prize payout machine, prize management machine and the prize payout system

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a prize dispenser which can detect the occurrence of a stacking abnormality in a group of prizes in a housing part, and can report as such to a staff or the like.;SOLUTION: A control part 200 of the prize dispenser 2 executes a prize counting processing with the use of a prize count part 201. The prize count part 201 includes a counting sensor 60 and a driving mechanism 70 for moving the counting sensor. When the prize counting processing is executed, the control part 200 determines whether or not the abnormality of a prize buildup state (stacking state) is occurring, based on an output signal of the counting sensor 60, and in the case where the control part determines that the abnormality is occurring, it specifies a kind of the abnormality. The kinds of abnormalities include, for example, "no space abnormality", "prize interval small abnormality", "prize interval large abnormality", "overstuffed abnormality", "foreign matter entering abnormality", and "prize standing abnormality (prize attitude abnormality)" or the like.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT