Patent ID: 8544728

Claim:
A money handling apparatus, comprising: a memory unit configured to store therein existence or nonexistence of display, contents of display, display-position information and one or more conditions of display, for various operation keys, respectively; an operation/display unit configured to display thereon a count result on money as well as configured to display thereon a part or all of the various operation keys, based on the existence or nonexistence of display, contents of display, display-position information and one or more conditions of display, for the various operation keys, respectively stored in the memory unit; a setting unit configured to set the existence or nonexistence of display for each operation key and a control unit configured to display each operation key on the operation/display unit during a setting mode and to calculate the display-position information on each operation key, based on one or more conditions of display stored in the memory unit, for the operation key or keys, among the various operation keys, respectively set, to be displayed during a normal operation mode on the operation/display unit, as well as configured to make the operation/display unit display thereon the count result during the normal operation mode and display thereon each operation key set to be displayed, in the display position and size based on the display-position information during the normal operation mode, the control unit configured to display the operation key or keys on the operation/display unit in a different manner between the time during the setting mode and the time during the normal operation mode, wherein when a certain operation key displayed on the operation/display unit is pushed, an instruction corresponding to this operation key is sent to the control unit.