JP2012064123A - Touch panel type display terminal and order system using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To achieve compactification of a system and simplification of operation in the system using a liquid crystal display terminal and an IC card reader/writer.SOLUTION: When a touch operation is performed on a touch panel corresponding to an arbitrary display area of a liquid crystal display panel by an IC card, the IC card transmits/receives data to/from an IC card reader/writer through an antenna coil at the touch operation position, and control corresponding to a display content displayed on the liquid crystal display panel is performed, according to the touch operation position.

Description

  The present invention relates to a touch panel type display terminal using a non-contact type IC card and an ordering system using the same.

  The non-contact type IC card includes a loop antenna coil and an IC chip built in the card, and can exchange data by wireless communication by holding the card over a magnetic field generated by an IC card reader / writer. . This non-contact type IC card is utilized for railway ticket gates and entrance / exit management represented by Suica and ICOCA. There are various types of non-contact type IC cards depending on the distance and communication method in which data can be read and written.

  A system using such a non-contact type IC card will be described with reference to FIG. For example, in the restaurant industry such as a yakiniku restaurant, a sushi restaurant, and a restaurant, this system is used for a system in which a customer can directly order a menu from a touch panel type liquid crystal display terminal while sitting at a table. That is, a touch panel type liquid crystal display terminal 100 and an IC card reader / writer 104 connected to the liquid crystal display terminal 100 with a cable 102 are installed on the table. On the display / input operation screen 100a of the liquid crystal display terminal 100, for example, menus are displayed in four types from menu 1 to menu 4. A visitor touch-operates a menu to order from these menus displayed on the display / input operation screen 100a. When ordering with this touch operation, the ordered item and the table number are displayed on the order reception display panel of the kitchen (not shown), and the cook cooks the ordered item based on this display, This is a system in which the store clerk carries the customer to the store number corresponding to the table number (see Patent Document 1).

  At the time of settlement, if the customer performs an operation for settlement using various contactless IC cards 106 such as a credit card type or a deposit type owned by the customer on the display / input operation screen 100a, the display / input A command to hold the non-contact type IC card 106 over the antenna coil 104a of the IC card reader / writer 104 on the table is displayed on the input operation screen 100a, and the IC card 106 is held over the IC card reader / writer 104 accordingly. As a result, data communication is performed between the IC card reader / writer 104 and the liquid crystal display terminal 100, and charge data corresponding to the ordered item is transmitted from the liquid crystal display terminal 100 to the IC card reader / writer 104. In response to the charge data, 104 executes charge settlement for the ordered item from the IC card 106. Such fee settlement is displayed on the restaurant reception display panel, and after confirming this display, the store clerk carries the ordered item to the customer at the table number.

JP 2001-307234 A

  However, in the system using the liquid crystal display terminal 100, the liquid crystal display terminal 100 and the IC card reader / writer 104 are connected by the cable 102 and take up a large space on the table. The touch operation for ordering on the display / input operation screen 100a of 100 and the holding operation of the non-contact type IC card 106 for the IC card reader / writer 104 for settlement are required separately, and the operation is complicated.

  An object of the present invention is to solve the problem of space saving and simpler operation in the above system.

  The touch panel type display terminal according to the present invention includes a touch panel type display / input operation screen and one or more antenna coils individually arranged in one or more display areas on the screen behind the display / input operation screen. And an IC card reader / writer unit that communicates with the non-contact type IC card via the antenna coil, and a control unit that controls the respective units. / Controlling data transmission / reception between the IC card reader / writer and the IC card via the antenna coil corresponding to the touch operation position by touch operation on an arbitrary display area on the input operation screen, and the touch operation Control corresponding to the display content displayed on the display / input operation screen corresponding to the position is performed.

  The IC card includes not only a credit card type but also any type of IC card such as a deposit type card such as SIUCA or ICOCA.

