1. A valuable-medium processing apparatus comprising:
a valuable-medium processing unit that processes valuable medium;
a storage unit that stores therein information pertaining to processing of the valuable medium;
a display unit that displays the information pertaining to the processing of the valuable medium;
an input unit for inputting the information pertaining to the processing of the valuable medium;
a display control unit that causes the display unit to display information pertaining to a no-processing day on which the valuable medium was not processed by the valuable-medium processing unit; and
a control unit that causes the valuable-medium processing unit to process, when a specific no-processing day displayed on the display unit was inputted by the input unit, the valuable medium as processing for the specific no-processing day.
2. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit stores the no-processing day that was inputted and processing results of the valuable medium processed by the valuable-medium processing unit, in an associated form, in the storage unit.
3. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the valuable-medium processing unit counts and processes a numerical quantity and a kind of the valuable medium collected from a cash register.
4. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the valuable-medium processing unit counts a total amount or a total value of the valuable medium collected from a cash register.
5. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a numerical-quantity receiving unit that receives a numerical quantity and a kind of the valuable medium;
an information receiving unit that receives information pertaining to a cash register; and
an error detecting unit that detects an error by comparing a counting result by the valuable-medium processing unit and the numerical quantity and the kind of the valuable medium received by the numerical-quantity receiving unit,
wherein the control unit stores, when the error was detected by the error detecting unit, information pertaining to the error and the information pertaining to the cash register of which the error was detected in the storage unit.
6. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a value receiving unit that receives a total amount or a total value of the valuable medium;
an information receiving unit that receives information pertaining to a cash register; and
an error detecting unit that detects an error by comparing a counting result obtained by the valuable-medium processing unit and the total amount or the total value of the valuable medium received by the value receiving unit,
wherein the control unit stores, when the error was detected by the error detecting unit, information pertaining to the error and the information pertaining to the cash register of which the error was detected in the storage unit.
7. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display control unit displays the information stored in the storage unit pertaining to the error and the information pertaining to the cash register of which the error was detected on the display unit.
8. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the display control unit displays the information that is stored in the storage unit and that includes the error that exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the information pertaining to the cash register of which the error was detected on the display unit.
9. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the valuable-medium processing unit includes
a recognition unit that recognizes a deposited valuable medium, and
a valuable-medium storage unit that stores therein the valuable medium recognized by the recognition unit.
10. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a dispensing requesting unit that issues a dispensing request to the control unit for dispensing of the valuable medium,
wherein the valuable-medium processing unit dispenses the valuable medium; and
the control unit, upon receiving a no-processing day and the dispensing request that were inputted and determining that the valuable medium can be dispensed, dispenses the valuable medium.
11. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit causes the valuable-medium processing unit to process the valuable medium on a specific no-processing day when the specific no-processing day was selected by using the input unit from information pertaining to the no-processing days displayed on the display unit.
12. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the control unit exerts control on the valuable-medium processing unit to dispense the valuable medium when information pertaining to the error stored in the storage unit is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
13. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information pertaining to the cash register includes identification information and operator information of the cash register.
14. A method of processing a valuable medium comprising:
storing information pertaining to processing of the valuable medium;
displaying, on a predetermined display unit, information pertaining to a no-processing day on which the valuable medium, which is stored at the storing, has not been processed; and
processing the valuable medium as a processing for a specific no-processing day when the specific no-processing day displayed on the display unit was inputted by using an input unit that is used for inputting information pertaining to the processing of the valuable medium.
15. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display control unit displays the information stored in the storage unit pertaining to the error and the information pertaining to the cash register of which the error was detected on the display unit.
16. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the display control unit displays the information that is stored in the storage unit and that includes the error that exceeds a predetermined threshold value, and the information pertaining to the cash register of which the error was detected on the display.
17. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit causes the valuable-medium processing unit to process the valuable medium on a specific no-processing day when the specific no-processing day was selected by using the input unit from information pertaining to the no-processing days displayed on the display unit.
18. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control unit exerts control on the valuable-medium processing unit to dispense the valuable medium when information pertaining to the error stored in the storage unit is less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value.
