Digital cash safe
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsTadashi Haeno, Shigeru Hashimoto, Takumi Kishino, Koken Yamamoto, Toshiaki Ibi, Yasuyuki Higashiura
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Abstract
As an alarm reception flag offers an “ON” state indicating that a sign of an occurrence of abnormality on a digital cash module associated with the alarm reception flag is detected, a control unit of a digital cash safe performs on a priority basis a processing for transfer of digital cash data to an IC card, which is the primary service of the digital cash safe, and simultaneously performs a save processing for digital cash data stored in the digital cash module on which a sign of abnormality is detected.
Claims5
A digital cash safe for storing digital cash data having a function of currency and for performing input and output of the digital cash data in accordance with a request from an exterior, said digital cash safe comprising:
- a digital cash module for storing the digital cash data on a free basis in reading and writing;
- a detector for detecting a sign of abnormality on said digital cash module;
- a controller for instructing said digital cash module to perform input and output of the digital cash data in accordance with a request from an exterior, and in a case where said detector detects the sign of abnormality on said digital cash module, instructing output of the digital cash data stored in said digital cash module directed to a predetermined save destination while instructing on a priority basis the input and output of the digital cash data according to the request;
- a substrate having a connector through which digital cash data is inputted and outputted with respect to said digital cash module, said substrate being detachably connected to said digital cash module via said connector, and
- a lock mechanism for inhibiting said digital cash module from being separated from said substrate when said digital cash module outputs light now the digital cash data directed to the predetermined save destination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.