US 12,243,369 B2
Coin handling device and coin handling method
Ruka Morishita, Himeji (JP); Kouta Hashimoto, Himeji (JP); Kazuhiro Ohmatsu, Himeji (JP); and Kazuya Tada, Himeji (JP)
Assigned to Glory LTD., Hyogo (JP)
Filed by GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/806,184.
Claims priority of application No. 2019039941 (JP), filed on Mar. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0286321 A1, Sep. 10, 2020
Int. Cl. G07D 11/28 (2019.01); G07D 3/00 (2006.01); G07D 5/00 (2006.01); G07D 5/02 (2006.01); G07D 5/08 (2006.01); G07D 7/20 (2016.01); G07D 9/00 (2006.01); G07D 11/60 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 11/28 (2019.01) [G07D 3/00 (2013.01); G07D 5/005 (2013.01); G07D 5/02 (2013.01); G07D 5/08 (2013.01); G07D 7/2075 (2013.01); G07D 9/002 (2013.01); G07D 11/60 (2019.01); G07D 2205/00 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A coin handling device comprising:
a detector that detects a feature of a coin;
templates;
a determiner that is configured to calculate degrees of similarity based on comparison between the feature of the coin detected by the detector and each of the templates and determines a type of the coin based on the degrees of similarity calculated;
a receptor that is configured to receive from an operating person handling settings that designate a way of handling the coin that is an indeterminate coin of which the type is not determined and for which multiple options of the type are extracted by the determiner because multiple degrees of similarity are higher than a predetermined threshold; and
a handler that is configured to handle the indeterminate coin based on the handling settings received by the receptor,
wherein the handling settings include a first setting item that designates the indeterminate coin as a coin to be subjected to rejection handling, a second setting item that designates the indeterminate coin as a coin of a type having a highest degree of similarity calculated by the determiner among the multiple options of the type, and a third setting item that designates a degree of priority of the type of the indeterminate coin,
wherein the receptor is configured to receive one of the first, second, and third setting items from the operating person, and
wherein based on the setting item received by the receptor, the handler is configured to: perform the rejection handling on the indeterminate coin based on the first setting item; handle the indeterminate coin as a coin of the type having the highest degree of similarity calculated by the determiner among the multiple options of the type based on the second setting item; or determine the indeterminate coin as a coin of a type having a highest degree of priority among the multiple options of the type based on the third setting item and handle the indeterminate coin as a coin of the determined type.