Provided is a coin handling apparatus including: a storage unit; a drawer attachment unit to which a drawer is attached; a cassette attachment unit to which a coin transport cassette including an opening to be opened when the coin transport cassette is attached to a specific apparatus and giving or receiving a coin to or from the specific apparatus via the opening is attached; a first route forming portion forming a first route that guides the coin fed out of the storage unit to the drawer attached to the drawer attachment unit; a second route forming portion forming a second route that guides the coin fed out of the storage unit to the coin transport cassette attached to the cassette attachment unit; and a switching unit that switches a guide destination of the coin fed out of the storage unit to the first route or the second route.

According to one embodiment, a register system includes a main body, a first touch panel on a first side of the main body, a second touch panel on a second side of the main body that is on an opposite side of the main body with respect to the first side, a change machine on the second side of the main body, and a control circuit to configured to display a first user interface on the first touch panel and a second user interface on the second touch panel. The control circuit including a change machine interface through which the control circuit transmits to the change machine a single instruction containing a change amount to dispense in response to more than one confirmation input being made through the first user interface.

According to one embodiment, a register system includes a main body, a first touch panel on a first side of the main body, a second touch panel on a second side of the main body that is on an opposite side of the main body with respect to the first side, a change machine on the second side of the main body, and a control circuit to configured to display a first user interface on the first touch panel and a second user interface on the second touch panel. The control circuit including a change machine interface through which the control circuit transmits to the change machine a single instruction containing a change amount to dispense in response to more than one confirmation input being made through the first user interface.

Provided is a wireless communication module that is attached to peripheral equipment that is used together with an information processing apparatus and operates by electric power of which supply is different from supply of electric power to the information processing apparatus, the module including: a wireless communication unit configured to enable wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the peripheral equipment; and a power source control processing unit configured to transmit a control signal that causes a circuit which receives electric power supply to be switched from one of an open state and a closed state to the other, to the peripheral equipment, according to a request that is received from the information processing apparatus.

Provided is a wireless communication module that is attached to peripheral equipment that is used together with an information processing apparatus and operates by electric power of which supply is different from supply of electric power to the information processing apparatus, the module including: a wireless communication unit configured to enable wireless communication between the information processing apparatus and the peripheral equipment; and a power source control processing unit configured to transmit a control signal that causes a circuit which receives electric power supply to be switched from one of an open state and a closed state to the other, to the peripheral equipment, according to a request that is received from the information processing apparatus.

A checkout apparatus according to an embodiment includes a housing, a bill change machine housed in the housing to be capable of being drawn out from the housing, a coin change machine housed in the housing to be capable of being drawn out from the housing in a same direction as a direction in which the bill change machine is drawn out, and a lock unit configured to, if the bill change machine was drawn out, lock the coin change machine to be unable to be drawn out and, if the coin change machine was drawn out, lock the bill change machine to be unable to be drawn out.

A checkout apparatus according to an embodiment includes a housing, a bill change machine housed in the housing to be capable of being drawn out from the housing, a coin change machine housed in the housing to be capable of being drawn out from the housing in a same direction as a direction in which the bill change machine is drawn out, and a lock unit configured to, if the bill change machine was drawn out, lock the coin change machine to be unable to be drawn out and, if the coin change machine was drawn out, lock the bill change machine to be unable to be drawn out.

A checkout device includes a change machine into which coins can be inserted and from which coins can be dispensed, the change machine being configured to count a number of inserted coins for each denomination, a memory that stores a first number indicating a total number of coins that can be accepted in a single transaction for each denomination, and a processor configured to: acquire, from the change machine, a number of coins inserted in a transaction for each denomination, determine whether the number of the inserted coins exceeds the first number for each denomination, and upon determining that the number of the inserted coins exceeds the first number for a denomination, control the change machine to dispense a second number of coins of the denomination exceeding the first number.

A checkout device includes a change machine into which coins can be inserted and from which coins can be dispensed, the change machine being configured to count a number of inserted coins for each denomination, a memory that stores a first number indicating a total number of coins that can be accepted in a single transaction for each denomination, and a processor configured to: acquire, from the change machine, a number of coins inserted in a transaction for each denomination, determine whether the number of the inserted coins exceeds the first number for each denomination, and upon determining that the number of the inserted coins exceeds the first number for a denomination, control the change machine to dispense a second number of coins of the denomination exceeding the first number.

Provided is a money handling apparatus that can be easily introduced in a store. The money handling system includes: a money handling apparatus installed in a store and capable of executing basic functions including a checkout function; and a operation terminal connected to the money handling apparatus. When executing the checkout function, the money handling apparatus receives, through the operation terminal, an input of prices and quantities of items a customer purchases in the store, to calculate a transaction amount. The apparatus recognizes and counts money, which is deposited through an inlet for paying the transaction amount, to calculate a deposit amount of deposited money, and stores the deposited money inside the money handling apparatus. When the deposit amount exceeds the transaction amount, the money handling apparatus feeds out money corresponding to a difference therebetween, and dispenses the fed out money as change to an outlet.