center. Between the coin insertion slot 314 and the input device 310, a count confirmation button 316 for confirming the counting of coins in the coin counter 312 is disposed.

  The display device 308 has a function of displaying predetermined information output from the control device 332 described later. The display device 308 is a liquid crystal display, for example, and displays identification information of the game machines 10A to 10E, a coin count value counted by the coin counter 312, an operation screen, and the like.

  The input device 310 has a function of inputting the meter value of the electromagnetic counter 116 of the game machines 10 </ b> A to 10 </ b> E, equivalent exchange coin supply information and banknote collection information, which will be described later, and other information. As shown in FIG. 6, the input device 310 includes a numeric key 362, a left movement key 364, a right movement key 366, a reset key 368, a correction key 370, and an input key 372.

  The coin counter 312 functions to count the number of coins, and has a function of outputting a counting result to a control storage 332 described later. In the collection cart 30 of this embodiment, a weight formula that calculates the number of coins by measuring the weight of a plurality of coins to be counted and dividing the measured weight value by a preset weight value per coin. Coin counter 312 is used. When collecting with the collecting cart 30, the coins counted by the coin counter 312 are inserted into the coin slot 314. When performing an equivalent exchange, which will be described later, the coins counted by the coin counter 312 are inserted into the coin supply port 224 of the money changer 20.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a partition plate 318 for switching between insertion of 100 yen coins and insertion of 500 yen coins is provided inside the coin insertion slot 314. A one coin chute 322 and a second coin chute 324 for a 500 yen coin are provided. Each of the first coin chute 322 and the second coin chute 324 is disposed inside the cart body 302 and communicates with the coin insertion slot 314. The partition plate 318 is rotatably supported by the support shaft 320 and is directed toward the first position P1 and the second coin chute 324 that guides the coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 314 toward the first coin chute 322. To the second position P2 to be guided. A first coin storage bag 326 for storing 100 yen coins is detachably attached to the lower end of the first coin chute 322, and a second coin storage bag 328 for storing 500 yen coins is attached to the lower end of the second coin chute 324. It is detachably attached. When inserting 100 yen coins, 100 coins are inserted while the partition plate 318 is held at the first position P1. Thereby, the inserted 100 coins slide down on the partition plate 318 obliquely downward to the left in FIG. 5 and are introduced into the first coin chute 322. Then, 100-yen coins are stored in the first coin storage bag 326 through the first coin chute 322. When inserting a 500 yen coin, the 500 yen coin is inserted while the partition plate 318 is held at the second position P2. As a result, the inserted 500 coins slide down on the partition plate 318 toward the lower right in FIG. 5 and are introduced into the second coin chute 324. Then, the 500 yen coin passes through the second coin chute 324 and is stored in the second coin storage bag 328. The first coin storage bag 326 and the second coin storage bag 328 function as the coin storage unit 330 of the collection cart 30.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the collection cart 30 includes a control device 332, a storage device 334, and a wireless transceiver 336 disposed inside the cart body 302. The control device 332 includes a main control unit 338, an input control unit 340, a display control unit 342, a counting control unit 344, and a recording medium read / write control unit 346. The main control unit 338 controls the input control unit 340, the display control unit 342, the count control unit 344, and the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 in order to execute a predetermined function of the collecting cart 30, and a storage device 334. Read and write predetermined information. Further, the main control unit 338 inputs / outputs information to / from the wireless transceiver 336 in order to perform wireless communication with a barcode reader 352 described later.

  The input control unit 340 receives an input signal from the input device 310 and outputs operation information input to the input device 310 to the main control unit 338. The display control unit 342 controls the display device 308 based on the information output from the main control unit 338 and displays various types of information on the display device 308. The count control unit 344 controls the coin counter 312 to start and end the counting of coins, and at the same time receives the coin count information (in other words, the coin count value) output from the coin counter 312 from the main control unit 338. Output to. The count confirmation button 316 outputs a signal indicating that the counting of the coins in the coin counter 312 is completed to the counting control unit 344. The recording medium read / write control unit 346 reads information recorded on the portable recording medium 350 in a state where the portable recording medium 350 is connected via the connection terminal 348 and outputs the information from the main control unit 338. Information is written into the portable recording medium 350.