19. The valuable-medium processing apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information pertaining to the cash register includes identification information and operator information of the cash register.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A device comprising:
a haptics controller to generate a drive current;
an actuator, the actuator including a coil and a magnet, one of the coil and the magnet being movable relative to the other one of the coil and the magnet, the coil including one or more loops of a conductor to receive the drive current to oscillate the one of the magnet and the coil relative to the other one to provide a haptic output;
a connection circuit to conduct the drive current generated by the haptics controller to the coil;
a transceiver electrically coupled with the coil through the connection circuit, the coil serving as an antenna for the transceiver to at least one of send or receive a radio frequency (RF) communication through the coil; and
wherein the drive current and the RF communication operate at different frequencies to enable concurrent operation of the actuator and the transceiver.
2. The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a battery to be charged with energy from an electric current induced in the coil when the coil is in proximity to a source that provides a magnetic field to induce the electric current in the coil.
3. The device as recited in claim 2, further comprising an RF impedance matching circuit to allow passage of the RF communication between the coil and the transceiver, while impeding passage of the drive current or the induced electric current to the transceiver.
4. The device as recited in claim 1, further comprising a multiplexer to selectively allow passage of at least one of the RF communication, the drive current or the induced electric current to or from the coil, respectively.
5. A method comprising:
receiving, by a coil in an electronic device, a drive current to cause movement of at least one of a magnet or the coil;
concurrently with the receiving the drive current, employing the coil for at least one of:
sending or receiving, as an antenna, a radio frequency (RF) communication, or
receiving an induced current to charge a battery included in the electronic device; and
the method further comprising blocking, using a multiplexer, passage of at least one of the drive current or the RF communication.
6. The method as recited in claim 5, further comprising employing the coil for both:
sending or receiving, as an antenna, the RF communication; and
providing the induced current to charge the battery included in the electronic device.
7. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein:
the receiving the drive current comprises receiving the drive current at a first frequency; and
the employing the coil comprises employing the coil at a second frequency for the at least one of:
sending or receiving the radio frequency communication; or
receiving the induced current to charge the battery.
8. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the coil is integral to an actuator, the actuator including a resilient member to support one of the coil or the magnet for movement relative to the other one of the coil or the magnet, the receiving the drive current causing movement of the coil or the magnet to provide a haptic output for the electronic device.
9. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the coil is integral to a speaker, the speaker including a speaker cone, the drive current causing movement of at least one of the coil or the magnet to cause oscillation of the speaker cone to provide an audio output.
10. A device comprising:
a coil including at least one conductor loop;
a magnet, one of the coil and the magnet movable relative to the other of the coil and the magnet in response to passage of a drive current through the coil; and
a battery to receive an induced current from the coil to charge the battery as a result of the coil being placed proximate to a magnetic field generated external to the device; and
a circuit to impede the drive current from being passed to the battery.
11. The device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a rectifying circuit to rectify the induced current into a direct current to charge the battery.
12. The device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a transmitter to provide a radio frequency (RF) communication to the coil, the coil serving as an antenna to transmit the RF communication.
13. The device as recited in claim 10, further comprising a receiver to receive a radio frequency (RF) communication received by the coil, the coil serving as an antenna to receive the RF communication.
14. The device as recited in claim 10, further comprising:
a transceiver, the coil serving as an antenna for the transceiver for radio frequency (RF) communications; and
an RF impedance matching circuit to impede at least one of the drive current or the induced current from being passed to the transceiver.
15. A device comprising:
a coil including at least one conductor loop;
a transceiver, the coil serving as an antenna for the transceiver for a radio frequency (RF) communication; and
a battery to receive an induced current from the coil to charge the battery as a result of the coil being placed proximate to a magnetic field generated external to the device; and
a circuit to impede the induced current from being passed to the transceiver while permitting passage of the RF communication.
16. The device as recited in claim 15, further comprising a magnet, one of the coil and the magnet being movable relative to the other one of the coil and the magnet in response to passage of a drive current through the coil.
17. The device as recited in claim 16, wherein the magnet is included in an actuator that produces a haptic output as a result of the drive current passing through the coil.
18. The device as recited in claim 16, wherein the magnet is included in a speaker that produces an audio output as a result of the drive current passing through the coil.
19. The device as recited in claim 15, wherein the RF communication and the induced current are at different frequencies to enable sharing of the coil for contemporaneous charging of the battery and communication of the RF communication.
20. The device as recited in claim 10, further comprising:
a near field communications (NFC) transceiver, the coil serving as an antenna for the transceiver for NFC communications; and
a circuit to impede at least one of the drive current or the induced current from being passed to the transceiver.
21. The device as recited in claim 10, wherein the coil is a loop antenna in an NFC communication pair.
22. The device as recited in claim 19, further comprising a circuit to impede the induced current based at least in part on the a frequency range of the induced current.