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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2012
Filed:
May. 14, 2010
Applicant:
Takuya Fukata, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Takuya Fukata, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 19/00 (2006.01); H04M 15/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G07B 17/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An accounting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention includes an accounting unit, an occupancy time counting unit and a charge discounting unit. The accounting unit is configured to impose a charge for use of a device that is an object of accounting on the basis of the number of operations and/or an operation time of the device. The occupancy time counting unit is configured to count an occupancy time that the device has been exclusively used by a user. The charge discounting unit is configured to discount the charge for use of the device on the basis of the occupancy time.