Patents by Inventor Keiju Nakagawa

Keiju Nakagawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11948418
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus performs a money dispensing process, the money handling apparatus including a storage cassette, a plurality of storage units and processing circuitry. The storage cassette is detachably mounted to the money handling apparatus, and the storage cassette to store money for a replenishment process. The plurality of storage units store money. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a designation of a processing time of the replenishment process, and control the replenishment process based on the processing time so that a storage unit of the plurality of storage units is replenished with money fed out from the storage cassette.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Chen, Keiju Nakagawa, Masahito Kawaguchi, Rinshiro Iwase, Tasuku Nakamoto
  • Publication number: 20220180687
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus performs a money dispensing process, the money handling apparatus including a storage cassette, a plurality of storage units and processing circuitry. The storage cassette is detachably mounted to the money handling apparatus, and the storage cassette to store money for a replenishment process. The plurality of storage units store money. The processing circuitry is configured to receive a designation of a processing time of the replenishment process, and control the replenishment process based on the processing time so that a storage unit of the plurality of storage units is replenished with money fed out from the storage cassette.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Keiju NAKAGAWA, Masahito KAWAGUCHI, Rinshiro IWASE, Tasuku NAKAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20210134102
    Abstract: A money depositing/dispensing apparatus including a first storage configured to store therein money for each denomination; a second storage configured to store therein money in a denomination mixed state; a third storage configured to store therein money such that the money cannot be fed out therefrom; a transport configured to move money between the storages; and circuitry configured to perform control such that predetermined money is moved from the second storage to the third storage in a case that the first storage needs to be replenished with money, and determine a denomination and a quantity of money for replenishment, based on a storage quantity of money in the second storage after the movement and on a storage quantity of money in the first storage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang CHEN, Kazuhiro DOI, Kazutoshi NAKAGAWA, Keiju NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20210056794
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus configured to dispense money includes: a container removably mounted to the apparatus and configured to store money of a plurality of denominations; a plurality of storing units configured to store money to be dispensed, for each denomination; a memory configured to store information on a threshold of a money storage quantity wherein the threshold is set for each denomination; and a control unit configured to perform control to monitor storage quantities of money for each denomination stored in the storing units, and to perform a replenishment process if a denomination of which the storage quantity becomes less than the threshold is detected, wherein in the replenishment process, money is fed out from the container, and at least one storing unit corresponding to the detected denomination is replenished with the money of the detected denomination among the fed out money.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Tasuku NAKAMOTO, Keiju NAKAGAWA, Masahito KAWAGUCHI, Lin DIAO, Yang CHEN
  • Patent number: 10783735
    Abstract: A sheet storage apparatus (for example, banknote handling machine includes: a holding unit (for example, each holding member) configured to hold a storage bag in a state where an opening portion of a banknote storage bag is opened or in a state where the opening portion of the banknote storage bag is sealed; a regulation unit configured to selectively regulate access to the banknote storage bag held by the holding unit; and a control unit configured to control the regulation unit so as to allow access to the banknote storage bag held by the holding unit in a state where the opening portion of the banknote storage bag is opened when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi Nishida, Keiju Nakagawa, Youichi Takemura, Koichi Nabeyama
  • Publication number: 20190304233
    Abstract: A sheet storage apparatus (for example, banknote handling machine includes: a holding unit (for example, each holding member) configured to hold a storage bag in a state where an opening portion of a banknote storage bag is opened or in a state where the opening portion of the banknote storage bag is sealed; a regulation unit configured to selectively regulate access to the banknote storage bag held by the holding unit; and a control unit configured to control the regulation unit so as to allow access to the banknote storage bag held by the holding unit in a state where the opening portion of the banknote storage bag is opened when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Koichi NISHIDA, Keiju NAKAGAWA, Youichi TAKEMURA, Koichi NABEYAMA
  • Patent number: 10062065
    Abstract: To provide a settlement system capable of being switched between a cash desk payment style and a pay station payment style at a given timing in the same store. The present invention is a settlement system including a cash settlement apparatus and a cash register, wherein a layout is capable of being switched between a cash desk payment style in which the cash settlement apparatus is incorporated in a cash register lane, and a pay station payment style in which the cash settlement apparatus is separated from the cash register lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 9437065
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Higashiyama, Kazuhiro Doi, Kenichi Tagashira, Keiju Nakagawa, Takayuki Kishibuchi, Masatsugu Yokotani
  • Publication number: 20160200526
    Abstract: To provide a money handling system capable of improving operability and suppressing occurrence of trouble such as a jam. A money handling system 1 in an embodiment of the present invention includes: a POS register 12 having a display unit; a pneumatic tube 30 configured to transport a storing member 40 for the pneumatic tube; a status notifying unit 31 configured to notify a status of the pneumatic tube 30, and a control unit 11 configured to cause the display unit of the POS register 12 to display the status of the pneumatic tube 30 notified from the status notifying unit 31.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi TAGASHIRA, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Keiju NAKAGAWA
  • Publication number: 20150379495
