Abstract: Provided is a coin handling apparatus including: a storage unit; a drawer attachment unit to which a drawer is attached; a cassette attachment unit to which a coin transport cassette including an opening to be opened when the coin transport cassette is attached to a specific apparatus and giving or receiving a coin to or from the specific apparatus via the opening is attached; a first route forming portion forming a first route that guides the coin fed out of the storage unit to the drawer attached to the drawer attachment unit; a second route forming portion forming a second route that guides the coin fed out of the storage unit to the coin transport cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit; and a switching unit that switches a guide destination of the coin fed out of the storage unit to the first route or the second route.

Abstract: To increase the possibility of operating a money handling apparatus smoothly, a money handling apparatus according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a mixed storage unit configured to store a plurality of types of money; and a control unit that, for each type of money, compares the number of money stored in the mixed storage unit with a predetermined number set for the type of money, outputs information indicating a first situation in a case of the first situation, and outputs information indicating a second situation in a case of the second situation, the first situation being a situation where the number of money is larger than the predetermined number set for the type of money, the second situation being a situation where the number of money is smaller than the predetermined number set for the type of money.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet recognition unit including: a light source capable of irradiating a sheet on which a photoluminescent ink to be recognized is printed, with at least excitation light; a light sensor that receives photoluminescence emitted from the sheet irradiated with the excitation light and outputs a photoluminescence detection signal; and a processing circuitry that recognizes the sheet based on a photoluminescent image of the photoluminescent ink to be recognized and a learned model, the photoluminescent image being generated from the photoluminescence detection signal output from the light sensor.

Abstract: A sheet storing device includes: a rotary drum; at least one tape that wraps a sheet around the rotary drum; and at least one first pressing member that is shifted from the tape along an axis of the rotary drum and presses the sheet against the outer circumferential surface of the rotary drum. The first pressing member presses the sheet against the rotary drum at or near a starting point at which the tape to be wound on the rotary drum first comes into contact with the rotary drum.

Abstract: A money processing device includes: a money processing unit; a communication circuitry; a man-machine interface; and processing circuitry configured to control the money processing unit, the communication circuitry and the man-machine interface. The processing circuitry generates temporary information, and operates the communication circuitry or the man-machine interface to provide the temporary information to outside. When the communication circuitry or the man-machine interface that is not operated to provide the temporary information to the outside receives secondary information corresponding to the temporary information, the processing circuitry transfers the money processing device to a state of executing a process of resolving an abnormality.

Abstract: A money handling method, which is performed by an information processing apparatus in a money handling system including a plurality of money handling apparatuses and the information processing apparatus, includes: determining a denomination and quantity of money to be moved between the respective money handling apparatuses; performing a simulation, based on the determined denomination and quantity of money, money handling processes to be performed for moving the money between the plurality of apparatuses; performing a determination, based on a result of the simulation, whether or not all the money can be moved between the respective apparatuses; and notifying a result of the determination.

Abstract: A sheet handling device includes: a first storage; a second storage that stores a sheet in a different storage manner from the first storage; a transport unit that transports the sheet; and a processing circuitry that manages the sheet. When the processing circuitry determines that the sheet handling device satisfies a first condition, the processing circuitry switches a mode from a first mode to a second mode to manage the sheet related to the first storage. When the processing circuitry determines that the sheet handling device satisfies a second condition, the processing circuitry switches the mode from the first mode to the second mode to manage the sheet related to the second storage.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet recognition unit including: a light source capable of emitting light having a specific wavelength to a sheet to be recognized, a light sensor that receives light coming from the sheet to be recognized, based on the light from the light source and outputs a light detection signal, and processing circuitry that recognizes the sheet to be recognized, using the light detection signal output from the light receiving unit. The light sensor includes a first light receiving element including a color filter that transmits blue light and infrared light, a second light receiving element including a color filter that transmits green light and infrared light, a third light receiving element including a color filter that transmits red light and infrared light, and a fourth light receiving element including a color filter that transmits only one of blue light, green light, red light, or infrared light.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet recognition unit including: a light source capable of irradiating a sheet to be recognized with light having a specific wavelength; a light sensor that includes a plurality of light receiving elements respectively including a plurality of color filters that transmit infrared light and have different visible light transmission characteristics, receives, at the plurality of light receiving elements, light arriving from the sheet to be recognized, based on the light from the light source, and outputs light detection signals; and processing circuitry that performs arithmetic on light amount data based on the light detection signals output from the light sensor, depending on a ratio of genuine reference data to calculate an amount of at least one color in visible light and an amount of infrared light and recognize the sheet to be recognized based on calculated results.

Abstract: A load management system includes: an image acquisition sensor configured to acquire image data including an analysis target image including a load loaded in a medium processing apparatus; a judgment circuitry configured to judge whether or not the image data is authentic; and an image analysis circuitry configured to analyze the analysis target image to acquire information about the load when the image data is authentic.

Abstract: A money handling apparatus (for example, a banknote handling apparatus) includes a destination selector configured to select a storage unit where at least one of a counterfeit money and suspect money among the money transported by the transporting unit is to be transported, from the plurality of storage units (for example, each banknote storage unit, each storage/feeding unit, collecting unit, banknote ejecting unit, and the like) and a controller configured to control the transporting unit to transport at least one of the counterfeit money and suspect money to the storage unit selected by the destination selector among the plurality of storage units.

