Patents Assigned to Glory Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12784525
    Abstract: A system for processing media includes: a first media processing device without a safe and configured to count media; a second media processing device having a safe including an internal storage, the second media processing device being configured to take in media from an external storage attached outside the safe and store the media in the internal storage; and a computer coupled to the first media processing device and the second media processing device. The computer is configured to, in response to a total number of media counted by the first media processing device exceeding an upper limit value of the external storage, output warning information to prompt an operator to attach the external storage to the second media processing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Yasushi Kimura, Shoutaro Fujii
  • Publication number: 20260340609
    Abstract: A money teller system in accordance with the present disclosure includes a money device and a teller device. The money device includes a body having a quick response (QR) code. The teller device includes a scanner and processing circuitry. The processing circuitry configured to generate a transaction with respect to an account; control the scanner to scan the QR code of the money device; pair the teller device and money device; and instruct the money device to process the transaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Stefan ALBERT, Frank NENTWICH, Ana CONSTANTINO
  • Publication number: 20260340648
    Abstract: A remote customer service system includes a money handling apparatus installed in a first facility and an operator terminal located at a second facility different from the first facility. The money handling apparatus includes a first communication interface and first circuitry. The first circuitry controls the first communication interface to transmit a discrepancy error to the operator terminal in a case where the first circuitry detects the discrepancy error related to a discrepancy occurring in the money handling apparatus. The operator terminal includes a second communication interface and second circuitry. The second circuitry controls the second communication interface to establish a connection with a customer terminal installed in the first facility and executes a remote customer service based on receiving the discrepancy error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2026
    Publication date: October 29, 2026
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsumi HIEDA, Tomohito MORITA
  • Patent number: 12776180
    Abstract: A device for processing media, includes: a safe; an internal storage installed within the safe; a conveyor configured to convey media between the internal storage and an external storage, the external storage being configured to be fixed to the device outside the safe; a temporary storage coupled to the conveyor; and a recognition sensor configured to recognize media conveyed by the conveyor. The conveyor is configured to: perform first conveyance to convey media from the internal storage to the temporary storage; perform second conveyance to convey media from the external storage to the internal storage, after the first conveyance; and perform third conveyance to convey media from the temporary storage to the external storage, after the second conveyance. The external storage is configured to be maintained in a fixed state to the device during the first conveyance to the third conveyance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Sakamoto
  • Publication number: 20260330911
    Abstract: The method for controlling a money handling apparatus includes: causing the money handling apparatus to store money in a first storage that stores and feeds money; causing the money handling apparatus to store money in a second storage that stores and feeds money; and causing the money handling apparatus to selectively perform a first collection process or a second collection process when performing a collection process of collecting money from the money handling apparatus. The first collection process is a process in which the money handling apparatus dispenses, to an outlet, money fed from the first storage and money fed from the second storage. The second collection process is a process in which the money handling apparatus consolidates money in the money handling apparatus into the first storage by moving money from the second storage to the first storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2026
    Publication date: October 22, 2026
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi IZUMIDA, Yoshitomo MINAMI, Yoshifumi MASUDA, Naoki KAMADA
  • Patent number: 12770476
    Abstract: The money handling system includes: a money handling device that is installed in a property accommodating first and second financial institutions and that is configured to perform a first money handling process for a transaction of the first financial institution and a second money handling process for a transaction of the second financial institution; and a computer configured to manage information about the money stored in the money handling device, and configured to distinguish, as the management, between money belonging to the first financial institution and money belonging to the second financial institution, wherein the computer updates the information about the money of the first financial institution in a case where the money handling device performs the first money handling process, and updates the information about the money of the second financial institution in a case where the money handling device performs the second money handling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Nada, Shimpei Nishida, Yuya Kataoka, Hayato Matono, Tomoaki Nakayama, Yusuke Yokota, Shogo Tsuda
  • Patent number: 12770475
    Abstract: A money processing apparatus includes: a first circuit board that is placed in a safe and integrally controls the money processing apparatus; and a second circuit board that is placed in the safe and communicates with the first circuit board and a computer outside the money processing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Yusaku Tachibana
  • Patent number: 12762919
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Izumida
  • Patent number: 12762609
    Abstract: A controller of an information processing apparatus executes a first process for specifying a menu medium in which a customer has shown interest, from a captured image of the customer in a movement path; and a second process for causing a display to display, at least at an arrival timing when the customer has arrived at a facing position, a display screen such that a commodity related to the menu medium specified by the first process with respect to the customer is prioritized as a selection candidate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhito Kurioka, Keishi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12755595
    Abstract: A business support system includes an operator terminal carried by an operator, and a server capable of communicating with the operator terminal. The server includes an acceptor configured to accept task information including content of a task to be performed by the operator on a device and an identifier of the operator terminal, and a transmitter configured to transmit the task information to the operator terminal. The operator terminal includes a receiver configured to receive the task information, and a display configured to display the content of the task to be performed on the device, based on the task information received by the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Ohashi, Koutarou Ooi, Takanori Tago
  • Publication number: 20260301545
    Abstract: A currency processing system and a currency processing method are provided. The currency processing system includes a plurality of currency processing devices which operate by selecting one of a normal mode and an emergency mode for responding to an emergency event as an operation mode, and a management device which manages the operation modes of the plurality of currency processing devices and information of a store where the plurality of currency processing devices are installed, in which, in response to the operation mode of at least one of the plurality of currency processing devices having transitioned to the emergency mode, the management device transmits a transition instruction to other currency processing devices located in the store the same as the currency processing device which has transitioned to the emergency mode, to transition the other currency processing devices to the emergency mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2025
