Patent ID: 11908289
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 13:
14. A control method of a POS device that settles payment for a commodity, comprising:
inputting first currencies from a customer through a first coin input port and a first bill input port, facing the customer, configured to receive first currencies;
inputting second currencies from a customer through a second coin input port and a second bill input port, facing the sales clerk, configured to receive first currencies;
validating, using a coin validator and a bill validator, a kind of the first currencies received at the first input port and the first currencies received at the second input port in a settlement; and
settling the payment of the commodity using an amount of the first currencies and second currencies,
wherein a total amount of the first and second currencies is a settlement amount which the customer pays for the commodity, and comprises an amount of coins which the customer pays for the commodity.