Patents by Inventor Minami YAMASHITA

Minami YAMASHITA 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: 11423731
    Abstract: A cash management apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to acquire information of cash stored in a cash handling apparatus and information of cash kept outside the cash handling apparatus; a memory configured to store the information of the cash stored in the cash handling apparatus, and store the information of the cash kept outside the cash handling apparatus as information of cash kept in a virtual safe; and processing circuitry configured to output the information, of the cash kept in the virtual safe, which is stored in the memory, to notify a user. A plurality of pieces of information, each of which is information of cash kept in each of a plurality of virtual safes, is stored in the memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minami Yamashita, Lina Ma
  • Publication number: 20210225115
    Abstract: A cash management apparatus includes: a communication interface configured to acquire information of cash stored in a cash handling apparatus and information of cash kept outside the cash handling apparatus; a memory configured to store the information of the cash stored in the cash handling apparatus, and store the information of the cash kept outside the cash handling apparatus as information of cash kept in a virtual safe; and processing circuitry configured to output the information, of the cash kept in the virtual safe, which is stored in the memory, to notify a user. A plurality of pieces of information, each of which is information of cash kept in each of a plurality of virtual safes, is stored in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: Glory Ltd.
    Inventors: Minami YAMASHITA, Lina MA
  • Patent number: 10762738
    Abstract: A cash management system includes a plurality of cash settlement devices, a cashier device, and a cash management device, wherein the cash management device acquires the inventory number in each cash settlement device, and when a request is made to supply change funds, calculates the total number of banknotes or coins lacking relative to the preset post-replenishment inventory number thereof, wherein the cash management device instructs the cashier device to, when the total number is equal to or less than the inventory number in the cashier device, dispense banknotes or coins, the number of the dispensed banknotes or coins being required to allow the inventory number in the cash settlement device to reach the post-replenishment inventory number, and when the total number exceeds the inventory number in the cashier device, dispense banknotes or coins, the number of the dispensed banknotes or coins being calculated according to a preset calculation formula.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Machida, Seiji Kiyose, Minami Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20190073854
    Abstract: A cash management system includes a plurality of cash settlement devices, a cashier device, and a cash management device, wherein the cash management device acquires the inventory number in each cash settlement device, and when a request is made to supply change funds, calculates the total number of banknotes or coins lacking relative to the preset post-replenishment inventory number thereof, wherein the cash management device instructs the cashier device to, when the total number is equal to or less than the inventory number in the cashier device, dispense banknotes or coins, the number of the dispensed banknotes or coins being required to allow the inventory number in the cash settlement device to reach the post-replenishment inventory number, and when the total number exceeds the inventory number in the cashier device, dispense banknotes or coins, the number of the dispensed banknotes or coins being calculated according to a preset calculation formula.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Shoichiro MACHIDA, Seiji KIYOSE, Minami YAMASHITA
  • Publication number: 20180247479
    Abstract: One object is to increase a storage quantity of coins of a money handling apparatus based on the requirement of the shop. The money handling system (1) includes a banknote handling apparatus (22) that performs a banknote deposit process and a banknote dispensing process; a plurality of coin handling apparatuses (23) that perform a coin deposit process and a coin dispensing process; and a terminal apparatus (295) that receives an instruction to perform the coin deposit process or coin dispensing process and selects, based on a previously set setting, at least one coin handling apparatus (23) to perform an instructed process from among the plurality of coin handling apparatuses (23).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Minami YAMASHITA, Seiji KIYOSE, Masaya EMOTO