JP4738102B2 - Automatic cash transaction equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an automatic teller machine such as an ATM or a CD that prevents peeping on an operation screen of a liquid crystal display.

  In recent years, automatic teller machines such as ATMs (Automatic Teller Machines) and CDs (Cash Dispensers) have been used in convenience stores and supermarkets from financial institutions such as banks. It is also installed in retail stores.

  However, in this automatic teller machine, when the cash is withdrawn with a cash card, when the user inputs the personal identification code on the touch panel, the operation screen of the liquid crystal display is displayed from the rear or both sides of the user. There was a risk of someone peeping out and remembering your cash card PIN.

Conventionally, an optical filter for a display screen attached to the front surface of a display screen of a liquid crystal display is disclosed in Patent Literature 1, Patent Literature 2, and Patent Literature 3.
JP 2003-287607 A JP 2002-328206 A JP 2002-202405 A

  However, in the optical filters for display screens disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3, since the optical filter is pasted on the front surface of the display screen of the liquid crystal display, the optical filter is exposed to the outside and the surface of the optical filter is contaminated. As a result, the peeping prevention effect of the optical filter may be reduced, the surface of the optical filter is easily damaged, and it is difficult to remove the optical filter from the front surface of the display screen of the liquid crystal display.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is made in view of the above circumstances, and only by sandwiching an optical filter for peeping prevention between the touch panel and the display, the optical filter can be displayed on the operation screen of the display. Installation can be performed easily, and only the user can clearly see the contents of the operation screen of the display through the touch panel and the optical filter during the input operation to the touch panel. The optical filter covers the entire operation screen of the display. Therefore, the optical filter can reliably prevent peeping on the operation screen of the display, and since the optical filter is not exposed to the outside, the surface of the optical filter is hardly damaged and the surface of the optical filter is not contaminated. Therefore, the elastic seal member does not decrease the optical filter's peep prevention effect. Since the optical filter does not shift from the display operation screen and the optical filter is not attached to the display screen as in the past, it is easy to remove the optical filter from the display operation screen. It is to provide an automatic cash transaction apparatus that can be performed on the Internet.

  An automatic cash transaction apparatus according to the present invention includes an automatic cash transaction apparatus main body and a customer operation panel unit that is disposed in the automatic cash transaction apparatus main body and can be opened and closed with respect to the automatic cash transaction apparatus main body. The customer operation panel unit includes a touch panel on which a user performs an input operation, a display that displays an operation screen, and an optical filter for preventing peeping that optically adjusts the visible range of the operation screen of the display. The display is disposed at a lower part of the touch panel, the display is attached to the customer operation panel part so as to be opened and closed, and the optical filter is disposed on the lower side of the touch panel, An optical filter is sandwiched between the touch panel and the display.

  In the automatic teller machine according to the present invention, an elastic seal member that is in close contact with the touch panel and the display is disposed around the outer peripheral edge of the optical filter.

  In the automatic teller machine according to the present invention, the elastic seal member is attached to the outer peripheral edge of the optical filter.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily attach the optical filter to the operation screen of the display only by sandwiching the optical filter for preventing peeping between the touch panel and the display. When the input operation to the touch panel, only the user can clearly see the contents of the display operation screen through the touch panel and the optical filter, and the optical filter covers the entire display operation screen, the display operation screen The optical filter can reliably prevent peeping of the optical filter, and since the optical filter is not exposed to the outside, the surface of the optical filter is hard to be scratched and the surface of the optical filter is not contaminated. The elastic seal member surrounds the periphery of the optical filter without reducing the effect. Since the optical filter does not deviate from the display operation screen and the optical filter is not pasted on the display display screen as in the past, the cash automatic can be easily removed from the display screen of the optical filter. A transaction device can be obtained.

  The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The automatic teller machine 1 of the present invention includes a housing 2 as a main body of the automatic teller machine, and a customer operation panel unit 3 that is disposed on the front surface of the housing 2 and can be opened and closed with respect to the housing 2. ing.

  In the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present invention, the customer operation panel unit 3 optically controls the touch panel 4 on which the user performs input operation, the liquid crystal display 5 that displays the operation screen, and the visible range of the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5. And an optical filter 6 for preventing peeping to be adjusted.

  In the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present invention, the liquid crystal display 5 is disposed below the touch panel 4, and the liquid crystal display 5 is attached to the customer operation panel unit 3 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  In the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present invention, the optical filter 6 is arranged on the lower side of the touch panel 4, and the optical filter 6 is sandwiched between the touch panel 4 and the liquid crystal display 5.

  In the automatic teller machine 1 according to the present invention, a rubber packing 7, which is an elastic seal member that is in close contact with the touch panel 4 and the liquid crystal display 5, is disposed around the outer peripheral edge of the optical filter 6.

