# US 2019/0172292 A1 · Money handling device and money handling method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0172292 A1 - Document ID: US20190172292A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/321,080 - Filed: 2017-07-20 - Published: 2019-06-06 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-29 - Assignees: Glory Ltd. - Applicants: Glory Ltd. - Inventors: Koki FUKUDA; Kisho YANASE; Masashi KUWADA; Masatoshi KAGEYAMA; Akiyoshi TAKENAKA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172292A1 ## CPC - G07D 11/18: Diverting into different paths or containers - G07D 9/00: Counting coins (in combination with coin-sorting G07D3/16); Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass - G07D 11/13: with internal means for handling valuable papers - G07D 11/245: Replenishment - G07D 11/25: Relocation of valuable papers within devices - G07D 11/50: Sorting or counting valuable papers - G07D 2211/00: Paper-money handling devices - G07D: HANDLING OF COINS OR VALUABLE PAPERS, e.g. TESTING, SORTING BY DENOMINATIONS, COUNTING, DISPENSING, CHANGING OR DEPOSITING ## Abstract A money handling apparatus (banknote handling apparatus 1) includes: a transporter 4 which includes a first route for the money that passes through a recognition unit 24 and a second route for the money that does not pass through the recognition unit 24, and wherein the transporter is operable to transport the money from a first storage to a second storage along either the first route or the second route; and a controller (controller 15) which, in a process of storing the money fed from the first storage into the second storage, selects either the first route or the second route for the money in accordance with a specific condition. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A money handling apparatus, comprising: a first storage and a second storage each of which stores money; a recognition unit which is operable to recognize the money passing therethrough; a transporter which includes a first route for the money that passes through the recognition unit and a second route for the money that does not pass through the recognition unit, wherein the transporter is operable to transport the money from the first storage to the second storage along either the first route or the second route; and a controller which, in a process of storing the money fed from the first storage into the second storage, selects either the first route or the second route for the money in accordance with a specific condition. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second route is shorter than the first route. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein one of the first storage and the second storage is disposed inside a safe housing, and the other one of the first storage and the second storage is disposed outside the safe housing. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller selects either the first route or the second route in accordance with the specific condition in a replenishment process of storing the money fed from the first storage disposed outside the safe housing in the second storage disposed inside the safe housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The money handling apparatus of claim 4, wherein the controller selects the second route if data about the money stored in the first storage has been acquired, and selects the first route if the data about the money stored in the first storage has not been acquired. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The money handling apparatus of claim 5, further comprising: a reader which reads the data about the money stored in the first storage from a memory storing the data, wherein the reader is disposed outside the safe housing. ### Claim 7 (canceled) ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller selects either the first route or the second route in accordance with the specific condition in a collection process of storing the money fed from the first storage disposed inside the safe housing into the second storage disposed outside the safe housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The money handling apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller selects the first route in collecting a designated number of the money from the first storage, and selects the second route in collecting all the money stored in the first storage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The money handling apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller selects the first route if the number of the money to be collected from the first storage is less than a predetermined number, and selects the second route if the number of the money to be collected from the first storage is more than or equal to the predetermined number. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller selects either the first route or the second route in accordance with the specific condition in a reconciliation process of storing the money fed from the first storage into the second storage, and storing the money fed from the second storage into the first storage. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The money handling apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller selects either the first route or the second route in accordance with the specific condition in transporting the money from the first storage to the second storage, and in transporting the money from the second storage to the first storage. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The money handling apparatus of claim 12, wherein in accordance with a reconciliation level of the reconciliation process, the controller selects the first route in transporting the money from the first storage to the second storage, and selects the first route in transporting the money from the second storage to the first storage. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The money handling apparatus of claim 12, wherein in accordance with a reconciliation level of the reconciliation process, the controller selects the second route in transporting the money from the first storage to the second storage, and selects the second route in transporting the money from the second storage to the first storage. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The money handling apparatus of claim 12, wherein in accordance with a reconciliation level of the reconciliation process, the controller selects either the first route or the second route in transporting the money from the first storage to the second storage, and selects the other one of the first route or the second route in transporting the money from the second storage to the first storage. ### Claim 16 (canceled) ### Claim 17 (canceled) ### Claim 18 (canceled) ### Claim 19 (canceled) ### Claim 20 (canceled) ### Claim 21 (canceled) ### Claim 22 (canceled) ### Claim 23 (canceled) ### Claim 24 (canceled) ### Claim 25 (canceled) ### Claim 26 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein either the first storage or the second storage is a removable storage which is attachable to and detachable from a body of the apparatus outside a safe housing, and the money handling apparatus further comprises a detection unit which is operable to detect that the removable storage is attached to the body of the apparatus. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The money handling apparatus of claim 26, wherein the controller starts the process when the detection unit detects attachment of the removable storage. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The money handling apparatus of claim 26, wherein the controller stops the process being currently performed when the detection unit detects detachment of the removable storage. ### Claim 29 (canceled) ### Claim 30 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a setting unit which sets the specific condition. ### Claim 31 (depends on 1) The money handling apparatus of claim 1, wherein the specific condition includes a condition concerning a use environment of the money handling apparatus. ### Claim 32 A money handling method, comprising: selecting either a first route that passes through a recognition unit or a second route that does not pass through the recognition unit in accordance with a specific condition in a process of storing money fed from a first storage in a second storage; and transporting the money from the first storage to the second storage through the selected route, wherein the recognition unit recognizes the money when the first route is selected, and the recognition unit does not recognize the money when the second route is selected.