PTS Terminal Foreign Currency Conversion and Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
In gaming machines, inserting foreign currency requires complex and time-consuming processes for fraud detection and currency conversion, especially in large-scale facilities with numerous machines.
Innovation Solution
A terminal apparatus and information management system that converts inserted foreign currency into a specific currency using a conversion rate, transmitting currency information and timing details to facilitate easy identification and fraud detection in gaming machines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If foreign currency insertion is allowed in gaming machines, then player convenience is improved, but fraud detection complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a currency conversion mechanism as an intermediary between the foreign currency bill and the gaming machine's internal credit system. The PTS terminal acts as a mediator that validates foreign currency, converts it to the home currency's credit data, and transmits it to the gaming machine, thereby simplifying fraud detection while maintaining player convenience.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces manual fraud detection processes with automated electronic validation and conversion systems. The PTS terminal automatically validates foreign currency bills, determines conversion rates, and converts amounts to credit data, eliminating the need for manual checking and reducing operational complexity.
2Reliability
If manual currency exchange before gaming is required, then currency control is maintained, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs currency conversion in advance at the PTS terminal before the gaming machine receives the credit data. The conversion process is completed preliminarily by validating the foreign currency bill, determining the conversion rate, and converting the amount to credit data, which eliminates the need for players to manually exchange currency before gaming.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides self-service currency conversion where players can directly insert foreign currency bills into the PTS terminal, and the system automatically handles the conversion to credit data without requiring players to visit external exchange places. The gaming machine itself serves the conversion function through its integrated PTS terminal.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple gaming machines support foreign currency, then service coverage is expanded, but management workload increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal PTS terminal system that can handle multiple currencies and serve multiple gaming machines through a centralized management approach. The terminal apparatus provides multi-functional capabilities including foreign currency validation, conversion rate determination, and automated data transmission to various gaming machines, allowing one system to manage multiple devices without increasing operational complexity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention provides a terminal apparatus and an information management system that facilitate to grasp a gaming machine in which a foreign currency has been used. A terminal apparatus communicably connected to a gaming machine in which a game can be played according to an inserted currency includes: a control device that executes an insertion process for converting an amount of the inserted currency into an amount of a specific currency based on a conversion rate for converting the amount of the inserted currency into the amount of the specific currency and a transmission device that transmits inserted currency information including currency information regarding the inserted currency and specific information for specifying a gaming machine into which the currency has been inserted.