  The wireless transceiver 336 performs wireless communication with the barcode reader 352. The bar code reader 352 prints on the bar code sticker 118 by pressing the read button 354 with the light receiving unit (not shown) facing the bar code sticker 118 attached to the safe 108 of the game machines 10A to 10E. It has a function to read the generated barcode. The wireless transceiver 336 receives the barcode information transmitted from the barcode reader 352 and outputs the received barcode information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332.

  The storage device 334 stores predetermined information output from the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 and outputs the stored predetermined information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332.

  Next, the management device 40 will be described with reference to FIG. The management device 40 includes a computer main body 402 having a central processing unit (CPU), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive (HDD), a display device 204 that displays information output from the computer main body 402, and a computer main body. 402 includes a keyboard 406 for inputting commands and information. The computer main body 402 has a connection terminal 408 for electrically connecting a portable recording medium 350 used in the collecting cart 30. The management device 40 reads the information recorded in the portable recording medium 350 in the collection cart 30 and records it in the HDD of the computer main body 402, executes predetermined processing based on the recorded information, and information on the processing result Is displayed on the display device 404.

  Next, the operation of the collection cart 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11 and FIGS. 13 to 16.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the first step S1, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs initial menu information to the display control unit 342, and the initial menu shown in FIG. The In this initial menu, one of “collection start” display corresponding to the number “1”, “equivalent exchange” corresponding to the number “2”, and “various settings” corresponding to the number “3” is selected. In addition to the display, a display prompting connection to the connection terminal 348 of the USB memory as the portable recording medium 350 is displayed.

  In the next step S2, it is determined whether or not an input operation has been performed on the input device 310. That is, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 outputs the numeric information corresponding to the pressed numeric key 362 of the input device 310 to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332, and the main control unit 338 converts the numeric information to the input numeric information. The processing to be executed is determined based on the above. When the numeric key “1” of the input device 310 is pressed, it is determined that the collection has been selected, the process proceeds to step S3, and the collection process is executed. When the numeric key “2” of the input device 310 is pressed, it is determined that the equivalent exchange is selected, and the process proceeds to step S4, where the equivalent exchange process is executed. If the numeric key “3” of the input device 310 is pressed, it is determined that the setting has been selected, and the process proceeds to step S5 to execute the setting process. On the other hand, if no input operation is performed on the input device 310, step S2 is repeatedly executed. In other words, the standby state is maintained until the numeric keys “1”, “2”, and “3” of the input device 310 are input. If the money collection process in step S3, the equivalent exchange process in step S4, and the setting process in step S5 are completed, the process returns to step S1. In other words, any one of steps S1, S2 and steps S3, S4, and S5 is repeatedly executed.

  FIG. 9 shows details of the money collection process executed in step S3 of FIG. In the first step S11 of the collection process, it is determined whether or not the portable recording medium 350 is attached to the collection cart 30. That is, the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 of the control device 332 detects whether or not the portable recording medium 350 is connected to the connection terminal 348. When the connection of the portable recording medium 350 is detected, the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 outputs the detection information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. As a result, the main control unit 338 determines that the portable recording medium 350 is loaded. When the detection information is not output from the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346, the main control unit 338 determines that the portable recording medium 350 is not attached. If it is determined in step S11 that the portable recording medium 350 is not loaded, the process returns to step S1 in FIG. 1 and the initial menu described above is displayed on the display device 308. If it is determined in step S11 that the portable recording medium 350 is loaded, the process proceeds to the next step S12.

  In step S 12, predetermined information is read from the portable recording medium 350. That is, the recording medium read / write control unit 346 of the control device 332 reads predetermined information from the portable recording medium 350 and outputs the read information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. The main control unit 338 stores the information received from the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 in the storage device 334. The information to be read includes the equipment number and game machine name, which are identification information of the game machines 10A to 10E, the coin count value that is the result of collecting money in the previous collection work, the count value of the magnetic counter 116, and the like.

  In the next step S13, a screen requesting input of the equipment number is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the equipment number input screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the display control unit 342 displays the screen shown in FIG. . In the present embodiment, the equipment number is input by reading the barcode on the barcode seal 118 affixed to the safe 108 of the game machines 10A to 10E with the barcode reader 352.

