JP2006087561A - Table for information terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a table for an information terminal where the information terminal can be operated from an optional place surrounding the table. <P>SOLUTION: The table for the information terminal comprises: a transparent table 1 consisting of a transparent member such as glass; a support stay 4 for supporting the transparent table 1 at one end; a leg part to which the other end of the stay 4 is secured; and a housing box 2 rotatably placed on the upper surface of the leg part. The information terminal is placed in the housing box 2 so that its display screen 6 can be seen from across the transparent table 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information terminal table, and more particularly to an information terminal table suitable for use in an Internet cafe or the like.

Internet cafes have been born that offer customers information terminals such as personal computers connected to the Internet in coffee shops, and that they can play over the Internet as a value-added service and collect fees according to the usage time of the information terminals.
In such an Internet cafe, one information terminal is provided on one desk, and a plurality of users use this one information terminal in many cases. Conventionally, however, there has been a problem that a charge slot such as an information terminal and a coin shooter is fixed, and a seat must be replaced when a plurality of people use it.

As a technology related to Internet cafes in the past, the normal Internet operation should be disabled at the beginning, and connection requests for Internet and content and food and drink orders will be accepted at the same time, and connection will be made only when an application for Internet connection is accepted. Management method (see Patent Document 1), operation method that uses a horizontally long display and displays advertisements on half of the display even while using the Internet (see Patent Document 2), prepaid card, cash card, debit card, money There are reports on billing systems that make bills available and display available balances and charges (see Patent Document 3), but reports on information terminal tables suitable for use in Internet cafes are not available. I can't.
JP 2003-30549 A JP 2003-108654 A JP 2002-7324 A

In the table for conventional information terminals, the seating position of the information terminal operator is fixed, so if a large number of people try to operate the information terminal alternately in an Internet cafe etc., the seat must be changed one by one There was a problem. Further, if the table is changed in direction and moved, there is a disadvantage that the cup and the like on the table also move together.
An object of the present invention is to solve this problem by a relatively simple method and realize an information terminal table that can operate the information terminal from a free place around the table.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, according to claim 1 of the present invention, in an information terminal table for operably storing an information terminal, a top plate portion made of a transparent member such as glass is supported at one end. A support stay portion, a leg portion to which the other end of the support stay portion is fixed to support the entire table, and an information terminal storage portion rotatably mounted on the upper surface of the leg portion. .

  Moreover, in order to solve the said problem, in Claim 2 of this invention, in the table for information terminals of Claim 1, the said information terminal storage part is an information terminal in which the display was provided facing the said top plate part. A storage box for storing the information terminal, a keyboard base for mounting the keyboard of the information terminal, a usage fee collecting means for the information terminal fixed to the storage box, and the leg of the information terminal. And a sliding contact that is electrically connected to a terminal provided on the terminal.

  Still further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problem, according to claim 3 of the present invention, in the information terminal table according to claim 1 or 2, the information terminal storage section includes a wireless LAN communication adapter. And

Since the information terminal table of the present invention is configured as described above, the information terminal can be operated at an arbitrary position around the table, and the operability is remarkably improved. Is suitable when, for example, one information terminal is operated alternately.
Even if the information terminal storage unit is rotated, the top plate does not rotate, so the coffee cup or writing unit on the table does not move, and the items on the table do not get confused.
In addition, since the wireless LAN communication adapter is provided, the information terminal can be used only with the power supply wiring, so that the installation work for installation is simple.

  FIG. 1 is a top view of an information terminal table according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a side view thereof. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 is a transparent glass table, reference numeral 2 is a storage box for storing an information terminal (not shown), and reference numeral 3 is a keyboard (not shown) for operating the information terminal. And a keyboard slide to be housed in the storage box 2. Reference numeral 4 is a glass table support stay for supporting the transparent glass table 1. Reference numeral 5 is a C-type glass table receiving object. Reference numeral 6 is an information terminal display screen. 7 is a coin shooter fixed to the information terminal for collecting the usage fee of the information terminal, 8 is a leg, and 9 is a rotating part.