  In the touch panel type display terminal of the present invention, since the IC card reader / writer is integrated with the display terminal, the display terminal and the IC card reader / writer are more compact than when the cable is connected to the display terminal. The touch operation and the operation of holding the IC card over the antenna coil can be performed simultaneously, which simplifies the operation.

  And the order system by this invention consists of the said touch-panel liquid crystal display terminal, and the order terminal installed in the store visitor side of a restaurant and displaying the food-drink menu, and the said order terminal installed in the restaurant side via the network And an order acceptance / settlement terminal for displaying an order from the order terminal. The order terminal can be used for a touch operation with a non-contact IC card on a food / drink menu display area on a display / input operation screen. The order menu information and the settlement information can be transmitted to the order reception / settlement terminal via the network.

  In this ordering system, a customer can perform order menu selection and settlement operations by simply touching an IC card in a predetermined area of the order terminal display / input operation screen, and a touch panel type liquid crystal display. Since the IC card reader / writer is integrated with the terminal, the cables for connecting them can be saved, and when they are arranged on a table on the customer side, for example, the arrangement space can be reduced, so the table is widely used. Will be able to.

  According to the present invention, in a system using a display terminal, an IC card reader / writer, and a non-contact type IC card, the system can be made compact and the operation can be simplified.

FIG. 1 is a view showing an appearance of a liquid crystal display terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2A is a diagram showing the configuration of the liquid crystal display terminal of FIG. 1 from the front side, and FIG. 2B is a diagram of the configuration of the liquid crystal display terminal from the back side. 3A corresponds to FIG. 2A, and shows a state where the IC card is held over the liquid crystal display terminal, and FIG. 3B shows a cross-sectional configuration along the line AA in FIG. 3A. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an internal block configuration of the liquid crystal display terminal. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of an ordering system using the liquid crystal display terminal according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display / input operation screen of the order terminal in the system of FIG. FIG. 7A is a diagram showing an example of an order confirmation screen at the order terminal, and FIG. 7B is a diagram showing an example of a screen for performing settlement processing at the order terminal. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display / input operation screen of the order reception / settlement terminal in the system of FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a conventional liquid crystal display terminal, IC card reader / writer, and IC card.

  Hereinafter, a touch panel display terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the embodiment, a liquid crystal display terminal is used as the display terminal, but the present invention is not limited to this liquid crystal display terminal, and can be applied to display terminals of other display methods. FIG. 1 shows the appearance of this terminal. In FIG. 1, the touch panel is removed for illustration. In the liquid crystal display terminal 1, a rectangular liquid crystal display panel 3 is installed in a frame 2 that surrounds the outer periphery in the vertical and horizontal directions, and the rectangular touch panel 4 is disposed on the liquid crystal display panel 3. The liquid crystal display panel 3 displays an operation menu and an icon. When a user touches the touch panel 4 with a non-contact type IC card or the like, a touch panel control unit described later detects the touch operation position, and the detected position is displayed. The corresponding input operation signal is output. Thereby, operation input to the operation menu or icon corresponding to the touch operation position is possible. The liquid crystal display panel 3 and the touch panel 4 can also be referred to as an operation panel. The position reading of the touch operation on the touch panel 4 includes various methods such as a resistive film method, a capacitance method, an electromagnetic induction method, a magnetostriction method, and a pressure sensitive method, but is not limited to any one in the present invention. The liquid crystal display terminal 1 includes various circuits including a backlight that illuminates the liquid crystal display panel from behind.

