| CPC G07D 11/23 (2019.01) [G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/235 (2019.01)] | 19 Claims |
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1. A coin handling system, comprising:
a coin handling apparatus that comprises a withdrawal unit, at least one of storage units, a first transport unit, a second transport unit, and a feeding unit, the storage units configured to store a coin, the first transport unit provided downward from the storage units and configured to transport the coin fed out from the at least one of the storage units, the second transport unit configured to transport the coin one by one to the withdrawal unit and provided with a recognition unit configured to recognize the coin, the feeding unit configured to receive the coin transported by the first transport unit and feed the received coin to one of the withdrawal unit and the second transport unit;
a withdrawal control apparatus that comprises a processor, the processor controlling the coin handling apparatus, wherein the processor is configured to execute:
performing reconciliation processing of accepting an inventory amount of the at least one of the storage units by recognizing and re-counting every coin stored in the storage unit;
performing determination whether the inventory amount of coin stored in the at least one of the storage units is in an accepted state where the reconciliation processing is unnecessary or in a non-accepted state where the reconciliation processing is necessary; and
deciding, in response to a withdrawal request for withdrawing coin, which of a first path and a second path is used as a movement path of the coin from the at least one of the storage units to the withdrawal unit, based on a result of the determination, the first path passing through the recognition unit, the second path not passing through the recognition unit, wherein in a case where the inventory amount of the at least one of the storage units is in the accepted state, the processor is configured to decide that the second path is used, and in a case where the inventory amount of the at least one of the storage units is in the non-accepted state, the processor is configured to decide that the first path is used, and
a casing having the coin handling apparatus and the withdrawal control apparatus built-in, wherein
the processor is further configured to control the feeding unit such that the coin received by the feeding unit is discharged to the second transport unit in a case where the processor has decided to use the first path, and the coin received by the feeding unit is discharged to the withdrawal unit in a case where the processor has decided to use the second path.
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