Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

Shimoto Ichihara

Yoshito Shibata

Masao Nakayama

Takuya Fukuura

Kazuhiro Tomita

Masashi Nagata

Tomonori Maekawa

Shinya Nakanishi

Makoto Nakamura

Yuki Wagatsuma

An optical touch panel includes: a pair of retroreflective plates that are arranged inside at least a left and right pair of frame portions facing each other in a rectangular frame; a plurality of detectors that are arranged at four corners of the rectangular frame, the detectors being configured to irradiate infrared rays to, at least, the retroreflective plates, and to generate detection images based on reflection light from the retroreflective plates; and an operation determining unit configured to detect a touch position based on the detection images generated by the detectors.

Optical touch panel and automatic vending machine

A coin conveying device for a coin processing apparatus configured to store an input coin according to denomination, and dispense a coin stored therein in accordance with a payout instruction is provided. The coin conveying device includes: a rail portion configured to form a conveyance path to convey a coin; a conveying portion including holders connected endlessly, each holder being configured to hold one coin, the conveying portion being configured to convey the input coin from below to above by displacing the conveying portion in one direction along the rail portion; and a controller configured to, when the input coin is put in the conveying portion, displace the conveying portion in a reverse direction that is opposite to the one direction for a predetermined time, and displace the conveying portion in the one direction after the predetermined time has elapsed.

Coin conveying device

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Yokkaichi, Japan

Shimoto Ichihara