CASHBOX SYSTEM, CASHBOX APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT METHOD BY CASHBOX APPARATUS

• US 20130228104A1
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Published: 09/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Susaki, Akiko, Gotanda, Tsuyoshi, Hasegawa, Keiichi, Sugita, Nobuhiro
• Application Number:
  US13/785,388
• Publication Number:
  US 20130228104A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 109/23
• CPC Class Codes: E05G 1/005 Portable strong boxes, e.g. which may be fixed to a wall or the like E05G1/08, E05G1/14 take precedence; devices to prevent theft or loss of bags, trunks, baskets, or the like A45C13/18; coin boxes for coin freed apparatus G07F9/06

Abstract

A generation section, a first output section, a lock control section and a second output section. The cashbox apparatus includes a storage unit configured to receive a currency storage tool for storing currency, a door configured to open and close the storage unit, a locking device configured to lock and unlock the door, a detection section configured to detect the status of the door and an input section configured to input a first personal identification information. The generation section generates a second personal identification information. The first output section outputs the second personal identification information generated by the generation section. The lock control section enables the locking device to unlock if the second personal identification information generated by the generation section matches with the first personal identification information input by the input section. The second output section outputs the detection result of the detection section.

Claims

1. A cashbox system, comprising:

a cashbox apparatus including a storage unit configured to receive a currency storage tool for storing currency, a door configured to open and close the storage unit, a locking device configured to lock and unlock the door, a detection section configured to detect the status of the door and an input section configured to input a first personal identification information;

a generation section configured to generate a second personal identification information;

a first output section configured to output the personal identification number generated by the generation section;

a lock control section configured to enable the locking device to unlock if the second personal identification information generated by the generation section matches with the first personal identification information input by the input section; and

a second output section configured to output the detection result of the detection section.

2. The cashbox system according to claim 1, comprising:

an information processing apparatus configured to be capable of communicating with the cashbox apparatus, wherein

the information processing apparatus includes the generation section, the first output section and a transmission section configured to send the second personal identification information generated by the generation section to the cashbox apparatus,

the cashbox apparatus including a reception section configured to receive the second personal identification information sent by the transmission section, the lock control section and the second output unit, and

the second output unit configured to send the detection result of the detection section to an external apparatus of the cashbox apparatus.

3. The cashbox system according to claim 2, wherein

the detection section detects the locking and the unlocking of the door;

and

the second output section sends an information denoting the locking/unlocking state of the door to the external apparatus if the locking/unlocking state of the door changes.

4. The cashbox system according to claim 1, wherein

the first output section outputs a personal identification information ticket showing the second personal identification information generated by the generation section to a printer.

5. The cashbox system according to claim 4, wherein

the personal identification information ticket shows a code symbol of the second personal identification information, and

the input section reads the code symbol.

6. The cashbox system according to claim 1, wherein

the currency storage tool includes an information storage medium,

the first output section outputs the second personal identification information to the information storage medium, and

the input unit reads out the second personal identification information from the information storage medium.

7. The cashbox system according to claim 6, wherein

the information storage medium carries out a wireless communication with the input unit.

8. The cashbox system according to claim 2, wherein

the generation section associates the second personal identification information with specific information for specifying the currency storage tool;

the input section inputs the specific information; and

the lock control section enables the locking device to unlock the door if the second personal identification information generated by the generation section matches with the first personal identification information input by the input section, and further, the specific information input by the input section matches with the specific information associated with the second personal identification information received by the reception section.

9. A cashbox apparatus, comprising:

a storage unit configured to store a currency storage tool storing a currency;

a door configured to open and close the storage unit;

a locking device configured to lock and unlock the door;

a detection section configured to detect the status of the door;

an input section configured to input a first personal identification information;

a lock control section configured to enable the locking device to unlock the door if a second personal identification information generated by a generation section matches with the first personal identification information input by the input section; and

an output section configured to output the detection result of the detection section.

10. An management method executed by a cashbox apparatus comprising a storage unit for receiving a currency storage tool storing a currency, a door for opening and closing the storage unit, a locking device for locking and unlocking the door, a detection section for detecting the status of the door, and an input section for inputting a first personal identification information, including:

enabling the locking device to unlock the door if a second personal identification information generated by a generation section matches with the first personal identification information input by the input section; and

outputting the detection result of the detection unit.