Money handling apparatus and money handling method
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorTsuyoshi Izumida
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Abstract
A money handling apparatus includes: a first storage unit and a second storage unit; a transport unit; a recognition unit; and a control unit configured to transport the money in the first storage unit by the transport unit, recognize the money by the recognition unit, transport a part of the money from the first storage unit to the second storage unit based on a result of recognition to store money of predetermined denominations, for which a quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance, in the second storage unit. The control unit detects a shortage denomination of money in the first storage unit, and stores money of the shortage denomination larger in quantity than the quantity set in advance for the shortage denomination, into the second storage unit.
Claims15
A money handling apparatus, comprising:
- a first storage unit and a second storage unit configured to store money therein;
- a transport unit configured to transport money;
- a recognition unit configured to recognize the money being transported by the transport unit;
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- a control unit configured to transport the money in the first storage unit by using the transport unit, recognize the money by using the recognition unit, transport a part of the money stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit based on a result of recognition, so that the second storage unit stores money of predetermined denominations for which a quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance, wherein
- the control unit detects a shortage denomination for which the quantity of money currently stored in the first storage unit is short, and allows to store money of the shortage denomination larger in quantity than the quantity set in advance for the shortage denomination, into the second storage unit.
A money handling method performed by a money handling apparatus, the method comprising:
- feeding out money from a first storage unit in which money is stored, and recognizing the fed-out money with a recognition unit;
- transporting a part of the money stored in the first storage unit to a second storage unit based on a result of recognition, so that the second storage unit stores money of predetermined denominations for which a quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance;
- detecting a shortage denomination for which the quantity of money stored in the first storage unit is short;
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- storing, upon detecting the shortage denomination, money of the shortage denomination larger in quantity than the quantity set in advance for the shortage denomination, into the second storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.