Patents by Inventor Masatsugu Yokotani

Masatsugu Yokotani 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: 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: 9865114
    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: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani, Takayuki Kishibuchi
  • Publication number: 20160350993
    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: August 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru HIGASHIYAMA, Masatsugu YOKOTANI, Takayuki KISHIBUCHI
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20140224616
    Abstract: The money handling apparatus of the present invention includes: a control unit configured to calculate a total amount of money having been put into an inlet by a customer so as to be taken into an apparatus body; and a medium outlet configured to dispense a medium outside the apparatus body, the medium storing or recording information enabling a value corresponding to the total amount of money having been calculated by the control unit to be specified. Based on a dispensing instruction given to the control unit, the money stored in storing units is dispensed, as much as needed, outside the apparatus body from an outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Masatsugu Yokotani, Keishi Kobayashi
  • 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20140060997
    Abstract: A cash handling system includes: a cash settlement apparatus 11 configured to perform a settlement process with respect to a customer, by depositing and dispensing cash; a cash accounting apparatus 21 configured to dispense cash to be loaded to the cash settlement apparatus and configured to deposit cash having been collected from the cash settlement apparatus; and a cash transport cassette 30 attachable to and detachable from the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus, the cash transport cassette configured to pass cash to and from the cash settlement apparatus or the cash accounting apparatus when the cash transport cassette is attached to the cash settlement apparatus or the cash accounting apparatus, and configured to store cash such that the cash therein is incapable of being taken out when the cash transport cassette is detached from the cash settlement apparatus and the cash accounting apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Doi, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani
  • Publication number: 20130024304
    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: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Kazuhiro DOI, Minoru Higashiyama, Masatsugu Yokotani, Keiju Nakagawa