# US 2017/0256142 A1 · Money handling system and money handling method

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- Number: US 2017/0256142 A1
- Document ID: US20170256142A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/511,399
- Filed: 2014-09-18
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Earliest claimed: 2014-09-18
- Assignees: Glory Ltd.
- Applicants: Glory Ltd.
- Inventors: Takahiro OE; Shingo HASHIMOTO
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170256142A1

## CPC

- G07G 1/12: electronically operated
- G06Q 20/20: Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
- G06Q 20/209: {Specified transaction journal output feature, e.g. printed receipt or voice output}
- G06Q 20/387: {Payment using discounts or coupons (relating to marketing G06Q30/02)}
- G07D 11/24: Managing the inventory of valuable papers
- G07D 11/34: Monitoring the contents of devices, e.g. the number of stored valuable papers
- G07F 5/24: with change-giving
- G07F 9/04: Means for returning surplus or unused coins
- G07F 17/42: for ticket printing or like apparatus {, e.g. apparatus for dispensing of printed paper tickets or payment cards}
- G07G 1/0036: {Checkout procedures}
- G07G 5/00: Receipt-giving machines
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00})

## Abstract

A money handling system configured to handle cash that is given and received when commodity transaction is performed, is composed of: a cash settlement apparatus configured to, in a case where cash corresponding to a difference between a total amount of deposited money paid for a commodity price by a customer and the commodity price is required to be paid as change to the customer, execute either a process of dispensing the change or a process of issuing a change ticket including information that specifies an amount of the change; a change handling apparatus configured to, in order to pay not-yet-dispensed change to the customer, obtain the information included in the change ticket and specify an amount of the not-yet-dispensed change; and a cash management apparatus communicably connected to the cash settlement apparatus and the change handling apparatus, and configured to manage information regarding the not-yet-dispensed change for which the change ticket has been issued. The change that has not been dispensed from the cash settlement apparatus can be dispensed from the change handling apparatus by using the change ticket.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A money handling system configured to handle cash that is given and received when a commodity transaction is performed, the system comprising:
a cash settlement apparatus configured to, in a case where cash corresponding to a difference between a total amount of deposited money paid for a commodity price by a customer and the commodity price is required to be paid as change to the customer, execute either a process of dispensing the change or a process of issuing a change ticket including information that specifies an amount of the change;
a change handling apparatus configured to, in order to pay not-yet-dispensed change to the customer, obtain the information included in the change ticket and specify an amount of the not-yet-dispensed change; and
a cash management apparatus communicably connected to the cash settlement apparatus and the change handling apparatus, and configured to manage information regarding the not-yet-dispensed change for which the change ticket has been issued.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, wherein
the cash settlement apparatus determines to perform either the process of dispensing the change or the process of issuing the change ticket, on the basis of a result of comparison between the amount of the change and an amount of cash that can be dispensed as change from the cash settlement apparatus.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, wherein
the cash settlement apparatus, sets an expiration date by which the not-yet-dispensed change can be dispensed by using the change ticket when issuing the change ticket,
the cash management apparatus manages the expiration date as one piece of information regarding the not-yet-dispensed change, and
the change handling apparatus judges, on the basis of the expiration date, whether or not the not-yet-dispensed change can be dispensed by using the change ticket.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, wherein
the change ticket includes a dispensing code for judging whether the change ticket is a genuine change ticket or a counterfeit change ticket, the dispensing code being created by the cash settlement apparatus,
the cash management apparatus manages the dispensing code as one piece of information regarding the not-yet-dispensed change, and
the change handling apparatus judges whether the change ticket is a genuine change ticket or a counterfeit change ticket, on the basis of the dispensing code included in the change ticket.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, wherein
the change handling apparatus judges whether or not the not-yet-dispensed change can be dispensed by using the change ticket, on the basis of an amount of the not-yet-dispensed change obtained on the basis of the information included in the change ticket.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The money handling system according to claim 5, wherein
the change handling apparatus judges that the not-yet-dispensed change can be dispensed, only when the amount of the change is not greater than a maximum amount of change that is possibly paid by the cash settlement apparatus.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, wherein
on the change ticket, at least one of the amount of the not-yet-dispensed change, a place where the not-yet-dispensed change can be dispensed, and the expiration date by which the not-yet-dispensed change can be dispensed is described in characters.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, wherein
a monetary amount to be discounted from a commodity price when the commodity price is paid in a store where the cash settlement apparatus is located is indicated on the change ticket so that the change ticket can be used as a coupon.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The money handling system according to claim 1, further including a cash register configured to issue a receipt on which information including the commodity price is printed, when a commodity transaction is performed, and
the change ticket is issued by the cash register that has obtained information regarding the not-yet-dispensed change from the cash settlement apparatus.

### Claim 10

A money handling method configured to handle, by using a money handling apparatus, cash that is given and received when a commodity transaction is performed, the method comprising:
a change amount calculating step of causing a cash settlement apparatus to recognize deposited money that is paid for a commodity by a customer, calculate a total amount of the deposited money, and calculate, as change, a difference between the total amount of the deposited money and a price of the commodity;
a judgment step of judging whether to execute either a process of dispensing change or a process of issuing a change ticket including information that specifies an amount of the change;
a change dispensing step of dispensing the change from the cash settlement apparatus, when a result of judgment in the judgment step is to dispense the change;
a change ticket issuing step of issuing the change ticket from the cash settlement apparatus or a cash register connected to the cash settlement apparatus, when a result of judgment in the judgment step is to issue the change ticket;
a change amount specifying step of causing a change handling apparatus to obtain the information included in the change ticket, and specify an amount of not-yet-dispensed change; and
a not-yet-dispensed change dispensing step of dispensing the not-yet-dispensed change equivalent to the amount of change specified in the change amount specifying step.