Patents by Inventor Seiji Kiyose

Seiji Kiyose 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: 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
  • Publication number: 20150248874
    Abstract: The money handling system includes: a money handling apparatus 100, 200 configured to handle money; and an amount-of-money display unit 10 configured to display an amount of money handled by the money handling apparatus 100, 200. The money handling system also includes: a style setting unit 61 configured to set a display style for an amount point or a digit grouping separator, which is used when the amount of money is displayed on the amount-of-money display unit 10; a storage unit 62 configured to store the display style set by the style setting unit 61; and a control unit 65 configured to cause the amount-of-money display unit 10 to display the amount of money with the use of the display style stored in the storage unit 62.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji KIYOSE, Shoichiro MACHIDA
  • Publication number: 20130006414
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus of an embodiment of the present invention includes a storing unit storing money; a dispensing unit dispensing money; a memory unit storing data of a number of stored money and a reference value; and a control unit controlling the denomination and the number of money to be dispensed. The memory unit is configured to store plural sets of reference numbers which are number of money by denomination as the reference value, or a reference ratio which is a ratio of the number of money by denomination as the reference value. When a certain sum of money is dispensed, the control unit is configured to determine the denomination and the number of money to be dispensed, giving a priority to the denomination whose number of stored money by denomination or money storage ratio is larger than one of the reference numbers or the reference ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Kenichi TAGASHIRA, Seiji KIYOSE
  • Publication number: 20110243399
    Abstract: A paper-sheet processing apparatus including a reading unit, a risk-level determining unit, and a check processing unit is provided. The reading unit reads, from a check, check information containing a signature image of a signature written on the check. The risk-level determining unit determines a risk level of the check based on a matching result between the signature image read by the reading unit and a reference signature image registered as an object to be matched with the signature image. The check processing unit processes the check based on a processing content corresponding to the risk level determined by the risk-level determining unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Kenichi MATSUO, Seiji Kiyose