  In the next step S14, it is determined whether or not an equipment number has been input. That is, when the barcode is read by the barcode reader 352 and the wireless transceiver 336 receives the barcode information, the wireless transceiver 336 outputs the barcode information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. As a result, the main control unit 338 determines that there is an equipment number input. When the barcode information is not output from the wireless transceiver 336, the main control unit 338 determines that the equipment number is not input. When the barcode is read by the barcode reader 352 and the equipment number is input, the main control unit 338 stores the equipment number in the storage device 334, and then proceeds to the next step S15. When the barcode is not read by the barcode reader 352 and the equipment number is not input, step S14 is repeatedly executed. In other words, in step S14, the apparatus enters a standby state until the equipment number is input.

  In the next step S15, a meter value input screen of the electromagnetic counter 116 in the current collection is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the meter value input screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the display control unit 342 displays the screen shown in FIG. . In FIG. 13C, “Z00000001-F01-M01” displayed at the top indicates the equipment number input in step S14.

  In the next step S16, it is determined whether or not a meter value has been input on the screen shown in FIG. That is, the meter value is input when the numeric key 362 of the input device 310 is pressed. When the correction key 370 is pressed during the meter value input process using the numeric keys 362, one character is deleted. The input control unit 340 of the control device 332 determines the input value when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed, and outputs numerical information corresponding to the input value to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. When the numerical information is output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that the current meter value has been input. If it is determined that the meter value has been input, the process proceeds to the next step S17. When the meter value is not input, step S14 is repeatedly executed. In other words, in step S16, it will be in a standby state until a meter value is input.

  In the next step S17, it is determined whether or not to start counting coins. In the present embodiment, when a coin is placed on the coin counter 312, a coin count signal is output from the coin counter 312 to the count controller 344 of the control device 332, and the count controller 344 is based on the count signal. The coin count information is output to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. When coin counting information is output from the counting control unit 344, the main control unit 338 determines that counting of coins has been started. If it is determined that the counting has started, the process proceeds to step S18. On the other hand, when the coin counting signal is not output from the coin counter 312 to the counting control unit 344 and the coin counting information is not output from the counting control unit 344, the main control unit 338 determines that counting of coins has not started. Step S17 is repeatedly executed. In other words, it is in a standby state until it is determined that coin counting has been started.

  In the next step S18, coin counting is performed by the coin counter 312. During the counting of coins, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs screen information during coin counting to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332 based on the coin counting information output from the count control unit 344 of the control device 332. Then, the display control unit 342 displays the screen shown in FIG.

  In the next step S <b> 19, the counting result of the coins counted by the coin counter 312 is displayed on the display device 308. That is, when the counting state (in other words, the count value) is stabilized at the time of counting coins in step S18, the count control unit 344 of the control device 332 lights the count determination button 316. When the count confirmation button 316 is pressed in this state, the count control unit 344 finishes counting coins and outputs the coin count information at that time to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. Then, the main control unit 338 outputs the count completion screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332 based on the coin count information. As shown in FIG. 14A, the display control unit 342 displays a count completion screen including the count value on the display device 308. The coin count information is stored in the storage device 334 in association with the equipment number by the main control unit 338. The coin counting information includes at least the denomination and number of coins to be counted.

  In the next step S20, one of execution of coin re-counting and determination of the count value is determined. That is, when the correction key 370 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 14A is displayed on the display device 308, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 sends the recount information to the control device 332. The result is output to the main control unit 338, and the main control unit 338 determines that recounting is performed. In this case, after proceeding to step S21, the main control unit 338 clears the coin count information (in other words, the coin count value) stored in the storage device 334, and then returns to step S18 to again count the coins. . On the other hand, when the count confirmation button 316 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 14A is displayed on the display device 308, the input control unit 340 of the main control device 332 sends the count value confirmation information to the main control unit 338. The main control unit 338 determines that the count value has been determined. In this case, the main control unit 338 outputs the confirmation confirmation screen information to the display control unit 342, and the confirmation confirmation screen shown in FIG. When the count confirmation button 316 is pressed in this state, the main control unit 338 outputs the count confirmation screen information to the display control unit 342, and after the screen shown in FIG. Proceed to S22.

  In the next step S22, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the coin count information stored in the storage device 334 to the recording medium read / write control unit 346 of the control device 332 in association with the equipment number. Then, the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 writes the coin count information to the portable recording medium 350 in association with the equipment number.