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: GLORY Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenta Asaka, Yoshihiro Kasuya, Herman Susenio, Ayaka Yamauchi, Hideki Morishita
  • Publication number: 20260301500
    Abstract: A money storage device includes: a housing including a first storage space; a second storage unit forming a second storage space independent of the first storage space; and an endless transport belt that transports money stored in the first storage space to an exit of the housing. The transport belt revolves in a vertical plane along the inner wall of the housing that surrounds the first storage space. The second storage unit is inside a belt path of the transport belt, and discharges money stored in the second storage space into the housing. The transport belt transports the money discharged from the second storage unit to the exit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2026
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yusuke YOSHIDA, Takumi ITO
  • Publication number: 20260289497
    Abstract: Provided is an order system that is for ordering a commodity through operation of a customer, and includes: a display that displays a commodity to be sold; an operation unit that accepts an input operation by a user regarding a commodity order; an acquisition unit that acquires a stock quantity of the commodity; and an acceptance unit that allows, after announcing replenishment information regarding replenishment of the commodity to the user, acceptance of an order for the commodity in a sold-out state or the commodity for which the stock quantity acquired by the acquisition unit is less than an intended order quantity thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki SAKAMOTO, Naoya KIMURA, Akane KIMURA, Yuki NAKAHORI, Sho FUJIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20260289618
    Abstract: A sales method for a store that places items on an item shelf to sell the items includes: detecting that a customer picks up an item from the item shelf, by using an item detection sensor; and performing, when a pickup of the item is detected by the item detection sensor, a notification of information indicating that the pickup of the item has been detected, by using a notification device provided on the item shelf.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Hirofumi OZAKI, Teruki YAMAGUCHI, Ryuji KATAOKA, Minami YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20260289540
    Abstract: A camera at the ceiling of a store captures a customer. From the captured video, the position of the customer is determined, and customer specifying data including this position information and gender, clothes, etc. of the customer is generated and notified to an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus stores the customer specifying data and specifies information on an item that the customer was viewing. From video captured by a camera of the store, an information display apparatus generates viewer specifying data including gender, clothes, etc., of a customer and notifies the information processing apparatus. Upon determination of presence of the same person in the viewer specifying data and the customer specifying data, the information processing apparatus notifies the information display apparatus of item benefit information. The information display apparatus displays the item benefit information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki FUJIHISA
  • Publication number: 20260290106
    Abstract: A coin handling apparatus pays out a coin corresponding to a requested number of coins to be paid out based on a dispensing instruction. The coin handling apparatus includes: a multiple denomination storage that stores coins of a plurality of denominations; and a control circuitry that, when it is necessary to pay out a coin of at least one denomination among the plurality of denominations stored in the multiple denomination storage, determines the number of coins to be fed out from the multiple denomination storage based on the requested number and performs a feeding out process of feeding out the coins by the determined number from the multiple denomination storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu OOTA
  • Patent number: 12743933
    Abstract: A cash handling system includes: a cash handling apparatus; a support server storing therein store identification information of a plurality of stores, inventory amount information of cash in each store, and ID information of each of clerks of the stores; an acquisition unit to acquire ID information from a user of the cash handling apparatus; and a control circuitry configured to, when the user authenticated based on the acquired ID information is a clerk, acquire inventory amount information of the store stored in the support server in association with the ID information, and display an input screen, which includes the acquired inventory amount information and is displayed on a display of the cash handling apparatus, for instructing cash handling to be performed in the cash handling apparatus. The cash handling apparatus performs the cash handling, based on an instruction from the user performed on the input screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kiyoaki Kobayashi, Shinsuke Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 12743716
    Abstract: A commodity sales system for selling a specific commodity for which a purchase qualification needs to be confirmed includes: a commodity detection sensor to detect a commodity that the customer takes from a commodity shelf; a confirmation device configured to confirm the purchase qualification for the specific commodity by performing a confirmation process on a qualification certifying matter; a commodity handling device configured to make the specific commodity selectable for the customer in a case that the purchase qualification is confirmed by the confirmation process; a management apparatus including configured to add, to an object of transaction with the customer, the commodity detected by commodity detection sensor, and the specific commodity selected with the commodity handling device; and a settlement apparatus configured to perform a settlement process for an amount of transaction with the customer, for the commodities that the management apparatus has added to the object of transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventor: Kisho Yanase
  • Patent number: 12741842
    Abstract: A sheet storing device includes: a rotary drum; a tape that winds a sheet on the rotary drum; a guide that guides the tape and the sheet to be wound on the rotary drum; and a frame that accommodates the rotary drum and the guide. The frame includes a first frame and a second frame. The first frame and the second frame are connected movably relative to each other to change the frame between an open state and a closed state. The second frame supports the guide to cause at least a part of the guide to move relative to the second frame in a direction away from the second frame in the open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yanai, Takeshi Yokawa
  • Publication number: 20260277720
    Abstract: A maintenance management system includes: one or more apparatuses configured to generate log data including error information that includes information on an error having occurred therein; and a management apparatus configured to manage the log data acquired from each apparatus, detect a frequent error, based on the error information included in each log data, and perform a notification process for notifying a predetermined notification apparatus set as a notification destination of occurrence of the frequent error.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2026
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuta FUKUNISHI, Tetsuya TAMEIKE, Satoru KOBAYASHI, Yuuki KOIKE