COIN PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD
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1. A coin processing apparatus, comprising:
- a dispensing tray configured to hold dispensed coins;
a detection sensor configured to detect presence/absence of the dispensed coins on the dispensing tray; and
a residual coin detector configured by which the existence of the residual coins on the dispensing tray is detected if the time during no dispensed coins on the dispensing tray is beyond an allowable no-coin time.
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Abstract
A coin processing apparatus detects the existence of the residual coins on the dispensing tray if the time during which an optical residual coin detection unit detects no dispensed coins on the dispensing tray (S3: yes) is beyond an allowable no-coin time (S4: yes).
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1. A coin processing apparatus, comprising:
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a dispensing tray configured to hold dispensed coins; a detection sensor configured to detect presence/absence of the dispensed coins on the dispensing tray; and a residual coin detector configured by which the existence of the residual coins on the dispensing tray is detected if the time during no dispensed coins on the dispensing tray is beyond an allowable no-coin time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A coin processing method, comprising:
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detecting whether or not there are dispensed coins on a dispensing tray; and detecting residual coins on the dispensing tray at the time that the elapsed time from when coins are dispensed until when there is not any coins on the dispensing tray is not passed an allowable time. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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