Coin handling apparatus and coin handling method
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorKazuaki Nishimura
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Abstract
A coin handling apparatus includes the following: a cassette attachment unit where a cassette is detachably attached; a coin supply unit that supplies a coin to the cassette; and a control unit that causes the cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit to perform a first confirmation operation for confirming that a coin remains in the cassette when the cassette does not satisfy a predetermined condition, and operates the coin supply unit to supply a coin to the cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit without causing the cassette to perform the first confirmation operation when the cassette satisfies the predetermined condition.
Claims8
A coin handling apparatus, comprising:
- a cassette attachment unit where a cassette is configured to be attached;
- a coin supply unit configured to supply a coin to the cassette;
- and
- a control unit that
- causes the cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit to perform a first confirmation operation when the cassette does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the first confirmation operation being an operation for confirming that a coin remains in the cassette, and
- operates the coin supply unit to supply a coin to the cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit without causing the cassette to perform the first confirmation operation when the cassette satisfies the predetermined condition, wherein:
- the cassette comprises a conveyor configured to transport a coin in the cassette and a sensor configured to detect a coin in the cassette;
- and
- the first confirmation operation is an operation of the conveyor for transporting a coin to a detection area of the sensor.
A coin handling method that is performed by a coin handling apparatus configured to supply a coin to a cassette, the coin handling method comprising:
- determining whether or not the cassette attached to a cassette attachment unit satisfies a predetermined condition;
- causing the cassette to perform a first confirmation operation when the cassette does not satisfy a predetermined condition, the first confirmation operation being an operation for confirming that a coin remains in the cassette;
- and
- supplying a coin to the cassette without causing the cassette to perform the first confirmation operation when the cassette satisfies the predetermined condition, wherein:
- the cassette comprises a conveyor configured to transport a coin in the cassette and a sensor configured to detect a coin in the cassette;
- and
- the first confirmation operation is an operation of the conveyor for transporting a coin to a detection area of the sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.