Coin handling apparatus and coin handling method
AssigneeGlory Ltd.
InventorAkihisa KAWAMATA
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Abstract
A coin handling apparatus includes a first storage that stores coins of a plurality of denominations in a mixed state, the first storage comprising a shutter configured to be opened and closed, and discharging the coins by opening the shutter; a transport unit that transports coins discharged from the first storage; a recognition unit that recognizes the coins transported by the transport unit; and a controller that, in response to receiving a withdrawal instruction, executes withdrawal control to open the shutter, and based on a recognition result by the recognition unit, controls the transport unit to transport a withdrawal target coin to a withdrawal unit.
Claims20
A coin handling apparatus, comprising:
- a first storage that stores coins of a plurality of denominations in a mixed state, wherein the first storage comprises a shutter configured to be opened and closed, and discharges the coins by opening the shutter;
- a transport unit that transports coins discharged from the first storage;
- a recognition unit that recognizes the coins transported by the transport unit; and
- a controller that, in response to receiving a withdrawal instruction, executes withdrawal control to open the shutter, and based on a recognition result by the recognition unit, controls the transport unit to transport a withdrawal target coin to a withdrawal unit.
A coin handling method, comprising:
- opening a shutter of a first storage, storing coins of a plurality of denominations in a mixed state, to discharge the coins from the first storage, in response to receiving a withdrawal instruction;
- transporting by a transport unit, the coins discharged from the first storage;
- recognizing by a recognition unit the coins transported by the transport unit; and
- based on a recognition result by the recognizing, controlling by a controller the transport unit to transport a withdrawal target coin to a withdrawal unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.