Bill validator status detector

Details Bill validator status detector Bill validator status detector

1999-09-03

2001-06-19

Bartuska, F. J. (Department: 2167)

Check-actuated control mechanisms

With means responsive to malfunction

C194S206000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06247572

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a bill validator status detector for detecting the status of a bill validator in a device such as a gaming device. Gaming devices, such as slot machines, often include a bill validator allowing a customer to use either coins or bills to wager. Bill validators can experience failures which must be corrected by service personnel. When the bill validator is inoperative, customers cannot use bills to play the gaming device which results in customer frustration and reduced revenue. Accordingly, it is desirable to decrease the number of non-working bill validators and decrease the amount of bill validator down time.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An exemplary embodiment of the invention is a system for detecting the status of a bill validator in a gaming device. The system includes a credit detector for receiving a signal from the gaming device and generating a credit detector signal indicating whether the gaming device has one or more credits. A bill validator enable detector receives a signal from the gaming device and generates a bill validator enable signal indicating the status of the bill validator. A coin lockout detector receives a signal from the gaming device and generates a coin lockout signal indicating whether the gaming device is ready for play. A logic unit generates an error signal indicative of a malfunction in the bill validator in response to the credit detector signal, the bill validator enable signal and the coin lockout signal.


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