  In the next step S23, it is determined whether or not to end the collection process. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the collection end confirmation screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the collection end confirmation screen shown in FIG. When the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed in this state, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 outputs the collection end information to the main control unit 338. Then, the main control unit 338 determines that the collection has ended, and returns to step S3 in FIG. On the other hand, when the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed while the collection end confirmation screen shown in FIG. 14D is displayed on the display device 308, the input control unit 340 displays the collection continuation information as the main control unit 338. Output to. Then, the main control unit 338 determines that the collection is continued, and the process returns to step S13. In this case, steps S13 to S23 are executed again. Therefore, the money collection process is executed for the game machines 10A to 10E having different equipment numbers.

  Next, the equivalent exchange process executed in step S4 of FIG. 8 will be described. The equivalent exchange is a coin replenished by using coins collected from the safe 108 of the game machines 10A to 10E described above as coins to be replenished to the coin storage container 221 of the money changer (in other words, money exchange coins). By collecting the same amount (in other words, equivalent) of bills from the bill storage 217 of the money changer, it means that coins as sales proceeds are exchanged for bills.

  In the first step S31 in the equivalent exchange process shown in FIG. 10, it is determined whether or not the portable recording medium 350 is loaded, as in step S11 of the money collection process in FIG. That is, the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 of the control device 332 detects whether or not the portable recording medium 350 is connected to the connection terminal 348. When the connection of the portable recording medium 350 is detected, the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346 outputs the detection information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. As a result, the main control unit 338 determines that the portable recording medium 350 is loaded. When the detection information is not output from the recording medium reading / writing control unit 346, the main control unit 338 determines that the portable recording medium 350 is not attached. If it is determined in step S31 that the portable recording medium 350 is not loaded, the process returns to step S1 in FIG. 1, and the initial menu in FIG. If it is determined in step S31 that the portable recording medium 350 is loaded, the process proceeds to the next step S32.

  In step S <b> 32, a screen requesting input of the equipment number of the money changer 20 is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the equipment number input screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the display control unit 342 displays the screen shown in FIG. .

  In the next step S33, it is determined whether or not the equipment number of the money changer (in other words, identification information) has been input on the screen of FIG. That is, the equipment number is entered by pressing the numeric key 362 of the input device 310. The input control unit 340 of the control device 332 determines the input value when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed, and outputs numerical information corresponding to the input value to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. When the numerical information is output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that the equipment number has been input. If it is determined that the equipment number has been input, the main control unit 338 stores the equipment number in the storage device 334, and then proceeds to the next step S34. If the equipment number is not input, step S33 is repeatedly executed. In other words, in step S33, the apparatus enters a standby state until the equipment number is input.

  In step S34, a screen requesting input of the number of coins to be supplied is displayed on display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the coin replenishment number input screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the display control unit 342 displays the number of coin replenishment numbers shown in FIG. The input screen is displayed. In FIG. 15B, among the “R0000001” displayed at the top, “R” as the first character on the left means a money changer, and the number “0000001” indicates the equipment number of the money changer.

  In the next step S35, it is determined whether or not the number of coins supplied has been input on the screen of FIG. That is, the number of coins to be supplied is input when the numeric key 362 of the input device 310 is pressed. The input control unit 340 of the control device 332 determines the input value when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed, and outputs numerical information corresponding to the input value to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. When the numerical information is output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that the coin supply number has been input. If it is determined that the number of coins supplied has been input, the process proceeds to the next step S34. When the numerical information is not output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that the coin supply number has not been input, and step S33 is repeatedly executed. In other words, in step S33, it will be in a standby state until the coin supply number is input.

  In the next step S36, the coin supply number is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the coin replenishment number display screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332 based on the numerical information input in step S35, and the display control unit 342 performs FIG. ) Is displayed on the display device 308. Here, the denomination and number of replenishment coins and the amount of replenishment coins are displayed, and information for determining the number of replenishment coins is displayed. The amount of replenishment coins is calculated by the main control unit 338 based on the denomination and number of replenishment coins.

