US 12,169,994 B2
Processing of medium
Tomoaki Nakayama, Hyogo (JP); Shinsuke Shibata, Hyogo (JP); Keisuke Nada, Hyogo (JP); Marina Yokoi, Hyogo (JP); and Yusuke Yokota, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to GLORY LTD., Himeji (JP)
Filed by Glory Ltd., Hyogo (JP)
Filed on May 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/333,020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0383687 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G07D 11/18 (2019.01); G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/245 (2019.01); G07D 11/125 (2019.01)
CPC G07D 11/18 (2019.01) [G07D 11/14 (2019.01); G07D 11/245 (2019.01); G07D 11/125 (2019.01); G07D 2211/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for processing a medium, the device comprising:
a body;
a conveyor;
an internal storage disposed inside the body and connected to the conveyor;
an external storage disposed outside the body and connected to the conveyor;
a temporary storage connected to the conveyor; and
a controller configured to control the conveyor to perform at least one of a collection processing and a replenishment processing, wherein
the temporary storage temporarily stores the medium in a case that the medium is determined to be normal in the collection processing and in the replenishment processing,
in the collection processing, the controller controls the conveyor to convey the medium from the internal storage to the external storage via the temporary storage,
in the replenishment processing, the controller controls the conveyor to convey the medium from the external storage to the internal storage via the temporary storage, and
the controller is further configured to change state information indicating whether the medium is managed inside the device or outside the body, in response to storage of the medium in the temporary storage in at least one of the collection processing where the medium stored in the temporary storage becomes managed outside the device and the replenishment processing where the medium stored in the temporary storage becomes managed inside the device.