Abstract: A sheet recognition unit includes a light source which emits first light and excitation light to a sheet including a printed portion to be recognized and a non-printed portion; a light sensor that receives reflective light obtained by reflecting the first light from the sheet to output a reflective light detection signal, and receives fluorescence emitted from the sheet irradiated with the excitation light to output a fluorescence detection signal; processing circuitry that calculates a value P obtained by multiplying an output value of a fluorescence detection signal of the non-printed portion by a density ratio ? between a reflective light detection signal of the printed portion and a reflective light detection signal of the non-printed portion, calculates a value F obtained by subtracting the value P from an output value of a fluorescence detection signal of the printed portion, and recognizes the sheet based on the value F.

Abstract: In order for various styles of selling items in stores, an item take-out apparatus from which a user takes out an item is provides with: a storage unit that stores items therein; a plurality of take-out ports through which the user takes out an item from inside the item take-out apparatus; and a transport unit configured to extract an item from the storage unit and transport the item to any of the plurality of take-out ports. The transport unit transports an item designated by the user to a take-out port, through which the user takes out the item, among the plurality of take-out ports.

Abstract: In order to handle a central bank digital currency, a cash handling apparatus includes: a cash depositing port for depositing cash; a cash recognition circuit that recognizes a kind and authenticity of the cash; a cash storage that stores the cash; a digital cash depositing unit for depositing digital cash being a central bank digital currency for which one piece of data is issued per predetermined unit amount; and a digital cash storage that stores the digital cash. The cash handling apparatus accepts depositing of at least one of cash and digital cash. In a cash depositing process, cash deposited from the cash depositing port is recognized by the cash recognition circuit and stored in the cash storage. In a digital cash depositing process, data of digital cash inputted from the digital cash depositing port is stored in the digital cash storage.

Abstract: In some implementations, a media processing system may receive depository media data indicating a declared amount of depository media that is contained within a depository media container and a unique identifier that associates the depository media container with a user account. The media processing system may receive the depository media container and may identify, based on the unique identifier, the user account. The media processing system may receive the depository media that is no longer contained within the container and may determine, based on the depository media, an actual amount of the depository media. The media processing system may determine whether the declared amount of the depository media and the actual amount of the depository media match. The media processing system may perform an action related to the user account based on whether the declared amount of the depository media matches the actual amount of the depository media.

Abstract: A money handling apparatus includes a banknote handling assembly, a coin handling assembly, and a first operation surface having a banknote inlet portion, a banknote outlet portion, a coin inlet portion, and a coin outlet portion and facing a front direction in a front-back direction of the money handling apparatus. The banknote inlet portion and the coin inlet portion are aligned and the banknote outlet portion and the coin outlet portion are aligned in a right-left direction of the money handling apparatus, which is perpendicular to the front-back direction. The banknote inlet portion and the banknote outlet portion overlap and the coin inlet portion and the coin outlet portion overlap in the up-down direction of the money handling apparatus, which is perpendicular to the right-left direction and perpendicular to the front-back direction.

Abstract: A face image of a customer A viewing an advertisement displayed on an advertisement display is captured by a camera, and a facial feature amount is acquired from the captured face image in a terminal device. A face image of a customer B purchased a commodity at a POS terminal is captured by a camera, and a facial feature amount is acquired from the captured face image in a terminal device. When it is determined that these customers are the same person based on comparison result of the facial feature amounts, the commodity viewed on the advertisement display and the commodity purchased at the POS terminal are specified. Then, it is determined whether these commodities are the same commodity. If the commodities are the same commodity, it is determined that the advertisement display is effective.

Abstract: A general-purpose control board includes a core module and an expansion module such that a product can be manufactured efficiently even if a component mounted on a product-specific printed circuit board is replaced with an alternative component. A CPU of the core module includes a program that realizes cumulative specifications required to control a plurality of products anticipated in advance. A plurality of functional logics that control sensor circuits and motor circuits from a plurality of manufacturers, which are mounted for each apparatus, are implemented in FPGAs mounted on the core module and the expansion module. The CPU automatically determines which manufacturer's sensor circuit and/or motor circuit have been mounted, and notifies FPGAs of the determination result, to select and use one of the plurality of functional logics implemented in the FPGAs.

Abstract: Provided is a sheet recognition unit including a light source capable of emitting at least ultraviolet light to a sheet to be recognized, a light sensor that receives photoluminescence emitted from the sheet to be recognized, the sheet being irradiated with the ultraviolet light, and outputs a photoluminescence detection signal, and a processing circuitry that recognizes the sheet to be recognized using the photoluminescence detection signal output from the light sensor, based on whether a visible photoluminescence emission amount and an infrared photoluminescence emission amount of the sheet to be recognized are within an allowable range with respect to reference data related to a visible photoluminescence emission amount and an infrared photoluminescence emission amount in a genuine sheet.

Abstract: A method of processing a financial transaction includes: acquiring, by a second terminal used by a store, first information related to a reservation of a financial transaction accepted by a first terminal; acquiring, by the second terminal, second information related to a payment for a product or service by a user who reserved the financial transaction; and performing, by the second terminal, a cash transaction based on the first information on the reservation when executing a payment process based on the second information.