# US 2018/0025567 A1 · Coin processing apparatus

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- Number: US 2018/0025567 A1
- Document ID: US20180025567A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 15/654,439
- Filed: 2017-07-19
- Published: 2018-01-25
- Earliest claimed: 2016-07-22
- Assignees: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Shoichi MORINOBU
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180025567A1

## CPC

- G07D 3/14: Apparatus driven under control of coin-sensing elements
- G06Q 20/20: Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
- G07F 5/24: with change-giving
- G07G 1/0018: {Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means}
- G07G 1/06: with provision for the noting of the money to be paid
- G07G 1/12: electronically operated
- G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING
- 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
- 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})
- G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS

## Abstract

A coin processing apparatus includes: a predetermined number of coin storages; and a money input/output control unit configured to set, when a number of the coin storages used as denomination-fixed coin storages is less than the predetermined number, at least one remaining coin storage as a temporary coin storage, and to execute money input/output control of coins by using the denomination-fixed coin storages and the at least one temporary coin storage.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A coin processing apparatus comprising:
a predetermined number of coin storages; and
a money input/output control unit configured to set, when a number of the coin storages used as denomination-fixed coin storages is less than the predetermined number, at least one remaining coin storage as a temporary coin storage, and to execute money input/output control of coins by using the denomination-fixed coin storages and the at least one temporary coin storage.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when there are coins to be input to the denomination-fixed coin storage and coins stored in the denomination-fixed coin storage are full, the money input/output control unit sets one of the temporary coin storages as a temporary coin storage with respect to the denomination of coins to be input, and stores the coins in the set temporary coin storage.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when an upper limit number of coins is exceeded in the denomination-fixed coin storage, the money input/output control unit sets one of the temporary coin storages as a temporary coin storage that stores coins of the denomination having exceeded the upper limit number of coins, and stores coins in the set temporary coin storage.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The coin processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein when the denomination-fixed coin storage stores coins less than a lower limit number of coins, the money input/output control unit restocks coins from the temporary coin storage that stores coins of the denomination in the number less than the lower limit number of coins.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The coin processing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein when the denomination-fixed coin storage stores coins less than a lower limit number of coins, the money input/output control unit restocks coins from the temporary coin storage that stores coins of the denomination in the number less than the lower limit number of coins.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the number of the denomination-fixed coin storages is equal to or half the predetermined number, the money input/output control unit allocates and sets the temporary coin storage for each denomination at least stored in the denomination-fixed coin storages.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The coin processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the money input/output control unit sets a part or all the temporary coin storages as a temporary collection box that stores therein coins of different denominations in a mixed state.