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US 11,861,964 B2Granted
Valuable medium handling system
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorsYusaku Tachibana, Tsuyoshi Izumida
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Abstract
Operability of a valuable medium handling system is enhanced. A valuable medium handling system 1 includes a communication device 3001 disposed at a storage cassette 31 that is detachably attached to a medium handling device 2 and that stores banknotes, and a controller 513 and a computer 5 that communicate with the communication device 3001 via a communication line 9. The controller 513 and the computer 5 each perform a predetermined process by communicating with the communication device 3001 via the communication line 9.
Claims20
A valuable medium handling system comprising:
- communication circuitry disposed in a storage unit that is detachably attached to a first medium handling device and that stores valuable mediums;
- and
- a controller configured to communicate with the communication circuitry via a communication network, wherein
- the communication circuitry includes first communication circuitry disposed at a first storage unit of the storage unit and second communication circuitry disposed at a second storage unit of the storage unit,
- the storage unit has a memory for storing valuable medium information related to the valuable mediums stored in the storage unit,
- the communication circuitry transmits storage unit information related to the storage unit to the controller, the storage unit information including the valuable medium information, before the storage unit is attached to the first medium handling device,
- the controller receives the storage unit information transmitted by the communication circuitry before the storage unit is attached to the first medium handling device,
- before the storage unit is attached to the first medium handling device, the controller determines, based on the valuable medium information included in the storage unit information, a process for handling, in the first medium handling device, the valuable mediums stored in the storage unit, and
- the controller performs the determined process.
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A valuable medium handling method comprising:
- performing communication, via a communication network, between a controller and a communication circuitry disposed at a storage unit that is detachably attached to a first medium handling device and that stores valuable mediums;
- transmitting, by the communication circuitry, storage unit information related to the storage unit, via the communication network;
- transmitting, by the communication circuitry, at least one of positional information of the storage unit and opening/closing-state information of a door of the storage unit, to the controller, in a state where the storage unit is detached from the first medium handling device;
- monitoring, by the controller, the storage unit based on at least one of the positional information and the opening/closing-state information having been received;
- transmitting, by the communication circuitry, the storage unit information related to the storage unit, before the storage unit is attached to the first medium handling device, the storage unit information including valuable medium information that is related to the valuable mediums stored in the storage unit and is stored in a memory of the storage unit;
- receiving, by the controller, the storage unit information transmitted by the communication circuitry, before the storage unit is attached to the first medium handling device;
- before the storage unit is attached to the first medium handling device, based on the valuable medium information included in the storage unit information, determining, by the controller, a process for handling, in the first medium handling device, the valuable mediums stored in the storage unit;
- and
- performing, by the controller, the determined process.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.