Patents by Inventor Norihiko TANAAMI

Norihiko TANAAMI 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: 20200074780
    Abstract: A money processing apparatus includes: a coin sorter configured to sort a received coin by denominations; coin storages each provided for each denomination, each of the coin storages being configured to store the coin sorted by the coin sorter and deliver the coin in accordance with a payment instruction; a conveyor configured to convey coins one by one such that the coins do not overlap with each other; and a count detector configured to detect the number of coins conveyed by the conveyor, wherein a passing speed of the coin in a detection area of the count detector is greater than a passing speed of the coin immediately before the detection area of the count detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Norihiko TANAAMI, Yoshihiro TANIGUCHI, Yoshito SHIBATA, Kazuya CHIKUNI