Patents by Inventor Toshinori Yokoi

Toshinori Yokoi 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: 7708192
    Abstract: A bill depositing/withdrawing apparatus having a cash slot for charging/discharging a bill or bills, comprises: a bill storage section provided inwardly of the cash slot in the apparatus to store a bill or bills, and posture changing means that changes the bill storage section to a money depositing/withdrawing posture, in which a bill or bills are received from and paid to a user through the cash slot, and to a feeding/stacking posture, in which a bill or bills are fed into the apparatus and stacked in the bill storage section, and wherein a bill or bills stored in the bill storage section are caused to project toward a user when the money depositing/withdrawing posture is assumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Riichi Kato, Minoru Kadowaki, Shinji Shibata, Junji Fujita
  • Publication number: 20080142583
    Abstract: A bill depositing/withdrawing apparatus having a cash slot for charging/discharging a bill or bills, comprises: a bill storage section provided inwardly of the cash slot in the apparatus to store a bill or bills, and posture changing means that changes the bill storage section to a money depositing/withdrawing posture, in which a bill or bills are received from and paid to a user through the cash slot, and to a feeding/stacking posture, in which a bill or bills are fed into the apparatus and stacked in the bill storage section, and wherein a bill or bills stored in the bill storage section are caused to project toward a user when the money depositing/withdrawing posture is assumed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Riichi Kato, Minoru Kadowaki, Shinji Shibata, Junji Fujita
  • Patent number: 7322518
    Abstract: A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus being fitted with a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills including a deposited bill box, an outgoing bill box, a recycle box, and an acceptance box with multi-compartments for sorted storing of bills. The acceptance box has a fitting mechanism common to at least one of a fitting mechanism of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box, and has a slot in a same position to at least one of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box. Further, the acceptance box has a plurality of storages for storing bills conveyed in through a common slot, and are arranged in a horizontal direction within the acceptance box. At least two storages of the plurality of storages are arranged with an inclination in a same direction relative to a bottom surface of the acceptance box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Atsuko Uozumi, Riichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20070228151
    Abstract: A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus being fitted with a plurality of storing boxes for storing bills including a deposited bill box, an outgoing bill box, a recycle box, and an acceptance box with multi-compartments for sorted storing of bills. The acceptance box has a fitting mechanism common to at least one of a fitting mechanism of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box, and has a slot in a same position to at least one of the deposited bill box, the outgoing bill box and the recycle box. Further, the acceptance box has a plurality of storages for storing bills conveyed in through a common slot, and are arranged in a horizontal direction within the acceptance box. At least two storages of the plurality of storages are arranged with an inclination in a same direction relative to a bottom surface of the acceptance box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2007
    Publication date: October 4, 2007
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Atsuko Uozumi, Riichi Kato
  • Patent number: 7249707
    Abstract: A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus convenient to use and capable of readily adapting itself to operations to handle many denominations and/or a large number of bills or operations to sort and handle a small number of bills is to be provided. Storing boxes differing in the purpose of use including a deposit box, a first acceptance box with multi-compartments, a second acceptance box with multi-compartments, recycle boxes and a loading/recovering box are configured to have a common external shape, inlet/outlet and driving unit, and a storing box selected according to the purpose of use is fitted to the bill depositing/dispensing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi-Omron Terminal Solutions, Corp.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Atsuko Uozumi, Riichi Kato
  • Patent number: 7225911
    Abstract: A bill handling machine comprises a storing box for storing bills of plurality of different categories together, an instruction input unit for receiving a recovery instruction to recover bills belonging to a specific category among the categories, a sorter that in response to a the recovery instruction sorts out bills belonging to the specific category from among bills stored in the storing box, and a conveyor for feeding the bills from the storing box and, according to the results of the sorting, conveying bills of the specific category to a predetermined recovery unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2007
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Riichi Kato, Minoru Kadowaki, Atsuko Uozumi
  • Patent number: 7066384
    Abstract: A bill handling machine includes a bill discriminator which discriminates between genuine and counterfeit bills; a cash box including first and second bill storing boxes which store bills to be recycled, the first bill storing box for storing bills of first type, the second bill storing box for storing bills of second type; a non-genuine bill storing box which is provided outside the cash box and stores a bill that is suspected or determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator; a temporary stocker which temporarily stores bills prior to storing the bills in the first and second bill storing boxes or the non-genuine bill storing box; and a transport component configured to transport the bills to the temporary stocker, first and second bill storing boxes, and non-genuine bill storing box, wherein an entry to the non-genuine bill storing box is provided at a section of the transport path that is between the bill discriminator and temporary stocker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Riichi Kato, Minoru Kadowaki, Atsuko Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20050263582
    Abstract: A bill depositing/dispensing apparatus convenient to use and capable of readily adapting itself to operations to handle many denominations and/or a large number of bills or operations to sort and handle a small number of bills is to be provided. Storing boxes differing in the purpose of use including a deposit box, a first acceptance box with multi-compartments, a second acceptance box with multi-compartments, recycle boxes and a loading/recovering box are configured to have a common external shape, inlet/outlet and driving unit, and a storing box selected according to the purpose of use is fitted to the bill depositing/dispensing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Atsuko Uozumi, Riichi Kato
  • Publication number: 20050056519
    Abstract: A bill handling machine comprises a storing box for storing bills of plurality of different categories together, an instruction input unit for receiving a recovery instruction to recover bills belonging to a specific category among the categories, a sorter that in response to a the recovery instruction sorts out bills belonging to the specific category from among bills stored in the storing box, and a conveyor for feeding the bills from the storing box and, according to the results of the sorting, conveying bills of the specific category to a predetermined recovery unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Riichi Kato, Minoru Kadowaki, Atsuko Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20050056693
    Abstract: A bill handling machine includes a bill discriminator which discriminates between genuine and counterfeit bills; a cash box including first and second bill storing boxes which store bills to be recycled, the first bill storing box for storing bills of first type, the second bill storing box for storing bills of second type; a non-genuine bill storing box which is provided outside the cash box and stores a bill that is suspected or determined to be non-genuine by the bill discriminator; a temporary stocker which temporarily stores bills prior to storing the bills in the first and second bill storing boxes or the non-genuine bill storing box; and a transport component configured to transport the bills to the temporary stocker, first and second bill storing boxes, and non-genuine bill storing box, wherein an entry to the non-genuine bill storing box is provided at a section of the transport path that is between the bill discriminator and temporary stocker.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 17, 2005
    Applicant: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Toshinori Yokoi, Riichi Kato, Minoru Kadowaki, Atsuko Uozumi
  • Publication number: 20040245066
    Abstract: In the case of detection of any counterfeit banknote in a transaction process other than a deposit transaction, the banknote handling system of the invention identifies a transactor who uses the counterfeit banknote. The banknote handling system comprises: a money in-out slot that receives insertion of banknotes from each customer; a conveyance module that conveys each banknote; multiple banknote discrimination modules that carry out banknote discrimination of each conveyed banknote in a money-in process that pay in banknotes inserted in the money in-out slot, as well as in another transaction process that is accompanied with conveyance of banknotes; a banknote storage box that stores a banknote determined as genuine by the banknote discrimination module; a collection box that collects a banknote determined as counterfeit by the banknote discrimination module; and a management module that manages information on the transaction process with respect to each banknote.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2004
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ichikawa, Riichi Katou, Minoru Kadowaki, Atsuko Uozumi, Toshinori Yokoi