  In the next step S37, it is determined whether or not the coin replenishment number is to be confirmed. That is, when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 15C is displayed, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 outputs the confirmation information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. To do. Receiving the confirmation information, the main control unit 338 confirms the coin replenishment number based on the numerical information input in step S35, and stores the confirmed coin replenishment number in the storage device 334 in association with the denomination of the replenishment coin. . Then, the process proceeds to next Step S36. On the other hand, when the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 15C is displayed, the input control unit 340 outputs re-input information to the main control unit 338. Receiving the re-input information, the main control unit 338 determines that the coin replenishment number is not fixed. In this case, the process returns to step S34, and steps S34 to S37 are repeatedly executed, whereby the coin replenishment number is re-input.

  In the next step S38, the counting of replenishment coins by the coin counter 312 is executed. That is, 100 yen coins collected from the first coin storage bag 326 that stores 100 yen coins are taken out and placed on the coin counter 312. Along with this, a coin counting signal is output from the coin counter 312 to the counting controller 344 of the control device 332. The counting control unit 344 outputs coin counting information to the main control unit 338 of the control storage 332 based on the counting signal, and the main control unit 338 determines that counting of coins has been started. During the counting of coins, the main control unit 338 outputs screen information during coin counting to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332 based on the coin counting information, and the display control unit 342 displays the screen shown in FIG. Displayed on the device 308.

  In the next step S39, the counting result of the coins counted by the coin counter 312 is displayed on the display device 308. That is, when the count state (in other words, the count value) is stabilized during the count in step S38, the count control unit 344 of the control device 332 turns on the count confirmation button 316. When the count confirmation button 316 is pressed in this state, the count control unit 344 finishes counting coins and outputs the coin count information at that time to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. Then, the main control unit 338 outputs counting completion confirmation screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332 based on the coin counting information. The display control unit 342 displays a count completion confirmation screen including the count value on the display device 308 as illustrated in FIG.

  In the next step S40, it is determined whether or not to end the counting of coins. That is, when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 16A is displayed, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 outputs the end information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. Then, it is determined that the main control unit 338 finishes counting coins. The main control unit 338 stores the coin count information (in other words, the count value of the replenishment coins output from the coin counter 312) in the storage device 334, and then proceeds to the next step S41. On the other hand, when the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed, the input control unit 340 outputs count continuation information to the main control unit 338, and the main control unit 338 determines that the counting of coins is not finished. In this case, the process returns to step S38, and steps S38 to S40 are repeatedly executed. In other words, by repeatedly executing steps S38 to S40, the number of coins placed on the coin counter 312 until the number of coins supplied in step S35 matches the number of coins counted in step S38. The number of sheets is adjusted.

  In the next step S41, a screen requesting input of the number of collected banknotes in the equivalent exchange is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the collected banknote number input screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the display unit 342 displays the collected banknote input screen shown in FIG. 308 is displayed.

  In the next step S42, it is determined whether or not the number of collected banknotes has been input on the screen of FIG. That is, when the number key 362 of the input device 310 is pressed, the number of collected banknotes is input. The input control unit 340 of the control device 332 determines the input value when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed, and associates the numerical information corresponding to the input value with the denomination information to perform the main control of the control device 332. To the unit 338. After the number of collected banknotes is input for all denominations, when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed, the input control unit 340 outputs input end information to the main control unit 338. When the input end information is output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that the number of collected banknotes has been input. Then, the process proceeds to next Step S43. On the other hand, when the input end information is not output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that the number of collected banknotes is not input, and step S42 is repeatedly executed. In other words, in step S42, the standby state is entered until the number of collected banknotes is input.

  In the next step S43, the number of collected banknotes is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the collected banknote number display screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332 based on the numerical information input in step S42, and the display control unit 342 performs FIG. ) Is displayed on the display device 308. In this case, the number of collected banknotes by type and the total amount of collected banknotes are displayed. Note that the total amount of the collected banknotes is calculated by the main control unit 338 based on the denomination and number of the collected banknotes.

  In the next step S44, it is determined whether or not to confirm the number of collected banknotes. That is, when the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 16C is displayed, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 outputs the confirmation information to the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. To do. Receiving the confirmation information, the main control unit 338 determines the number of collected banknotes, and stores the determined number of recovered banknotes in the storage device 334 in association with the denomination of the banknote. Then, the process proceeds to step S45. On the other hand, when the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 16C is displayed, the input control unit 340 outputs re-input information to the main control unit 338. Receiving the re-input information, the main control unit 338 determines that the number of collected banknotes is not fixed. In this case, the process returns to step S41, and steps S41 to S44 are executed again, whereby the number of collected banknotes is re-input.

