Patent ID: 6371845
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G07D,G07F

Abstract:
An apparatus for money processing in which inserted money is stored in a storage means and money is paid-out from the money stored in the storage means, comprising:detection means for detecting whether or not the amount of money stored in the storage means is not more than a predetermined number; counting means for counting an amount of money based on the amount of money stored in the storage means and an amount of money paid-out from the storage means; a memory means for storing and holding a value of the amount of money counted by the counting means and the detected output of the detection means, said memory means storing and holding information even if the power is cut off; wherein the value of the amount of money stored and held in the memory means is initialized if the detected output detected by the detection means at the time the power is turned on is different from the detected output of the detection means before the power was turned on; and wherein the counting means counts the amount of money stored in the storage means based on the initialized value of the amount of money.