Change machine
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorToshiki Matsuo
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Abstract
A change machine includes a denomination discriminating unit to discriminate denominations of deposited coins or bills, a counting unit to count the number of the coins or the bills for each of the denominations, a storage unit to store a limit number of the coins or the bills, a number determining unit to determine a denomination of the coins or the bills, the number of which counted in one transaction reached the limit number, an operator determining unit to determine which of a customer and a store staff member deposited the coins or the bills, and a deposit control unit to, if the customer deposited the coins or the bills, return the coins or the bills of the denomination and, if the store staff member deposited the coins or the bills, allows storage of the coins or the bills of the denomination.
Claims20
A change machine to which at least one of coins and bills relating to purchase of a commodity are deposited, the change machine comprising:
- a denomination discriminating component configured to discriminate denominations of the deposited coins or bills;
- a counting component configured to count a number of the coins or the bills for each of the discriminated denominations;
- a storage component configured to store a limit number of the coins or the bills;
- a number determining component configured to determine a denomination of the coins or the bills, the number of which counted in one transaction by the counting component reached the limit number;
- an operator determining component configured to determine which of a customer and a store staff member deposited the coins or the bills;
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- a deposit controller configured to, if the operator determining component determines that the customer deposited the coins or the bills, return the coins or the bills of the denomination after reaching the limit number and, if the operator determining component determines that the store staff member deposited the coins or the bills, allows storage of the coins or the bills of the denomination after reaching the limit number.
A method of processing at least one of coins and bills relating to purchase of a commodity, comprising:
- discriminating denominations of at least one of deposited coins and bills;
- counting a number of the coins and the bills for each of the discriminated denominations;
- storing a limit number of the coins and the bills;
- determining a denomination of the coins and the bills, the number of which counted in one transaction by the counting reaches the limit number;
- determining which of a customer and a store staff member deposited the coins and the bills;
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- if determining that the customer deposited the coins or the bills, returning the coins or the bills of the denomination after reaching the limit number and, if the determining that the store staff member deposited the coins and the bills, allowing storage of the coins or the bills of the denomination after reaching the limit number.
A point of sales terminal, comprising:
- a display component configured to display an amount of coins and bills deposited relating to purchase of a commodity;
- a denomination discriminating component configured to discriminate denominations of the deposited coins and bills;
- a counting component configured to count a number of the coins and the bills for each of the discriminated denominations;
- a storage component configured to store a limit number of the coins and the bills;
- a number determining component configured to determine a denomination of the coins and the bills, the number of which counted in one transaction by the counting component reached the limit number;
- an operator determining component configured to determine which of a customer and a store staff member deposited the coins and the bills;
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- a deposit controller configured to, if the operator determining component determines that the customer deposited the coins and the bills, return the coins and the bills of the denomination after reaching the limit number and, if the operator determining component determines that the store staff member deposited the coins and the bills, allows storage of the coins and the bills of the denomination after reaching the limit number.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.