EP0674297A1 - Unité d'emploi, en particulier pour dispositifs automatiques de paiement - Google Patents

Unité d'emploi, en particulier pour dispositifs automatiques de paiement Download PDF

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EP0674297A1
EP0674297A1 EP95103976A EP95103976A EP0674297A1 EP 0674297 A1 EP0674297 A1 EP 0674297A1 EP 95103976 A EP95103976 A EP 95103976A EP 95103976 A EP95103976 A EP 95103976A EP 0674297 A1 EP0674297 A1 EP 0674297A1
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user identification
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Hans-Peter Kölbl-Feuerstein
Luis-Filipe Dipl.-Ing. Santos-Marques
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F19/00—Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
    • G07F19/20—Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F19/00—Complete banking systems; Coded card-freed arrangements adapted for dispensing or receiving monies or the like and posting such transactions to existing accounts, e.g. automatic teller machines
    • G07F19/20—Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
    • G07F19/201—Accessories of ATMs

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  • Control elements are arranged in particular on front panels or on control panels according to various criteria.
  • the aim of this arrangement is to make use of a control unit of an operating unit as easy as possible so that intuitive, error-free handling, in particular in the correct order, is possible without prior explanation.
  • control elements belonging to an operating unit are often strongly and arbitrarily distributed on the surface of a control panel. It is then not possible for a user to recognize the sequence in which the control elements have to be actuated in the respective application case solely on the basis of the arrangement of the control elements. In order to communicate the desired operating sequence to people, extensive text information must then be placed around the control elements on the control panel. Furthermore, it is common to optically combine control elements belonging to one another into groups by means of differently colored fields and to visually distinguish them from other control element groups.
  • the invention has for its object to arrange the controls of an operating unit so that error-free operation is possible for each user group.
  • the control unit contains at least one display device, one device for user identification and one acceptance device for value units as control elements. According to the invention, these operating elements are arranged approximately horizontally next to one another.
  • the display device is preferably on the left, the device for user identification in the middle, and the acceptance device for the value unit on the right are arranged approximately horizontally next to one another.
  • This configuration of the control unit has the particular advantage that its control elements are arranged in rows. This particularly favors error-free operability, since the line arrangement of the operating elements, that is to say their arrangement virtually in a “reading direction”, represents a familiar way of visualization by operators.
  • This advantage is particularly evident when the display device is on the left, the device for user identification in the center, and the acceptance device for value units on the right are arranged approximately horizontally next to one another. In such a case, the controls are operated from left to right. A person thus begins to operate by recording information offered on the display device on the left.
  • the operating unit can be activated there by actuating the device for user identification arranged at the same height to the right thereof. Operation is then completed by activating the acceptance device for value units on the right.
  • a line-like, preferably progressing from left to right, visualization and operating sequence is specified in the manner of a horizontal preferred direction. This makes it easier for operating personnel to find the operating element which is used for triggering, for continuing and for closing.
  • the display device fulfills the function of an element which triggers and shapes the operation.
  • the horizontally arranged device for user identification also serves to continue the operation.
  • the further device for value units is an operating element, which is usually activated at the end of an operating sequence.
  • control elements are inserted in a flat, preferably vertically arranged control panel.
  • approximately horizontally adjacent control elements are advantageously arranged approximately at the level of the field of vision of an upright person who has an average body size.
  • a reader for card-shaped data carriers is advantageously used as a device for user identification.
  • the reading device preferably additionally has a button with which the return of an inserted, card-shaped data carrier can be triggered if necessary.
  • This key is preferably arranged approximately vertically under the device for user identification.
  • the device for User identification a keypad in particular in the form of a conventional, so-called numeric keypad can be used.
  • a field for attaching operating instructions in tabular form is preferably arranged approximately vertically below the display device.
  • a return device for value units is additionally provided, which can be used in particular for the purpose of clearing accounts.
  • This return device preferably has a return trough which is arranged at a distance from the operating elements which are arranged approximately horizontally next to one another.
