JPH11237954A - Touch panel - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent the wrong operations and an erroneous purchase or passenger tickets, etc., by making clear each or plural touch areas which are vertically and horizontally displayed. SOLUTION: A CRT display is placed under a touch panel 18 with a prescribed space secured between them. The touch areas 20 and 20 which are vertically and horizontally arrayed are displayed on the panel 18 via the CRT display. Projecting bars 50 are formed on the panel 18 to serve as every boundary part between the areas 20 and 20 which are adjacent to each other. Thus, the boundary is made clear between both areas 20 by the bars 50 and accordingly the wrong operations and the wrong purchase or passenger tickets which are caused by the parallax can be prevented.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a touch panel, for example, in a touch panel type automatic ticket vending machine, which prevents an erroneous purchase of a ticket due to parallax.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, automatic ticket vending machines and ATMs using touch panels have been used. This touch panel is CR
A panel is arranged on the T screen, and a photosensor composed of a light transmitting and receiving device is arranged around the panel so that light intersects in a matrix. Then, by touching the touch panel of the specific area portion displayed on the CRT screen with the finger, the light at the finger position is blocked, and the specific area position is detected by the photo sensor.

[0003] However, the CRT screen and the touch panel are spaced apart from each other, so that there is no parallax when the operation is performed from directly above, but when the height is different like an adult and a child, the display is not displayed. Since the screen is viewed obliquely, parallax occurs. Due to this parallax, if a plurality of areas displayed adjacent to the display screen are touched by mistake, for example, in an automatic ticket vending machine, a ticket may be erroneously purchased.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned points, and prevents erroneous operation and erroneous purchase of a ticket by clarifying a plurality of displayed touch areas. It is an object of the present invention to provide a touch panel adapted to perform such operations.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a touch panel (18) arranged at a predetermined interval above a CRT display. The touch panel (18) is arranged vertically and horizontally on the touch panel via the CRT display. A plurality of touch areas (20, 20) displayed in a matrix; each touch area displayed on the touch panel (18) in order to clarify adjacent boundaries between the plurality of touch areas (20, 20).
And a ridge (50) formed around (20, 20).

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an automatic ticket vending machine 10 using the touch panel of the present invention as an example.

The automatic ticket vending machine 10 has a ticket vending machine main body 12 and a customer service surface 14 arranged in front of the ticket vending machine main body 12 and inclined toward the near side. The customer service surface 14 has a guidance display section 16 on the upper portion thereof for displaying a guidance state such as an operation state of the automatic ticket vending machine, for example, "on sale" or "discontinuation".

A touch panel 18 having a CRT display on the back surface as shown in FIG. The touch panel 18 has a plurality of charge keys 20 arranged vertically and horizontally as an initial screen.
20 and a next screen key 22 for switching to the next screen are displayed. The light transmitter / receiver 24 including a plurality of photo sensors for detecting a touch position is arranged on a peripheral portion of the touch panel 18.

Reference numeral 26 denotes a coin insertion slot for inserting coins when purchasing a ticket, and an insertion amount display section 28 for displaying the amount of inserted money is displayed on the touch panel 18 on the left side thereof. Is provided.

A cancel button 30 for canceling the operation of the automatic ticket vending machine 10 and a station call button 32 for calling a station employee when the automatic ticket vending machine 10 fails are provided at the upper part of the customer service surface 14.

At the lower part of the customer service surface 14, there are a bill insertion slot 34 for inserting bills, a bill return slot 36 for returning the bill when the change is a bill, and a change coin. In this case, a change return port 38 for returning the coin and a catching-type ticket receiving port 40 for holding the issued ticket so as not to fly out are provided.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the touch panel 18 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG.

In FIG. 2 and FIG. 3, the touch areas of the plurality of charge keys 20 are separated by ridges 50, respectively. In this way, each charge key 20 is
, The boundary of the touch area of each charge key 20 becomes clear. In other words, even if the parallax of the user is different due to an increase in the distance between the CRT display and the touch panel 18, each fee key 20 is not
Since the area is divided by 0, the boundary between the touch areas is clear, and the adjacent charge keys 20 are not mistakenly touched, thereby reducing the erroneous purchase of the ticket.

Since the touch panel 18 is made of acrylic resin or the like, the ridge 50 as shown in FIG.
Easy to do. Even if the ridge 50 is provided on the touch panel 18, since the touch panel 18 is a transparent body, the ridge 50 does not hinder visibility of the adjacent charge key 20. In particular, when the charge key 20 is touched with a finger, even if the finger slides in the direction of the adjacent charge key 20, the ridge 50 acts as a stopper, and there is no erroneous operation.

FIG. 4 shows an example in which the display of the screen changes when the next screen key 22 of the touch panel 18 shown in FIG. 2 is touched.

That is, a plurality of charge keys 50 shown in FIG.
Of the four charge keys 50, 50, one charge key 5
An example in which 0 is displayed is shown. Thus, for example, 6
When touching the price key 50 of 00 yen, one of the price keys 50 composed of four touch keys may be touched. At this time, the touch panel 18
Is a transparent body, and even if the ridge 50 is formed, the user does not care.

[0017]

As described above, according to the touch panel of the present invention, a ridge is formed on the touch panel between adjacent touch keys in order to clarify the boundaries of the touch areas of the touch keys arranged vertically and horizontally. As a result, the visibility of the touch area is enhanced, and the ridge functions as a stopper. For example, in an automatic ticket vending machine, erroneous purchase of a ticket is prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic ticket vending machine using a touch panel according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged plan view of the touch panel.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the touch panel in a state where the touch panel is switched from an initial screen to a next screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Automatic ticket vending machine 12 Ticket vending machine main body 14 Customer service surface 18 Touch panel 20 Fee key (touch area) 22 Next screen key 50 Protrusion

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A touch panel (18) arranged at a predetermined interval above a CRT display, wherein a plurality of touch areas (20, 20) are vertically and horizontally displayed on the touch panel via the CRT display. A ridge (50) formed around each touch area (20, 20) displayed on the touch panel (18) in order to clarify adjacent boundaries of the plurality of touch areas (20, 20); And a touch panel comprising: