Currency processing method and currency processing device
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorKiyoaki Kobayashi
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Abstract
This currency processing method is implemented by a currency processing device having first and second currency storages for storing currency in a dispensable manner, and involves: receiving a dispensation instruction regarding a selected transaction and based on the type of said transaction; executing a dispensing process regarding the transaction by using the first currency storage when the type of the transaction is a first type; and executing the dispensing process regarding the transaction by using the second currency storage when the type of the transaction is a second type.
Claims15
A money handling method performed in a money handling apparatus comprising a first money storage section and a second money storage section that store money and dispense the money, the money handling method comprising:
- when receiving a withdrawal instruction for a selected transaction based on a type of the selected transaction;
- performing a withdrawal process relating to the selected transaction using the first money storage section in case that the selected transaction is a transaction relevant to a settlement process, and
- performing a withdrawal process relating to the selected transaction using the second money storage section in case that the type of the selected transaction is a financial transaction;
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- when receiving a replenishment instruction to replenish a change fund used for the settlement process to the first money storage section, transporting money equivalent to a replenishment amount of the change fund from the second money storage section to the first money storage section.
A money handling apparatus, comprising:
- a first money storage section and a second money storage section that store money such that the money is configured to be fed in or out of the first money storage section and the second money storage section, the first money storage section being used when a withdrawal process relating to a transaction relevant to a settlement process is performed, the second money storage section being used when a withdrawal process relating to a financial transaction is performed;
- a first unit that houses the first money storage section;
- a second unit that houses the second money storage section and comprises a locking mechanism configured to be unlocked by a person having a predetermined authorization;
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- a control section configured to, when receiving a replenishment instruction to replenish a change fund used for a settlement process to the first money storage section, transport money equivalent to a replenishment amount of the change fund from the second money storage section to the first money storage section.
A money handling apparatus, comprising:
- a first money storage section and a second money storage section that store money such that the money is configured to be fed in or out of the first money storage section and the second money storage section, the first money storage section and the second money storage section storing first currency and second currency, respectively;
- a first unit that houses the first money storage section;
- a second unit that houses the second money storage section and comprises a locking mechanism configured to be unlocked by a person having a predetermined authorization;
- a detachable collection section;
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- a control section configured to perform a deposit/withdrawal process using the first money storage section or a change dispensing process for dispensing change from the first money storage section for a deposit process for deposit in the second money storage section, transport a part of the first currency to the detachable collection section during the deposit/withdrawal process performed using the first money storage section, and transport the second currency in the second money storage section to the detachable collection section in response to an operation instruction by an operator outside operating hours of the money handling apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.