  In the next step S45, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 reads / writes the recording medium of the control device as equivalent exchange information in which the count value of the supplied coins and the number of collected banknotes stored in the storage device 334 are associated with the equipment number. The data is output to the control unit 346. Then, the recording medium read / write control unit 346 writes the equivalent exchange information to the portable recording medium 350.

  In the next step S46, it is determined whether or not the equivalent exchange is finished. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs the equivalent exchange end confirmation screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the display control unit 342 confirms the end of the equivalent exchange shown in FIG. Is displayed on the display device 308. When the input key 372 of the input device 310 is pressed in this state, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 outputs end information to the main control unit 338, and the main control unit 338 determines that the equivalent exchange is to be ended. Then, the process returns to step S4 in FIG. On the other hand, when the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed while the screen of FIG. 16D is displayed on the display device 308, the input control unit 340 outputs continuation information to the main control unit 338, and the main control is performed. The unit 338 determines that the equivalent exchange is not finished. In this case, the process returns to step S32, and steps S32 to S45 are executed again. Thereby, when a plurality of money changers 20 are installed in the game field 1, the equivalent exchange process can be executed for the plurality of money changers 20 having different equipment numbers.

  Next, the setting process executed in step S5 in FIG. 8 will be described. As shown in FIG. 11, in the setting process, date time, body number, and auto power off are set.

  In the first step S51, a setting menu screen is displayed on the display device 308. That is, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 outputs setting menu screen information to the display control unit 342 of the control device 332, and the setting menu is displayed on the display device 308 by the display control unit 342. In the setting menu, items of “1: date and time”, “2: body number”, and “3: auto power off” are displayed.

  In the next step S52, it is determined whether or not the input device 310 is operated. That is, when the numeric key 362 or the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed while the setting menu is displayed on the display device 308, the input control unit 340 of the control device 332 sets the main control unit 338 of the control device 332. The input information is output, and the main control unit 338 determines that the input device 310 is operated. Then, the process proceeds to next Step S53. On the other hand, when the setting input information is not output from the input control unit 340, the main control unit 338 determines that there is no operation of the input device 310, and step S52 is repeatedly executed. In other words, the standby state is maintained until the numeric key 362 or the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed.

  In the next step S53, it is determined whether or not the setting is completed. That is, when the reset key 368 of the input device 310 is pressed in step S52, the main control unit 338 of the control device 332 determines that the setting is completed, and the process returns to step S5 in FIG.

  When “1” of the numeric key 362 of the input device 310 is pressed in step S52, the process proceeds to step S54, and the date / time is set. When “2” of the numeric key 362 of the input device 310 is pressed in step S52, the process proceeds to step S55, and setting of the main body number is executed. When “3” of the numeric key 362 of the input device 310 is pressed in step S52, the process proceeds to step S56, and auto power-off setting is executed. When step S54, S55, or S56 ends, the process returns to step S51.

  In the auto power off setting in step S55, when the input device 310 is not operated, a time until the power is automatically turned off, a time until the backlight of the display device 308 is automatically turned off, and the like are set.

  Next, the interaction of the collection cart 30, the money changer 20, and the management device 40 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the first step S <b> 61, the management device 40 writes information necessary for the collection work on the portable recording medium 350. That is, the equipment number of the game machines 10A to 10E and the previous collection result for each equipment number are recorded as collection information on the HDD of the computer main body 402 of the management apparatus 40, and portable recording is performed on the connection terminal 408 of the computer main body 402. When the medium 350 is connected and the keyboard 406 is operated, the collection information recorded in the HDD of the computer main body 402 is written into the portable recording medium 350. The collection information includes equipment numbers and game machine names that are identification information of the game machines 10 </ b> A to 10 </ b> E, a coin count value that is a collection result in the previous collection operation, a count value of the magnetic counter 116, and the like.

  In the next step S 62, the collection cart 30 reads collection information from the portable recording medium 350. This step S62 corresponds to step S12 in FIG.

  In the next step S63, the coins stored in the safe 108 of the game machines 10A to 10E are collected by the collection cart 30. This step S63 corresponds to steps S13 to S20 in FIG.

