Patents by Inventor Michiharu Iwamura

Michiharu Iwamura 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).

  • Publication number: 20230334961
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Kenichi INO, Michiharu IWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11735013
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ino, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Patent number: 11676458
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ino, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20220068093
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Kenichi INO, Michiharu IWAMURA
  • Patent number: 11222513
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ino, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20210264744
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Kenichi INO, Michiharu IWAMURA
  • Publication number: 20170278358
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi INO, Michiharu IWAMURA
  • Patent number: 9704322
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichi Ino, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20170193758
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Kenichi INO, Michiharu IWAMURA
  • Patent number: 9589409
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Toshiki Tanaka, Tsuguo Mizoro
  • Publication number: 20160012659
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Michiharu IWAMURA, Toshiki TANAKA, Tsuguo MIZORO
  • Patent number: 9171416
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Toshiki Tanaka, Tsuguo Mizoro
  • Publication number: 20140238815
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Michiharu IWAMURA, Toshiki TANAKA, Tsuguo MIZORO
  • Patent number: 8733531
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Toshiki Tanaka, Tsuguo Mizoro
  • Patent number: 8701858
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus is operable in a code management mode in which banknotes stored in a storage unit are managed based on codes of the banknotes read by a recognition unit, and in a count management mode in which the banknotes stored in the storage unit are managed by counting the number of the banknotes to be stored in the storage unit. The banknote handling apparatus is switchable between the code management mode and the count management mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Yoshikatsu Mizushima, Shusuke Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 8684154
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus stores a code list in which codes of banknotes stored in a storage unit are arranged in order in which the banknotes are stored. The banknote handling apparatus reads the codes when the banknotes are sequentially fed from the storage unit, and checks a target group of the codes of N successive banknotes including the last fed banknote (N is a natural number not less than 2) against the code list. When the target group and a reference group of the codes of N successive banknotes in the code list match each other, the banknotes remaining in the storage unit after the feeding of the banknotes are identified by regarding one of the codes of the reference group in the code list as a boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu Mizushima, Keisuke Nada, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20130041809
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a money handling apparatus including: a money storage unit configured to store money; a locking unit configured to limit access to the money storage unit; and a control unit configured to give unlock permission to unlock the locking unit to at least one of a plurality of qualified persons who are qualified to unlock the locking unit, and to perform a process involving change of the qualified person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Kenichi INO, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20130001039
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus stores a code list in which codes of banknotes stored in a storage unit are arranged in order in which the banknotes are stored. The banknote handling apparatus reads the codes when the banknotes are sequentially fed from the storage unit, and checks a target group of the codes of N successive banknotes including the last fed banknote (N is a natural number not less than 2) against the code list. When the target group and a reference group of the codes of N successive banknotes in the code list match each other, the banknotes remaining in the storage unit after the feeding of the banknotes are identified by regarding one of the codes of the reference group in the code list as a boundary.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Yoshikatsu MIZUSHIMA, Keisuke Nada, Michiharu Iwamura
  • Publication number: 20130001040
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus is operable in a code management mode in which banknotes stored in a storage unit are managed based on codes of the banknotes read by a recognition unit, and in a count management mode in which the banknotes stored in the storage unit are managed by counting the number of the banknotes to be stored in the storage unit. The banknote handling apparatus is switchable between the code management mode and the count management mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Michiharu IWAMURA, Yoshikatsu MIZUSHIMA, Shusuke HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20120305362
    Abstract: A banknote handling apparatus that performs a depositing handling or a depositing/dispensing handling by transporting banknotes along a transport path includes a recognizing unit that recognizes an inserted banknotes; a deposit acceptability judging unit that determines, based on a recognition result obtained by the recognizing unit, whether the banknotes is acceptable for deposit; a reject reason identifying unit that identifies a reject reason of rejected banknotes that is determined to be unacceptable for deposit by the deposit acceptability judging unit; and a dispensing handling unit that sorts and dispenses the rejected banknotes based on the reject cause identified by the reject cause identifying unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Michiharu Iwamura, Toshiki Tanaka, Tsuguo Mizoro