    Abstract: A money handling system that performs a process of settling a charge for a specific service includes a charge amount acquiring unit that acquires a charge amount corresponding to the change for the specific service; an amount calculating unit that calculates an amount of the money that has been taken in; and a tip amount identifying unit that identifies a tip amount for the specific service. A main control unit identifies the change amount so that the total of the charge amount acquired by the charge amount acquiring unit, the tip amount identified by the tip amount identifying unit, and the change amount of the money to be dispensed as the change becomes equal to the amount calculated by the amount calculating unit, and exerts control so that the money equivalent to the change amount is dispensed by the banknote dispensing unit and the coin dispensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Keiju NAKAGAWA, Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA
  • Patent number: 9150365
    Abstract: A recognition machine 40, 90 connected to a pneumatic tube 14 is provided separately from a money change machine 20, 70. The recognition machine 40, 90 includes a recognition unit 46, 96 configured to recognize a paper sheet or a coin having been put thereinto, and a storing mechanism 48, 98 configured to store the paper sheet or the coin having been recognized by the recognition unit 46, 96, into a storing member for pneumatic tube 16 to be transported by a pneumatic tube 14. A control unit 60, 100 is configured to calculate a deposit amount of the paper sheet or the coin, by adding up information relating to the paper sheet or the coin stored in the money change machine 20, 70 and information relating to a paper-sheet recognition result or coin recognition result by the recognition unit 46, 96 of the recognition machine 40, 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Kenichi Tagashira, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20150243117
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Kazuhiro DOI, Kenichi TAGASHIRA, Keiju NAKAGAWA, Takayuki KISHIBUCHI, Masatsugu YOKOTANI
  • Patent number: 9058709
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Higashiyama, Kazuhiro Doi, Kenichi Tagashira, Keiju Nakagawa, Takayuki Kishibuchi, Masatsugu Yokotani
  • Patent number: 9027830
    Abstract: There is provided a cash handling system capable of reliably storing sales proceeds and the like stored in a cash settlement apparatus into a cash accounting apparatus. A cash management system 1 includes a cash settlement apparatus 11, a cash accounting apparatus 21 and the cash transport cassette 30. The cash settlement apparatus 11 and the cash accounting apparatus 21 have reading units 157, 257, respectively, which are configured to read out cassette ID information from a memory unit 35 of the cash transport cassette 30.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140301793
    Abstract: A recognition machine 40, 90 connected to a pneumatic tube 14 is provided separately from a money change machine 20, 70. The recognition machine 40, 90 includes a recognition unit 46, 96 configured to recognize a paper sheet or a coin having been put thereinto, and a storing mechanism 48, 98 configured to store the paper sheet or the coin having been recognized by the recognition unit 46, 96, into a storing member for pneumatic tube 16 to be transported by a pneumatic tube 14. A control unit 60, 100 is configured to calculate a deposit amount of the paper sheet or the coin, by adding up information relating to the paper sheet or the coin stored in the money change machine 20, 70 and information relating to a paper-sheet recognition result or coin recognition result by the recognition unit 46, 96 of the recognition machine 40, 90.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Kenichi TAGASHIRA, Keiju NAKAGAWA
  • Patent number: 8783436
    Abstract: A recognition machine 40, 90 connected to a pneumatic tube 14 is provided separately from a money change machine 20, 70. The recognition machine 40, 90 includes a recognition unit 46, 96 configured to recognize a paper sheet or a coin having been put thereinto, and a storing mechanism 48, 98 configured to store the paper sheet or the coin having been recognized by the recognition unit 46, 96, into a storing member for pneumatic tube 16 to be transported by a pneumatic tube 14. A control unit 60, 100 is configured to calculate a deposit amount of the paper sheet or the coin, by adding up information relating to the paper sheet or the coin stored in the money change machine 20, 70 and information relating to a paper-sheet recognition result or coin recognition result by the recognition unit 46, 96 of the recognition machine 40, 90.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Kenichi Tagashira, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140124573
    Abstract: There is provided a cash handling system capable of reliably storing sales proceeds and the like stored in a cash settlement apparatus into a cash accounting apparatus. A cash management system 1 includes a cash settlement apparatus 11, a cash accounting apparatus 21 and the cash transport cassette 30. The cash settlement apparatus 11 and the cash accounting apparatus 21 have reading units 157, 257, respectively, which are configured to read out cassette ID information from a memory unit 35 of the cash transport cassette 30.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru Higashiyama, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140110219
    Abstract: A settlement system includes a register having a reception unit that receives a manual input of information corresponding to at least a part of deposited money from a customer and a transmission unit that transmits a sum amount of money corresponding to the purchased product and manually input information manually input through the reception unit to a cash settlement device and the cash settlement device that calculates an amount of inserted money by recognizing and counting the inserted money, calculates a total amount of the money deposited from the customer by using the amount of the inserted money and the manually input information received from the register, calculates an amount of change based on the total amount of money and the sum amount of money received from the register, and dispenses change money.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minoru Higashiyama, Kazuhiro Doi, Kenichi Tagashira, Keiju Nakagawa, Takayuki Kishibuchi, Masatsugu Yokotani
  • Publication number: 20140083814
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus 11 in an embodiment according to the present invention includes: a depositing unit 110 configured to put a banknote thereinto; a storing unit 150 configured to store a banknote; a transport unit 130 configured to transport a banknote from the depositing unit to the storing unit; and a position correcting unit 115 configured to correct a position of a banknote having been put into the depositing unit such that both side edges of the banknote conform to a transport direction of the transport unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Eiichi Nomura, Masayuki Akagi, Kazuhiro Doi, Kenichi Tagashira, Minoru Higashiyama, Keiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20140080395
    Abstract: In a coin depositing and dispensing machine 10, a plurality of storing and feeding apparatuses 50 disposed below a deposited-coin transport unit 20 are arranged vertically on plural levels. A transport direction in which a coin is transported by the deposited-coin transport unit and a feeding direction in which a coin is fed out from each storing and feeding unit are substantially perpendicular to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Takeuchi, Shuji Onishi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani, Kazuhiro Doi, Keiju Nakagawa