Patents Assigned to Glory Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20230222474
    Abstract: In order to appropriately replenish a money handling apparatus with money, a money handling system includes a first money handling apparatus to perform a plurality of kinds of dispensing transactions in which different fitness-types of fit money are dispensed; a management server including processing circuitry configured to determine, when the first money handling apparatus needs to be replenished with money, a breakdown of the money for replenishment, based on information on the dispensing transactions performed by the first money handling apparatus, wherein the breakdown indicates a quantity of each fitness-type of fit money to be included in the money for replenishment; and a second money handling apparatus to dispense the money for replenishment based on the breakdown of the money determined by the processing circuitry. The first money handling apparatus is replenished with the money for replenishment dispensed from the second money handling apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi TAGASHIRA
  • Publication number: 20230211969
    Abstract: A sheet transport apparatus includes a first direction changing roller arranged along a transport path, wherein a sheet is transported along the transport path; a second direction changing roller disposed on the transport path, wherein the first direction changing roller and the second direction changing roller are next to each other in a direction perpendicular to the transport path, and the first direction changing roller and the second direction changing roller change an orientation of the sheet from a first orientation to a second orientation; and a control circuit configured to control one of the first direction changing roller and the second direction changing roller so that the first direction changing roller rotates slower than the second direction changing roller so as to change the orientation of the sheet from the first orientation to the second orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventor: Kojiro ITOTANI
  • Patent number: 11694177
    Abstract: In order to improve efficiency of an operation of a cash handling system and reduce the labor required for the operation, a POS register receives an input of a cash-out amount, and an input of a charge amount. The POS register reads a debit card ID from a debit card, and transmits a settlement request including the debit card ID and a settlement amount to a management server. Upon receiving the settlement request, the management server withdraws the settlement amount from an account, and transmits a settlement permission to the POS register. Upon receiving the settlement permission from the management server, the POS register performs charge of electronic money, and transmits a dispensing instruction for the cash-out amount to a change machine. The change machine receives the dispensing instruction and dispenses cash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Daisuke Inokami
  • Patent number: 11676458
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ino, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20230177479
    Abstract: A transaction system executing transaction processing with a customer by cooperation of a first terminal disposed in a sales office of a financial institution and a second terminal disposed in a location different from the sales office transmits data related to a transaction from the first terminal to the second terminal by communication, and the system includes a providing circuitry that provides a time stamp to at least part of the data related to the transaction transmitted from the first terminal before the second terminal starts transaction processing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi YAMAGUCHI
  • Patent number: 11656183
    Abstract: A light detection sensor includes a light source that irradiates a detection target with light, a rod lens that collects emitted light from the detection target, a first light receiving element that detects the emitted light that has passed through the rod lens, and a second light receiving element that detects the emitted light that has passed through the rod lens, at a position different from a position at which the first light receiving element detects the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Sato, Hiroshi Konishi, Yuuichirou Okui
  • Publication number: 20230121937
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus configured to feed sheets from outside into the sheet handling apparatus, transport the fed sheets in a storage area which is outside of a storage bag in the sheet handling apparatus and store the transported sheets in the storage bag includes: a holder configured to be capable of detachably holding the storage bag; a pushing member configured to push a plurality of sheets transported in the storage area into the storage bag through the opening of the storage bag; and a pressing member configured to press the sheets stored in the storage bag held by the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuji SHIMODAIRA
  • Publication number: 20230124110
    Abstract: A banknote handling system includes a controller that performs a matching process of matching of a second code of a banknote to be subjected to matching read by a recognition circuit with a first code stored in a memory, and the controller determines that the first code matches with the second code if all symbols of specific digits of the first code match with those of the second code and if the number of digits for which symbols mismatch other than the specific digits is a predetermined number or less, and determines that the first code mismatches with the second code if symbols of the specific digits of the first code mismatch with those of the second code or if the number of digits for which symbols mismatch other than the specific digits exceed the predetermined number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke NADA, Kazuhiko ORIBE, Yoshikatsu MIZUSHIMA
  • Patent number: 11629021
    Abstract: A sheet transport apparatus includes a first direction changing roller arranged along a transport path, wherein a sheet is transported along the transport path; a second direction changing roller disposed on the transport path, wherein the first direction changing roller and the second direction changing roller are next to each other in a direction perpendicular to the transport path, and the first direction changing roller and the second direction changing roller change an orientation of the sheet from a first orientation to a second orientation; and a control circuit configured to control one of the first direction changing roller and the second direction changing roller so that the first direction changing roller rotates slower than the second direction changing roller so as to change the orientation of the sheet from the first orientation to the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Kojiro Itotani
  • Publication number: 20230093434
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a medium processing apparatus, including: a housing provided with a surface facing a customer operating the medium processing apparatus; and a rolled coin device housed in the housing and configured to process rolled coins formed by bundling a plurality of loose coins. The surface of the housing includes a designated area located in a height range conforming to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) standard with respect to a height direction of the medium processing apparatus, and a rolled coin dispensing port of the rolled coin device for dispensing the rolled coins is arranged in the designated area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi Tougo, Kazuhiko Takahashi, Kenta Takahashi, Takayuki Kuroda, Tomohiro Yokoo
  • Publication number: 20230077663