  As for the automatic teller machine 1 of this invention, the rubber packing 7 is mounted | worn with the outer periphery of the optical filter 6. FIG.

  1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an automatic teller machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front sectional view of a main part of the automatic teller machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a sectional side view of the main part of the automatic teller machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is the automatic cash apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. The principal part bottom view which shows the setting state to the touch panel of the optical filter in a transaction apparatus, FIG. 6 is the right side which shows the state which raised the customer operation panel part with respect to the housing | casing in the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional side view of a main part showing a state in which the liquid crystal display is opened in front of the touch panel in the automatic teller machine according to the embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 8 is an automatic cash apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. Liquid at the time of input operation to the touch panel in transaction equipment Is a plan view illustrating a peeping prevention by the optical filter of the display operation screen.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the automatic teller machine 1 has a housing 2, and a substantially L-shaped customer operation panel unit 3 that can be opened and closed is arranged on the front surface of the housing 2 of the automatic teller machine 1. The customer operation panel unit 3 includes a vertical panel 3a and a horizontal panel 3b slightly inclined obliquely downward from the lower end of the vertical panel 3a toward the front.

  The vertical panel 3a of the customer operation panel unit 3 is provided with a display 8, a passbook entry / exit 9 and a card entrance / exit 10 for displaying the type of transaction handling.

  The horizontal panel 3 b of the customer operation panel unit 3 is provided with a banknote deposit / withdrawal port 11, a currency deposit / withdrawal port 12 and an optical touch panel 4.

  At the front edge of the upper wall 2a of the housing 2 of the automatic teller machine 1, the upper end of the vertical panel 3a of the customer operation panel unit 3 is hinged so as to be freely opened and closed.

  The housing 2 of the automatic teller machine 1 includes posture maintaining means (not shown) for maintaining the posture with the customer operation panel unit 3 lifted.

As shown in FIGS. 2, 3, and 4, the optical touch panel 4 includes a flat transparent protective filter 40, a front panel 41 disposed so as to surround an upper portion around the protective filter 40, and a protection A rear cover 42 disposed around the filter 40 so as to cover the back side of the front panel 41; a frame-shaped bezel 43 that holds the outer peripheral edge of the protective filter 40 disposed on the inner side of the front panel 41 near the inner peripheral edge; A frame-like circuit board 44 arranged on the upper side of the rear cover 42, a plurality of infrared light emitting elements 45 that emit infrared rays arranged on the circuit board 44, and a plurality of infrared rays arranged on the circuit board 44 that receive infrared rays. An infrared light receiving element 46 is included.
The bezel 43 of the touch panel 4 has infrared transparency.
Reference numeral 47 denotes an interface cable drawn from the touch panel 4.

  In the touch panel 4, the four corners of the rear cover 42 are fixed to the front panel 41 with screws 48.

  An opening 42 a is formed in the rear cover 42 of the touch panel 4 so as to face the protective filter 40, and the rubber packing 7 that is in close contact with the lower surface of the outer peripheral edge of the transparent filter 40 is fitted and attached to the opening 42 a of the rear cover 42. Yes.

  On the lower side of the protective filter 40 of the touch panel 4, a flat optical filter 6 is superposed at a position corresponding to the opening 42 a of the rear cover 42, and the outer periphery of the optical filter 6 is surrounded by a rubber packing 7. As shown in FIG. 5, a gap 49 is formed between the outer peripheral edge of the optical filter 6 and the rubber packing 7.

  Since the rubber packing 7 surrounds the periphery of the outer peripheral edge of the optical filter 6, the optical filter 6 does not deviate from the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5.

  A liquid crystal display 5 parallel to and spaced from the lower part of the touch panel 4 is disposed at the lower part of the touch panel 4. The liquid crystal display 5 is attached to the lower part of the horizontal panel 3 b of the customer operation panel unit 3 so as to be freely opened and closed.

  A protective cover (not shown) that covers the liquid crystal display 5 is detachably attached to the lower side of the horizontal panel 3 b of the customer operation panel unit 3.

Next, the installation work of the optical filter in the automatic teller machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
First, after the clerk stops handling the transaction of the automatic teller machine 1, the automatic teller machine 1 is turned off.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 6, the clerk lifts the customer operation panel unit 3 by hand so that the customer operation panel unit 3 is opened upward with respect to the housing 2, and then the protective cover covering the liquid crystal display 5 is attached to the horizontal panel of the customer operation panel unit 3 After removing from the lower side of 3b, as shown in FIG. 7, the liquid crystal display 5 is opened ahead so that it may separate from the touch panel 4 with respect to the horizontal panel 3b of the customer operation panel part 3. FIG.

