Money handling apparatus and money handling method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12424048-B2
Application number	US-202418811788-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2024
Priority date	Aug 23, 2023
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A money handling apparatus includes: a first storage unit and a second storage unit; a transport unit; a recognition unit; and a control unit configured to transport the money in the first storage unit by the transport unit, recognize the money by the recognition unit, transport a part of the money from the first storage unit to the second storage unit based on a result of recognition to store money of predetermined denominations, for which a quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance, in the second storage unit. The control unit detects a shortage denomination of money in the first storage unit, and stores money of the shortage denomination larger in quantity than the quantity set in advance for the shortage denomination, into the second storage unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A money handling apparatus, comprising:
a first storage unit and a second storage unit configured to store money therein;
a transport unit configured to transport money;
a recognition unit configured to recognize the money being transported by the transport unit; and
a control unit configured to transport the money in the first storage unit by using the transport unit, recognize the money by using the recognition unit, transport a part of the money stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit based on a result of recognition, so that the second storage unit stores money of predetermined denominations for which a quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance, wherein
the control unit detects a shortage denomination for which the quantity of money currently stored in the first storage unit is short, and allows to store money of the shortage denomination larger in quantity than the quantity set in advance for the shortage denomination, into the second storage unit.

2. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit detects the shortage denomination, based on a ratio of a quantity of money of each denomination to a quantity of money of all denominations, stored in the first storage unit.

3. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit
stores the money of the shortage denomination into the second storage unit until the quantity of the money of the shortage denomination stored in the second storage unit reaches an upper-limit quantity set for the shortage denomination, and
stores the money of the shortage denomination into the first storage unit after reaching the upper-limit quantity.

4. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit,
detects that a total quantity of the money of the shortage denomination stored in the first storage unit and the second storage unit is increased while performing money handing and a shortage state of the money of the shortage denomination is resolved, and
restores to a state in which the second storage unit stores the money of the predetermined denominations for which the quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance.

5. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit,
detects that the money handling apparatus is replenished with the money of the shortage denomination supplied from outside the apparatus, and
restores to a state in which the second storage unit stores the money of the predetermined denominations for which the quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance.

6. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit stores money for dispensing, which is to be dispensed in a dispensing process, into the second storage unit.

7. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
while the shortage denomination is not detected, the control unit stores money deposited in a depositing process into the first storage unit regardless of denomination, and
after detecting the shortage denomination, the control unit stores the money of the shortage denomination among the money deposited in the depositing process into the second storage unit, and stores money of denominations other than the shortage denomination into the first storage unit.

8. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when performing a process in which the control unit sequentially feeds out money from the first storage unit, recognizes the money by using the recognition unit, transports a part of the money stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit based on a result of recognition, so that the second storage unit stores the money of the predetermined denominations for which the quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance,
after completing storage of the money of the predetermined denominations into the second storage unit,
in a case where the shortage denomination has not been detected, the control unit returns all money that has already been fed out from the first storage unit, into the first storage unit, and
in another case where the shortage denomination has been detected, the control unit stores the money of the shortage denomination among the money that has already been fed out from the first storage unit, into the second storage unit, and returns money of denominations other than the shortage denomination into the first storage unit.

9. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
when performing a process in which the control unit sequentially feeds out money from the first storage unit, recognizes the money by using the recognition unit, transports a part of the money stored in the first storage unit to the second storage unit based on a result of recognition, so that the second storage unit stores the money of the predetermined denominations for which the quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance,
in a case where the shortage denomination has been detected, the control unit continues to stores the money of the shortage denomination into the second storage unit even after the quantity of the money of the shortage denomination in the second storage unit reaches the quantity set in advance for the shortage denomination, during a period from when the process is started to when storage of the money of all predetermined denominations into the second storage unit is completed.

10. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit,
performs a depositing process in which deposited money is stored into the first storage unit, and
performs a dispensing process in which money is dispensed from the second storage unit that stores therein the money of the predetermined denominations for which the quantity of money of each denomination is set in advance, and
after detecting the shortage denomination,
the control unit,
performs the depositing process in which the money of the shortage denomination is stored into the second storage unit and money of denominations other than the shortage denomination is stored into the first storage unit, and
performs the dispensing process in which the money of the shortage denomination is dispensed from the second storage unit and the money of the other denominations is dispensed from the first storage unit.

11. The money handling apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit, upon detecting the shortage denomination, selects at least one of a plurality of types of extension modes, switches an operation mode to the selected extension mode and performs money handing in the selected extension mode, wherein
the plurality of types of extension modes includes:
a first extension mode in which a depositing process is performed so that the money of the shortage denomination among deposited money is stored in the second storage unit, and money of denominations other than the shortage denomination is stored in the first storage unit;
a second extension mode in which a replenishment process of sequentially feeding out money from the first storage unit and replenishing the second storage unit with money for replenishment is performed so that, after completing replenishment of the second storage unit with the money for replenishment, the money of the shortage denomination among the money having been fed out from the first storage unit is stored in the second storage unit, and the money of the other denominations is returned to and stored in the first storage unit;
a third extension mode in which the replenishment process is performed so that, during a period from when the replenishment process is started to w

Assignees

• Glory Kogyo Kk

Inventors

• Izumida Tsuyoshi

Classifications

• G07D1/06

  dispensing the difference between a sum paid and a sum charged · CPC title

• G07D2201/00

  Coin dispensers · CPC title

• G07D2211/00

  Paper-money handling devices · CPC title

• G07D9/00

  Counting coins (in combination with coin-sorting G07D3/16); Handling of coins not provided for in the other groups of this subclass · CPC title

• G07D1/00

  Coin dispensers (devices delivering paper currency G07D11/00) · CPC title