    Abstract: The sheet storage apparatus of the present disclosure includes an attachment unit to which a storing bag for sheets is attached; a holding unit that holds the sheets toward an inner side in a storage direction of the storing bag attached to the attachment unit, the sheets being stacked and stored in the storing bag; and a closing unit that closes an entrance of the storing bag by sandwiching the storing bag from outside thereof. The closing unit closes the entrance by moving from a first position to a second position, the first position being a position before the closing unit starts sandwiching the storing bag, the second position being a position when the closing unit sandwiches the storing bag. The closing unit passes through the inner side in the storage direction than the first position between moving from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoichi TAKEMURA
  • Publication number: 20230082666
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sheet storage apparatus and a sheet processing apparatus capable of effectively reducing tension applied to the entrance portion of a storage bag that stores sheets at the time of sealing the storage bag. The sheet storage apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a sealing unit that seals a predetermined portion of the storage bag storing sheets and a tension reducing unit that reduces the tension applied to the predetermined portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Hidetomo YANAGIUCHI, Yoichi TAKEMURA
  • Publication number: 20230074409
    Abstract: A cash depositing system for a user to deposit cash into a user’s account via a store, is provided with: a cash handling apparatus that recognizes and counts cash deposited by the user at the store, and obtains an amount of the cash; and a management server that acquires the amount of the cash and account information of the user, and determines whether or not a fund equivalent to an account deposit amount to be deposited into the user’s account can be obtained from the store to a management company. In case where the management company can obtain the fund from the store, the management server instruct an external device, which performs account handling for moving the fund between an account of the management company and the user’s account, to perform the account handling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta FUKUNISHI, Toru FUJINO, Kisho YANASE, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230070996
    Abstract: Provided is a cash depositing method for a user to deposit cash into an account of the user via a store. The method includes: causing a management server to receive a request for depositing cash into the account from the user, issue a transaction code for specifying the account, and transmit the transaction code to the terminal device; causing a cash handling apparatus in the store to receive the transaction code, recognize and count cash deposited into the apparatus by the user, and output a deposited amount; and causing the management server to specify the account of the user and an account deposit amount to be deposited into the account and instruct a bank server to perform account handling for transferring the account deposit amount from an account of the management company to the account of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Junichi TAKEMURA, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Yuta FUKUNISHI
  • Publication number: 20230039025
    Abstract: A banknote handling system includes: first and second banknote handling apparatuses, each comprising: a hopper configured to receive banknotes, a transport path along which the banknotes received in the hopper are transported, a recognition unit configured to acquire a denomination and a serial number of each banknote transported along the transport path, and a control unit programmed to generate information including the denominations and the serial numbers of the banknotes acquired by the recognition unit; and a determination unit programmed to: receive the information and determine whether or not a total monetary amount of the banknotes processed by the second banknote handling apparatus matches a total monetary amount of the banknotes processed by the first banknote handling apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Toshio NUMATA, Tetsuya TAMEIKE
  • Patent number: 11565904
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus configured to feed sheets from outside into the sheet handling apparatus, transport the fed sheets in a storage area which is outside of a storage bag in the sheet handling apparatus and store the transported sheets in the storage bag includes: a holder configured to be capable of detachably holding the storage bag; a pushing member configured to push a plurality of sheets transported in the storage area into the storage bag through the opening of the storage bag; and a pressing member configured to press the sheets stored in the storage bag held by the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Yuji Shimodaira
  • Patent number: 11568700
    Abstract: A sheet processing apparatus in the present invention operates in a self-service mode, in which a user does not receive operation support provided by an operation assistant, and a non-self-service mode, in which the user receives the operation support. The sheet processing apparatus includes an inlet that takes in sheets in a deposit process, a transport section that transports the sheets taken in from the inlet, storage sections that store the sheets transported by the transport section, and a control section that causes the transport section in such a way as to transport the sheets to the storage sections on a basis of storage conditions for storing the sheets in the storage sections. The control section changes the storage conditions for at least one of the storage sections between the self-service mode and the non-self-service mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20230016574
    Abstract: A borrowing handling system includes a cash storage apparatus and a management server. The cash storage apparatus is in a store, and the cash storage apparatus to dispense cash withdrawn by a user from an account of the user. The management server is configured to transmit an instruction for execution of an account handling in which, out of an amount of the cash dispensed from the cash storage apparatus for the user and a commission to be paid to the store: a repayment amount, that the store allots for repayment, is deposited into a repayment account; and a remaining amount is deposited into an account of the store. The management server transmits the instruction to institutions corresponding to the repayment account and the account of the store.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Yuta FUKUNISHI, Hari Palaparambil SIVAN
  • Publication number: 20230015962
    Abstract: The optical sensor of the present disclosure includes: a light source configured to emit irradiation light to a target; a light receiver configured to receive a first incident light, a second incident light, and a third incident light travelling from the target and having different wavelength bands; and a controller configured to control the light source. The light receiver includes: a first light-receiving element configured to receive the first incident light and the second incident light and not to receive the third incident light; and a second light-receiving element configured to receive the third incident light and to receive neither the first incident light nor the second incident light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki UEYAMA, Takeshi SATO
  • Patent number: 11556933
    Abstract: Circuitry acquires, when predetermined money handling is executed, stored money information including specific information of money stored in a storage before execution of the money handling and money transfer information including specific information of money transferred in execution of the money handling, determines, based on the stored money information and the money transfer information, a presence or absence of an occurrence of an abnormality related to money in the money handling apparatus and generates, in a case that it is determined that there is the presence of the occurrence of the abnormality, fraud data related to the occurrence of the abnormality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takakazu Nagai, Yoshirou Oie, Shingo Katahira