  • the return process can be triggered via an additional key, which may also be present.
  • This key is preferably also arranged approximately vertically below the device for user identification.
  • the control unit according to the invention is particularly suitable for use in so-called payment machines with which e.g. access to leisure facilities is made possible.
  • a user ID and a credit account are assigned to a user. Both can e.g. can be managed in a higher-level computer unit.
  • a user is given the opportunity to read out the status of his account and, if necessary, to upgrade it accordingly.
  • corresponding amounts in particular in the form of coins or bank notes, are fed to the acceptance device for value units.
  • FIG. 1 shows a front view of an assembly cabinet S, in the front FS of which a control panel BF is embedded.
  • This serves as a carrier of an operating unit constructed according to the invention, which has at least one display device as operating elements AE, a device for user identification VB and an acceptance device for monetary units GV.
  • these controls AE, VB, GV are arranged approximately horizontally next to each other. This is symbolized in the illustration in FIG. 1 by a dash-dotted, horizontal line HL.
  • the control elements are preferably arranged approximately at the height of the field of vision of a person who has an average body size.
  • the display device AE on the horizontal line HL is on the left
  • the device for user identification VB is approximately in the center
  • the acceptance device for value units GV is arranged on the right side by side. This is advantageous because the majority of people are right-handed.
  • the display device AE is used to output information. These can relate to the current value of accounts or serve to ensure error-free operation of the control unit.
  • the display device AE is preferably designed in the form of a large-area LCT display or in the form of a mini screen with a small screen diagonal. To further facilitate the operator guidance, a field can be provided below the display device AE on the control panel BF in which further operating instructions are listed in tabular form.
  • the device for user identification VB arranged approximately horizontally to the right in the example in FIG. 1 is preferably designed in the form of a reading device for card-shaped data carriers. Cards with magnetic strips for applying information are preferably suitable as data carriers.
  • the large representation of the control unit in FIG. 2 shows that the device for user identification VB in this case is, for example, a reading device for chip cards or data card-like data carriers.
  • user identification devices based on other physical principles can also be used, for example so-called biosensors. These record a biological characteristic value of the operator, for example by scanning the fingertips.
  • an acceptance device GV for value units lying approximately horizontally on the line HL This is preferably a feed device for banknotes.
  • acceptance devices GV for coins, or reading and writing devices for value cards such as EC cards, credit cards, telephone card-like data carriers and the like can be provided. In such a case, the desired value units are debited from the corresponding prepaid card without cash.
  • the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 additionally has a return device RS for value units.
  • This is preferably designed in the form of a return trough for cash, and set apart from the control elements AE, VB, GV of the control unit at another point in the front side VS of the assembly cabinet S.
  • the device VB for user identification is preferably in the form of a reader for chip cards.
  • a first button T1 is additionally present, with which the return of a card-shaped data carrier inserted into the device VB can be triggered.
  • a second key T2 can be provided, with which the triggering of a return process for units of value, in particular money, can be triggered if necessary.
  • these keys T1, T2 are arranged approximately vertically below the device for user identification VB.
  • FIG. 3 again shows an assembly cabinet, in the front of which a control panel BF with the control elements AE, VB and GV lying approximately horizontally next to one another is embedded.
  • the cabinet shown in FIG 3 is particularly suitable for use as a payment machine.
  • a return device RS for value units is preferably set off from the control panel BF at another point in the front side FS. This is preferably a return trough for cash, which can be used to repay existing balance amounts for the purpose of balancing an account.
  • the control elements ie the display device AE, the device for user identification VB and the acceptance device for value units GV, are arranged approximately horizontally next to one another.
  • an input keyboard TS is provided as the device for user identification VB.
  • PIN personal identification number
  • the keyboard field TS in particular in the form of a conventional numeric keypad, additionally has an acknowledgment key B and a correction key K.
  • a key T2 is additionally arranged vertically below the keyboard field TS serving as user identification device VB, with which a return process for units of value, in particular in the form of cash, can be triggered via an additional return device RS if required.

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EP95103976A 1994-03-24 1995-03-17 Unité d'emploi, en particulier pour dispositifs automatiques de paiement Ceased EP0674297A1 (fr)

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