  Next, the inner surface of the touch panel 4 and the display screen of the liquid crystal display 5 are cleaned, and then the optical filter 6 is set inside the rubber packing 7 so as to overlap the protective filter 40 of the touch panel 4, and then the optical filter 6 is removed. The liquid crystal display 5 is closed toward the touch panel 4 with respect to the horizontal panel 3b of the customer operation panel unit 3 so that the optical filter 6 for peeping prevention is protected by the protective filter 40 of the touch panel 4. The rubber packing 7 is in close contact with the display screen of the liquid crystal display 5, and the optical filter 6 is attached to the lower side of the touch panel 4 so as to cover the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5.

  Next, after attaching a protective cover that covers the liquid crystal display 5 to the lower part of the horizontal panel 3b of the customer operation panel unit 3, the attendant lowers the customer operation panel unit 3 with respect to the housing 2 by hand, and the optical filter 6 is attached. Ends.

  Since the rubber packing 7 is in close contact with the inner surface of the protective filter 40 of the touch panel 4 and the display screen of the liquid crystal display 5, the rubber packing 7 ensures the entry of dust between the touch panel 4 and the liquid crystal display 5. Can be prevented.

Next, the operation of the automatic teller machine according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In this automatic teller machine 1, when withdrawing cash with a cash card, the user stands in front of the touch panel 4 of the automatic teller machine 1, and the user enters the personal identification number into the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5. The input operation is performed on the touch panel 4 while viewing the screen.

  At this time, the user can clearly see the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5 through the touch panel 4 and the optical filter 6 from the position A shown in FIG. 8 in front of the touch panel 4 of the automatic teller machine 1.

  Further, since the optical filter 6 for peeping prevention is interposed between the touch panel 4 and the liquid crystal display 5, the structure of the optical filter 6 makes it possible to adjust the visible angle of the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5. Since 6 covers the entire operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5, even if another person tries to see the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5 from the positions B, C, and D shown in FIG. From the positions B, C, and D, the contents of the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5 are difficult to see by the optical filter 6, and the optical filter 6 ensures the peeping of the operation screen of the liquid crystal display 5 from the rear or both sides of the user. Can be prevented.

In the above-described embodiment, the rubber packing 7 is attached to the touch panel 4 side. However, the rubber packing 7 may be attached on the display screen of the liquid crystal display 5 or the rubber packing 7 is provided on the outer peripheral edge of the optical filter 6. It may be attached.
The touch panel 4 is not limited to an optical type, and may be a capacitance type or a resistance film type.
Further, the display may be a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube).

The perspective view which shows the external appearance of the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. The principal part front sectional view of the automatic teller machine concerning the example of the present invention. The principal part top view of the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. The principal part side sectional view of the automatic teller machine concerning the example of the present invention. The principal part bottom view which shows the set state to the touch panel of the optical filter in the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. The right view which shows the state which lifted the customer operation panel part with respect to the housing | casing in the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention. The principal part sectional side view which shows the state which opened the liquid crystal display in the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention ahead of the touch panel. The top view explaining the peep prevention by the optical filter of the operation screen of the liquid crystal display at the time of input operation to the touch panel in the automatic teller machine which concerns on the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Automatic teller machine 2 Housing (Automatic teller machine itself)
2a Upper Wall 3 Customer Operation Panel 3a Vertical Panel 3b Horizontal Panel 4 Touch Panel 5 Liquid Crystal Display 6 Optical Filter 7 Rubber Packing (Elastic Seal Member)
8 Display 9 Passbook entrance / exit 10 Card entrance / exit 11 Banknote deposit / withdrawal slot 12 Money deposit / withdrawal slot 40 Protective filter 41 Front panel 42 Rear cover 42a Opening 43 Bezel 44 Circuit board 45 Infrared light emitting element 46 Infrared light receiving element 47 Interface cable 48 Screw 49 Gap A, B, C, D position

Claims (3)

In the automatic teller machine having the automatic teller machine main body and the customer operation panel unit disposed on the automatic teller machine main body and openable / closable with respect to the automatic teller machine main body,
The customer operation panel unit includes a touch panel on which a user performs input operation, a display that displays an operation screen, and an optical filter for peeping prevention that optically adjusts the visible range of the operation screen of the display. The display is disposed at a lower part of the touch panel, and the display is attached to the customer operation panel portion so as to be opened and closed. The optical filter is disposed on the lower side of the touch panel, and the optical filter Is held between the touch panel and the display.   The automatic teller machine according to claim 1, wherein an elastic seal member that is in close contact with the touch panel and the display is disposed around an outer peripheral edge of the optical filter. The automatic cash transaction apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the elastic seal member is attached to an outer peripheral edge of the optical filter.

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