  In the next step S64, the collection cart 30 writes the collection information to the portable recording medium 350. This step S64 corresponds to step S22 in FIG.

  In the next step S65, the money changer 20 outputs deposit / withdrawal information. That is, the manager of the game hall 1 operates the internal input device 238 of the money changer 20 and prints the deposit / withdrawal information by the printer 240 of the money changer 20. The deposit / withdrawal information includes the denomination and number of coins paid out by the coin dispensing device 218 of the money changer 20 and the denomination and number of bills accepted by the bill deposit / withdrawal device 214.

  In the next step S 66, the number of coins supplied to the money changer 20 is input to the collection cart 30. This step S66 corresponds to steps S34 to S37 in FIG. The number of coins to be supplied is determined based on the deposit / withdrawal information output in step S65. That is, it is determined corresponding to the number of coins to be dispensed by the money changer 20 under the condition that the equivalent exchange with the paper money received in the paper money storage 217 of the money changer 20 is possible. For example, when the number of 100-yen coins to be paid out is about 2000 and 20 or more 10,000-yen banknotes are received in the banknote storage 217, 2000 is input as the number of coins to be replenished.

  In the next step S67, the number of replenishment coins is counted by the collection cart 30. This step S67 corresponds to steps S38 to S40 in FIG. The coins counted in step S67 are supplied to the coin storage container 221 through the coin supply port 224 of the money changer 20.

  In the next step S <b> 68, the collected banknote information is input to the collection cart 30 in order to account for the banknotes collected by the equivalent exchange as sales proceeds. This step S68 corresponds to steps S41 to S44 in FIG. The collected banknote information includes the denomination and number of banknotes to be collected.

  In the next step S69, the collection cart 30 writes the equivalent exchange information to the portable recording medium 350. This step S70 corresponds to step S45 in FIG.

  On the other hand, in step S70, the number of coins supplied in the money changer 20 supplied with coins is input. The number of replenished coins is input by operating the input key 269 of the internal input device 238 of the money changer 20.

  In the next step S71, the banknotes stored in the banknote storage 217 of the money changer 20 are recovered based on the recovered banknote information input in step S68.

  In the next step S72, information on the banknotes collected in step S71 is input. The input of the collected banknote information in step S72 is performed by operating the input key 269 of the internal input device 238 of the money changer 20, as in the case of step S70.

  In the next step S73, the daily information is tabulated by the controller 220 of the money changer 20. That is, the control device 220 of the money changer includes deposit / withdrawal information output from the banknote deposit / withdrawal device 214 (denomination and number of banknotes dispensed and denomination and number of banknotes received), coins of the coin dispensing apparatus 218. Based on the number of coins to be paid out detected by the sensor, the number of replenished coins input in step S70, and the collected banknote information input in step S72, the bill and coin deposit / withdrawal information for one day is tabulated.

  In the next step S74, the daily information totaled in step S73 is output by printing by the printer 240 of the money changer 20. As shown in FIG. 18, the daily accounting information includes the number of 1000-yen bills and 100-yen coins to be paid out, the number of 1000-yen, 5000-yen, 2000-yen and 1000-yen bills accepted, the total amount of accepted bills, the equivalent exchange amount, The denomination and number of replenishment coins, the denomination and number of recovered banknotes, and the like.

  On the other hand, in step S <b> 75, the management device 40 reads collection information and equivalent exchange information from the portable recording medium 350. That is, by connecting the portable recording medium 350 to the connection terminal 408 of the computer main body 402 and operating the keyboard 406, the collection information and equivalent exchange information written in the portable recording medium 350 are read and written in the HDD.

  In the next step S76, the computer main body 402 of the management apparatus 40 aggregates various information based on the collection information and equivalent exchange information.

  In the next step S78, the computer main body 402 of the management device 40 displays various information collected on the display device 404 of the management device 40. As information based on the equivalent exchange information, as shown in FIG. 17, the device number, the device name, the equivalent exchange amount, and the number of banknotes collected by money type are displayed on the display device 404.