  FIG. 2A shows a configuration of the liquid crystal display terminal 1 viewed from the front side, and FIG. 2B shows a configuration of the liquid crystal display terminal 1 viewed from the back side. 2A and 2B, the panels 3 and 4 constitute a display / input operation screen 5 when viewed from the front. As shown in FIG. 2A, the entire display area of the display / input operation screen 5 is divided into a plurality of, for example, four rectangular display areas 5a to 5d in the embodiment. Correspondingly, loop-shaped antenna coils 6 a to 6 d are installed on the back side of the liquid crystal display terminal 1 as shown in FIG. That is, the region 5a corresponds to the antenna coil 6a, the region 5b corresponds to the antenna coil 6b, the region 5c corresponds to the antenna coil 6c, and the region 5d corresponds to the antenna coil 6d. Of course, these division and installation modes are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited to these modes. These antenna coils 6a-6d can communicate with the antenna coil built in the IC card by magnetic field inductive coupling. The antenna coil is also used to supply power to the built-in IC chip. The IC card in this case can communicate with the IC card reader / writer by a communication method defined by the standard, and for example, there are various types such as a contact type and a proximity type, IC cards are classified into “contact type”, “proximity type”, “proximity type”, and “remote type” according to the length of the distance that the radio wave travels (data transmission distance), but the present invention is limited to these standards. Not.

  FIG. 3A shows a configuration when the liquid crystal display terminal 1 is viewed from the front side, and FIG. 3B shows a cross-sectional configuration along line AA in FIG. For example, when the IC card 7 is brought close to the display area 5a and brought into contact with the touch panel 4, the IC card 7 can communicate with the antenna coil 6a corresponding to the divided display area 5a among the antenna coils 6a to 6d. Although the antenna coils 6a to 6d are shown as protruding from the back surface of the liquid crystal display terminal 1 for convenience of illustration, they may be provided inside the liquid crystal display terminal 1 so as not to protrude.

  FIG. 4 shows a circuit block of the liquid crystal display terminal 1. The liquid crystal display terminal 1 includes a CPU 8, the touch panel 4, a touch panel control unit 9, the liquid crystal display panel 3, the display control unit 10, a memory 11, an IC card reader / writer unit 12, and the antenna coils 6a to 6d. The CPU 8 of the liquid crystal display terminal 1 is connected to the host computer 14 via the network 13.

  The CPU 8 controls the entire interior of the liquid crystal display terminal 1.

  The touch panel control unit 9 detects a position operated on the touch panel 4 and outputs a signal related to the detection to the CPU 8.

  The display control unit 10 displays a menu or the like on the liquid crystal display panel 3 in accordance with a control command from the CPU 8.

  Such a touch panel 4 includes a touch panel surface whose touch operation position is a position on an orthogonal two-dimensional XY coordinate, and the touch panel control unit 9 performs a touch operation on the touch panel surface in response to the user's touch operation on the touch panel surface. Outputs position data (x, y). The liquid crystal display panel 3 is disposed below the touch panel surface 2 and displays the touch operation on the display / input operation screen on the user side via the touch panel surface. The display control unit 10 controls the display corresponding to the touch operation on the liquid crystal display panel 3 according to the touch operation position data (x, y) from the touch panel control unit 9.

  Then, when the touch operation is performed on the touch panel 4 corresponding to the display / input operation screen 5a-5d by the IC card 7, the CPU 8 via the operation information corresponding to the touched position and the antenna coil 6a-6d. Then, necessary data is transmitted to the host computer 14 via the network 13 from the card information of the IC card received by the IC card reader / writer unit 12. The host computer 14 displays an image on the display corresponding to the information.

  The memory 11 stores an operation program for the liquid crystal display terminal 1 and is also used for storing data.

  The IC card reader / writer unit 12 includes an interface unit (not shown) and a reader / writer unit, and processes received data by electromagnetic induction between the antenna coils 6 a to 6 d and the IC card 7 and outputs them to the CPU 8. Communication data from the IC card 7 is obtained by modulating a carrier wave. The reader / writer unit demodulates the communication data, and outputs the processed data to the CPU 8. On the other hand, the carrier wave is modulated by the reader / writer according to the control data from the CPU 8 and transmitted from the antenna coils 6a to 6d. In this way, data communication control is performed by modulating the carrier wave between the IC card reader / writer unit 12 and the IC card 7, but this detailed description is omitted.

