Patents by Inventor Yoshikatsu Mizushima

Yoshikatsu Mizushima 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: 20100168902
    Abstract: A money handling machine of the present invention that includes a storing unit for storing money and that performs depositing processing for transporting and storing supplied money in the storing unit, further includes: limit setting unit that sets a storage limit level for the storing unit; storage limit determination unit that determines, when the money stored in the storing unit reaches the storage limit level set for the storing unit, the limitation of storage; and deposit stopping unit that stops the depositing processing according to a result obtained by determination by the storage limit determination unit. Here, the limit setting unit includes a setting storage portion that stores the storage limit level, and performs the setting based on contents stored in the setting storage portion, and the setting can be changed by varying the stored contents. Thus, a money handling machine is provided that can easily adjust, as appropriate, the storage limit level without need to replace a ROM or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventor: Yoshikatsu Mizushima
  • Publication number: 20080047801
    Abstract: A currency receiving/dispensing machine comprises a currency receiving opening, identifying means for transferring currency set into the currency receiving opening and for identifying the currency, a currency storing section for storing the currency in a predetermined place based on a currency receiving approving instruction and a result of identification of the identifying means, a currency dispensing opening through which the currency taken out from the currency storing section is dispensed based on a currency dispensing instruction, and mode designating means for switching and designating various operation modes, wherein the currency receiving/dispensing machine has two kinds of maintenance modes for carrying out maintenance and inspection of the currency receiving/dispensing machine designated by the mode designating means, the two kinds of maintenance modes comprises a first maintenance mode in which currency can not be taken out from the currency storing section, and a second maintenance mode in which c
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Shigeki Nakatsuka, Yoshikatsu Mizushima