  As described above, the collection cart 30 (collection device) according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the coin counter 312, the coin storage unit 330, the storage device 334, the control device 332, and the input device 310. When collecting coins stored in the safes 108 of the plurality of game machines 10 </ b> A to 10 </ b> E as collected coins, the collected coins are stored in the coin storage unit 330 after the collected coins are counted by the coin counter 312. The count value of the collected coins counted by the coin counter 312 is stored in the storage device 334 by the control device 332 corresponding to each of the plurality of game machines 10A to 10E. Thereby, the collected coins collected for each of the plurality of game machines 10A to 10E can be managed. On the other hand, when an equivalent exchange operation is performed in which the collected coins stored in the coin storage unit 330 are replenished to the money changer 20 and banknotes equivalent to the replenished coins are collected from the money changer 20, an equivalent exchange is performed in the money collection cart 30. Processing is executed. In the equivalent exchange process, the coins supplied to the money changer 20 are counted by the coin counter 312 and the count value is output to the control device 332. Further, the denomination and number of banknotes collected from the money changer 20 are input to the input device, and the denomination and number of banknotes collected are output from the input device 310 to the control device 332. Then, the control device 332 stores in the storage device 334 the count value of the replenished coins output from the coin counter 312 and the denomination and number of recovered banknotes output from the input device 310. Thereby, even if it is a case where the collected coins collected from the game machines 10A to 10E are replenished as the exchange coins of the money changer 20, and the banknote equivalent to the replenished coins is collected from the money changer 20, the coins as sales money Both banknotes and banknotes can be managed accurately and easily, and the sales can be managed together with the collection work of the collected coins from the game machines 10A to 10E.

  The invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, the above-described collection cart 30 (collection device) uses a weight-type coin counter 312. The coins are separated one by one by a rotating disk in which a plurality of through holes are formed around the rotation axis. A coin dispensing device that sends out and counts can also be used as a coin counter.

  Further, in the above embodiment, information exchange between the collection cart 30 and the management device 40 is performed using the portable recording medium 350, but it is of course possible to exchange information using a wired or wireless communication device. It is.

1 game place 10A-10E game machine 20 money-changing machine 30 collection cart (collection device)
40 Management Device 102 Coin Sorting Device 104 Coin Insertion Port 106 Return Port 108 Safe 110 Key 112 Locked Door 114 Safe Room 116 Electromagnetic Counter 118 Bar Code Seal 202 Case 204 Display Device 206 Input Device 208 Operation Button 210 Bill Insertion Port 212 Banknote Dispensing outlet 214 Banknote depositing / dispensing device 216 Coin dispensing outlet 217 Bill storage 218 Coin dispensing device 220 Controller 221 Coin storage container 222 Coin dispensing device 224 Coin supply port 226 Front plate 228 Coin outlet 230 Coin chute 232 Coin tray 234 Main control 236 Internal display device 238 Internal input device 239 Input key 240 Printer 269 Input key 302 Cart body 304 Wheel 306 Handle 308 Display device 310 Input device 312 Coin counter 314 Coin slot 316 Count confirmation button 31 Partition plate 320 Support shaft 322 First coin chute 324 Second coin chute 326 First coin storage bag 328 Second coin storage bag 330 Coin storage unit 332 Control device 334 Storage device 336 Radio transceiver 338 Main control unit 340 Input control unit 342 Display control unit 344 Count control unit 346 Medium read / write control unit 348 Connection terminal 350 Portable recording medium 352 Bar code reader 354 Read button 362 Number key 364 Left move key 366 Right move key 368 Reset key 370 Correction key 372 Input key 402 Computer main body 404 Display device 406 Keyboard

Claims (1)

A collecting device that collects coins collected as sales and used to collect coins stored in a safe of the plurality of gaming machines, which is used in a game arcade where a plurality of gaming machines and change machines are installed;
A coin counter for counting the collected coins collected from the safes of the plurality of game machines;
A coin storage unit for storing the collected coins counted by the coin counter;
A storage device for storing the count value of the collected coins in the coin counter;
A control device for causing the storage device to store a count value of the collected coins corresponding to each of the plurality of game machines;
An input device for inputting information to the control device,
An equivalent exchange process for supporting an equivalent exchange operation for replenishing the money-collecting coins stored in the coin-reserving unit and collecting a bill equivalent to the replenished coins from the money-changing machine can be performed.
In the equivalent exchange process, the control device includes a count value by the coin counter of coins replenished to the money changer, and information on banknotes collected from the money changer input by the input device. A collection device that stores data in a storage device.

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