  The usage example of the liquid crystal display terminal 1 demonstrated above is demonstrated with reference to FIG. This use example is an ordering system in a restaurant. In this ordering system, the liquid crystal display terminal 1 is an ordering terminal that allows a customer to order from a menu of food and drink and its menu.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the order system includes an order terminal 20 constituted by a liquid crystal display terminal 1 and an order reception / settlement terminal 22 connected to the order terminal 20 via a network 19.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the order terminal 20 is arranged on a table (not shown) in the restaurant, and the display / input operation screen 21 is divided into, for example, a plurality of display areas 21a to 21d. Menus 1 to 4 such as sushi, udon and meat are displayed as menus. Of course, this menu display mode can be arbitrarily set for each restaurant. Further, the order terminal 20 corresponds to each area where the menus 1 to 4 are displayed, and an antenna coil (not shown) is individually arranged behind the area. For example, when the customer wants to select menu 1, the customer touches area 21a corresponding to menu 1 on the display / input operation screen with an IC card (not shown). Then, the display / input operation screen 21 is switched to the order confirmation screen as shown in FIG. The visitor touches the “OK” button on the order confirmation screen to confirm the menu 1 order. An antenna coil (not shown) is arranged corresponding to the “OK” button, and the order is confirmed by a touch operation on the “OK” button. Then, after confirming the order, the display / input operation screen 21 is switched to the “settlement” screen as shown in FIG. 7B, and when “settlement” processing is desired, the “OK” button on this screen is displayed by an IC card. Touch operation. By this touch operation, the IC card performs data communication with the IC card reader / writer unit built in the ordering terminal 20, and settlement processing is performed.

  On the other hand, the information of the menu 1 is transmitted from the network 19 to the order reception / settlement terminal 22, and the menu 1 and the table number of the customer are displayed on the screen of the order reception / settlement terminal 22 as shown in FIG. When the order of menu 1 is confirmed at the restaurant side, the cook on the kitchen side cooks the items of menu 1, and the store clerk carries the cooked items to the customers.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the IC card 7 is touch-operated on the touch panel 4 corresponding to an arbitrary display area of the liquid crystal display panel 3, the IC card 7 corresponds to the antenna coil corresponding to the touch operation position. In addition, data can be transmitted / received to / from the IC card reader / writer unit 12 and control corresponding to the display content displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 3 can be performed corresponding to the touch operation position. The IC card reader / writer unit 12 is integrated with the liquid crystal display terminal 1 and is more compact than the case where the liquid crystal display terminal and the IC card reader / writer are connected with a cable, and the user can perform a touch operation on the touch panel 4 of the liquid crystal display terminal 1. Simultaneous operation of the IC card over the antenna coil simplifies the operation. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Liquid crystal display terminal 2 Frame 3 Liquid crystal display panel 4 Touch panel 5 Display / input operation screen 5a-5d Display area 6a-6d Antenna coil 19 Network 20 Order terminal 22 Order reception / payment terminal

Claims (2)

  A touch panel type display / input operation screen, one or more antenna coils individually arranged in one or more display areas on the screen behind the display / input operation screen, and non-interval via the antenna coil An IC card reader / writer unit that communicates with a contact type IC card, and a control unit that controls each of the units, and the control unit is provided with an arbitrary display / input operation screen on the IC card. By touching the display area, data transmission / reception between the IC card reader / writer and the IC card is controlled via the antenna coil corresponding to the touch operation position, and the display / display is performed corresponding to the touch operation position. A touch panel type display terminal that performs control corresponding to display contents displayed on an input operation screen. An ordering terminal comprising the touch panel liquid crystal display terminal according to claim 1 and installed on a customer side of a restaurant to display a food and drink menu;
An order reception / settlement terminal that is installed on the restaurant side and connected to the order terminal via a network and displays an order from the order terminal;
Comprising
The order terminal can transmit the order menu information and the settlement information to the order reception / settlement terminal via the network based on a touch operation with a non-contact type IC card on the food / drink menu display area on the display / input operation screen. Like,
An order system characterized by that.

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