The transparent glass table 1 is supported by being sandwiched between receiving parts of a C-type glass table receiving article 5 provided at the tip of four glass table support stays 4. The other end of the glass table support stay 4 is fixed to the leg portion 8. The leg 8 can be slid up and down to adjust its height.
An information terminal housed in the storage box 2 is placed under the transparent glass table 1, and an operator of the information terminal can observe the display screen 6 through the transparent glass table 1.
The storage box 2 is placed on the rotating unit 9 so as to be able to rotate 360 °. The rotating portion 9 is provided with a slide contact (not shown), and power is supplied to the information terminal via the slide contact.
Instead of using a means capable of infinite rotation of the storage box 2 such as a slide contact, for example, a flexible cable is used to electrically connect to a power source and a communication terminal provided on the leg portion 8, thereby rotating the rotating portion. A configuration in which 9 rotates only finitely may be adopted. In this case, it is necessary to limit the rotation of the storage box 2 to the range of the length of the flexible cable.
The information terminal is also connected to the LAN and further to an external network via a wireless LAN communication adapter. Alternatively, it may be connected to a wired LAN through a slide contact. In the above example, the coin shooter 7 is provided as a means for collecting the usage fee of the information terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The information terminal usage fee may be collected.

FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of operations when performing an Internet connection or the like using the information terminal table of the present invention.
When operating the information terminal, the operator rotates the storage box 2 to bring the information terminal in front of him (step 1 in FIG. 3) and pull out the keyboard slide 3 (step 2 in FIG. 3). Place it at a location that is easy to operate. Then, a coin with a predetermined amount of 100 yen is inserted into the coin shooter (step 3 in FIG. 3). As a result, an initial screen is displayed on the display screen 6, and the following operations are performed according to the screen (step 4 in FIG. 3). Even if the storage box 2 is rotated, the transparent glass table 1 does not rotate, so that writing instruments, cups and the like placed on the table do not move.

When the operation is replaced by another person (step 5 in FIG. 3), the storage box 2 is rotated and the information terminal is directed toward the new operator (step 6 in FIG. 3).
When the operation time with the inserted coin is completed (step 7 in FIG. 3), and when the operation is continued (step 8 in FIG. 3), the process returns to step 3 and a 100-yen coin is inserted into the coin shooter.

As described above, the information terminal table of the present invention has a structure in which the rotatable storage box 2 is provided under the transparent glass table 1, so that the table is relatively simple, small, and free to move. It is easy to operate, and is excellent in operability, and particularly suitable for a large number of people using one information terminal in an Internet cafe or the like.
When the information terminal is not used, the keyboard slide 3 can be stored, so that it can be used in the same way as a normal table, and the display screen 6 displays advertisements, TV screens, and the like. Therefore, it can be used as an advertising medium or a television receiver, and there is an advantage that an advertising effect and an effect of attracting customers can be expected.

  Since the information terminal table of the present invention of the present invention has a relatively simple configuration as described above and can be freely installed if only a power source is prepared, it can be used for an Internet cafe, of course, an airport or a station, It can be used widely by installing it in a wide range of places such as waiting rooms in public facilities, game centers and business hotels, and it has great potential for industrial use.

It is a top view of the table for information terminals of this invention. It is a side view of the table for information terminals of this invention. It is a flowchart of operation in performing the internet connection etc. using the table for information terminals of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Transparent glass table 2 Storage box 3 Keyboard slide 4 Glass table support stay 5 C type glass table money receiving object 6 Information terminal display screen 7 Coin shooter 8 Leg part 9 Rotating part

Claims (3)

In the information terminal table for storing the information terminal operably,
A top plate composed of a transparent member such as glass;
A support stay for supporting the top plate at one end;
A leg portion to which the other end of the support stay portion is fixed and supports the entire table;
An information terminal table, comprising: an information terminal storage unit rotatably mounted on an upper surface of the leg portion. The information terminal storage unit includes an information terminal whose display faces the top plate, a storage box for storing the information terminal, a keyboard base for mounting the keyboard of the information terminal, and the storage box 2. The usage fee collection means of the information terminal fixed to the terminal, and a slide contact that electrically connects the information terminal to a terminal provided on the leg portion. Information terminal table. The information terminal table according to claim 1, wherein the information terminal storage unit includes a wireless LAN communication adapter.

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