Patents by Inventor Takahiro Oe

Takahiro Oe 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: 10717621
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus 10 for handling money includes a storage and feeding unit 150, 270 configured to store the money and feed out the stored money, a dispensing unit 172, 260 configured to eject the money to an outside, a transport unit 170, 264 configured to transport the money fed out from the storage and feeding unit 150, 270 to the dispensing unit 172, 260, and a control unit 12 configured to perform dispensing process of the money by the dispensing unit 172, 260 by controlling at least one of the storage and feeding unit 150, 270 and the transport unit 170, 264. The control unit 12 performs the dispensing process of the money at an arbitrary timing after certain process of the money is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Oe, Kenichiro Akita, Takuya Omine
  • Patent number: 10287121
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus (for example, banknote handling apparatus 20) includes a storing and feeding unit (25) in which a sheet is stored on a rotary member (for example, drum (25a)) by winding the sheet on the rotary member and the sheet wound on the rotary member can be fed from the rotary member, a transport unit (23) that transports the sheet fed from the storing and feeding unit (25), a curl correction mechanism (70) that corrects a curl of the sheet transported by the transport unit (23), and a stacking unit (for example, banknote collection bag (34)) in which the sheet that has passed through the curl correction mechanism (70) is stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Oe, Kazuaki Nishimura, Youichi Takemura
  • Publication number: 20190088066
    Abstract: A money handling apparatus 10 for handling money includes a storage and feeding unit 150, 270 configured to store the money and feed out the stored money, a dispensing unit 172, 260 configured to eject the money to an outside, a transport unit 170, 264 configured to transport the money fed out from the storage and feeding unit 150, 270 to the dispensing unit 172, 260, and a control unit 12 configured to perform dispensing process of the money by the dispensing unit 172, 260 by controlling at least one of the storage and feeding unit 150, 270 and the transport unit 170, 264. The control unit 12 performs the dispensing process of the money at an arbitrary timing after certain process of the money is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro OE, Kenichiro AKITA, Takuya OMINE
  • Patent number: 10223855
    Abstract: In a paper sheet handling apparatus, communication part or parts (29) are arranged in a bottom part of an upper assembly (12) and communication part or parts (42) are arranged in an upper part of a lower assembly (14) for exchanging banknotes between the upper assembly (12) and the lower assembly (14). The number of the communication part or parts (29) of the upper assembly (12) and the number of the communication part or parts (42) of the lower assembly (14) are same. The position or positions of the communication part or parts (29) of the upper assembly (12) and the position or positions of the communication part or parts (42) of the lower assembly (14) match when the upper assembly (12) or the lower assembly (14) is reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Yokawa, Masayuki Akagi, Takahiro Oe
  • Patent number: 10217330
    Abstract: A money handling system includes: a cash settlement apparatus configured to, in a case where change is to be paid to the customer, execute either a process of dispensing the change or a process of issuing a change ticket including information on an amount of the change; a change handling apparatus configured to, obtain the information included in the change ticket and specify an amount of the not-yet-dispensed change; and a cash management apparatus connected to the cash settlement apparatus and the change handling apparatus, and configured to manage information regarding the change ticket of the not-yet-dispensed change. The change that has not been dispensed from the cash settlement apparatus can be dispensed from the change handling apparatus by using the change ticket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Oe, Shingo Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20180244483
    Abstract: A sheet handling apparatus (for example, banknote handling apparatus 20) includes a storing and feeding unit (25) in which a sheet is stored on a rotary member (for example, drum (25a)) by winding the sheet on the rotary member and the sheet wound on the rotary member can be fed from the rotary member, a transport unit (23) that transports the sheet fed from the storing and feeding unit (25), a curl correction mechanism (70) that corrects a curl of the sheet transported by the transport unit (23), and a stacking unit (for example, banknote collection bag (34)) in which the sheet that has passed through the curl correction mechanism (70) is stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Inventors: Takahiro OE, Kazuaki NISHIMURA, Youichi TAKEMURA
  • Publication number: 20180033228
    Abstract: A paper sheet storing mechanism (for example, a banknote storing mechanism (32)) includes an image capturing unit (60) that can capture an image of an inside of a storage bag (for example, a banknote storage bag (34)) held by holding unit (for example, holding members (36)), and a control unit (50) that determines a storing state of a paper sheet in the storage bag based on the image of the inside of the storage bag captured by the image capturing unit (60).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki AKAGI, Takahiro OE, Kazuhiko TAKAHASHI, Takeshi YOKAWA
  • Publication number: 20180018847
    Abstract: In a paper sheet handling apparatus, communication part or parts (29) are arranged in a bottom part of an upper assembly (12) and communication part or parts (42) are arranged in an upper part of a lower assembly (14) for exchanging banknotes between the upper assembly (12) and the lower assembly (14). The number of the communication part or parts (29) of the upper assembly (12) and the number of the communication part or parts (42) of the lower assembly (14) are same. The position or positions of the communication part or parts (29) of the upper assembly (12) and the position or positions of the communication part or parts (42) of the lower assembly (14) match when the upper assembly (12) or the lower assembly (14) is reversed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventors: Takeshi YOKAWA, Masayuki AKAGI, Takahiro OE
  • Publication number: 20170256142
    Abstract: A money handling system configured to handle cash that is given and received when commodity transaction is performed, is composed of: a cash settlement apparatus configured to, in a case where cash corresponding to a difference between a total amount of deposited money paid for a commodity price by a customer and the commodity price is required to be paid as change to the customer, execute either a process of dispensing the change or a process of issuing a change ticket including information that specifies an amount of the change; a change handling apparatus configured to, in order to pay not-yet-dispensed change to the customer, obtain the information included in the change ticket and specify an amount of the not-yet-dispensed change; and a cash management apparatus communicably connected to the cash settlement apparatus and the change handling apparatus, and configured to manage information regarding the not-yet-dispensed change for which the change ticket has been issued.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro OE, Shingo HASHIMOTO
  • Publication number: 20100191625
    Abstract: A money handling machine of the present invention is provided with: a communication interface that can be connected to a communication network; and a web server portion that generates instruction data for providing an instruction to control the money handling machine, through a terminal device connected to the communication network, and that uses the communication interface to transmit the instruction data. The instruction data is in a form that can be browsed by a web browser included in the terminal device, and the web server portion receives a browsing requirement from the web browser and transmits the instruction data to the web browser, which made the requirement. The web server portion transmits the instruction data with a HTTP protocol or a HTTPS protocol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Takahiro Oe, Yoshitada Fujita