Patents Assigned to The United States of America as respresented by The Secretary Department of Health
  • Publication number: 20120125734
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus (10, 60) includes a collecting and storing unit (20, 71, 72) provided in a housing (10a, 60a), the collecting and storing unit (20, 71, 72) being configured to store money transported by a transport unit (15, 65). A memory unit (37, 87) is configured to store an amount-of-money data which is a money amount of money stored in the collecting and storing unit (20, 71, 72), and a limit sum which is a money amount of money that can be stored in the collecting and storing unit (20, 71, 72). Based on the amount-of-money data and the limit sum respectively stored in the memory unit (37, 87), the control unit (30, 80) performs a control such that the amount-of-money data does not exceed the limit sum, when there is performed a money collecting process in which money in the collecting and storing unit (20, 71, 72) is taken out from the housing (10a, 60a) of the money handling apparatus (10, 60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: The United States of America as respresented by The Secretary Department of Health, Koninklijke Phillips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Masao Okamura, Kazuhiro Doi