Patents by Inventor Shoichiro MACHIDA

Shoichiro MACHIDA 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: 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