JPH1185401A - Touch panel device and display method for the touch panel device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a touch panel device capable of making dirt such as fine dust stuck to a screen inconspicuous and a display method for the touch panel device. SOLUTION: A table (not shown), in which a processing interval for rewriting color setting on the screen 37 of the touch panel device, the number of times of the processing, color codes corresponding to the number of times, etc., are described, is prepared and lightness, saturation and luminance are adjusted based on the table with the lapse of operation time of the device to thin and display the color of the screen 37 stepwisely. Consequently, dust stuck to the display screen 37 can be made inconspicuous.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a touch panel device suitable for reducing discomfort caused by dirt such as a minute amount of dust attached to a screen and a display method of the touch panel device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an apparatus having a touch panel used by an unspecified number of people, a screen is periodically cleaned manually (for example, wiping several times a day).
In addition, in order to effectively clean the touch panel screen, the applicant of the present application disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 9-11477 that the color of the entire screen is made to be conspicuous at the time of cleaning so that dirt such as dust, dirt, and dirt on the touch panel apparatus is noticeable. Has been proposed to change the darkness more than the normal display. In this technology, when the staff reset key is inserted and turned ON during cleaning, a staff menu including a cleaning display button is displayed on the screen, and when the cleaning display button is pressed, the entire screen color is displayed in black, for example. ,
When the staff reset key is turned off after the cleaning operation, the display is controlled to return to a normal color state.

[0003]

In the above prior art, the problem of hygiene can be improved by performing manual cleaning periodically, however, even in a normal installation environment, a small amount of dust and Dust may adhere to the screen and give the user discomfort.

An object of the present invention is to provide a touch panel device and a display method of the touch panel device which can solve such problems and make dirt such as a small amount of dust attached to a touch panel screen inconspicuous. is there.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, a touch panel device according to the present invention comprises a touch panel, monitoring means for monitoring the operation time of the device using the touch panel, and monitoring of the operation time of the device. Display control means for rewriting the color setting of the touch panel device screen in a stepwise manner, wherein the monitoring means monitors the operation time of the device, and diminishes the color of the touch panel device screen every time a predetermined time elapses. The display is configured to be displayed.

Further, the display control means is provided with a table in which an interval, a number of times of the process of rewriting the color setting, and a corresponding color code are provided.

Further, the display control means is provided with a table in which the color setting rewriting interval, the number of times, the corresponding color code, and the predetermined area are described, and the color of the predetermined area on the touch panel device screen is changed stepwise. It is characterized in that it is configured to be displayed in a reduced form.

[0008] Further, setting means for setting the cleaning mode of the touch panel is provided, and the display control means is provided with a touch panel device when cleaning of the touch panel by a cleaning tool is completed in the cleaning mode set by the setting means. It is characterized in that the color setting of the screen is returned to the initial state.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display method for a touch panel device, comprising: a touch panel; monitoring means for monitoring an operation time of a device using the touch panel; and a display for controlling display on a touch panel device screen. A method of displaying a touch panel device comprising: a control unit, wherein the monitoring unit monitors the operation time of the device, and gradually reduces and displays the color of the screen of the touch panel device over time. Features.

[0010] In addition, the interval, the number of times of the process of rewriting the color setting of the touch panel device screen, and the corresponding color code are stored in advance, and the color setting of the touch panel device screen is performed in accordance with the color code until the predetermined number of times is reached at the interval. By repeating the rewriting process, the color of the touch panel device screen is gradually reduced and displayed.

In addition, an interval, number of times, a corresponding color code, and a predetermined area of the process of rewriting the color setting are stored in advance, and the color of the predetermined area of the touch panel device screen is determined according to the color code until the predetermined number of times is reached at the interval. By repeating the process of rewriting the settings, the color of a predetermined area of the touch panel device screen is gradually reduced and displayed.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the touch panel cleaning mode is set, and in this cleaning mode, when the cleaning of the touch panel by a cleaning tool is completed, the color setting of the touch panel device screen is returned to an initial state.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an automatic transaction apparatus (hereinafter referred to as ATM) to which a touch panel device and a display method thereof according to a first embodiment of the present invention are applied. The handling display unit 31 displays the status of the ATM (during transaction / paused). In addition, the item display section 32 displays a trade name that can be traded at present. Further, the insertion slot (also serving as a statement sheet discharge port) 33 is used by a customer to insert a card or a transfer ticket during a transaction or to receive a statement sheet. The passbook insertion port 34 is used by a customer to insert a passbook during a transaction. The banknote slot 35 is used when the customer receives a banknote in a payment transaction, deposits a banknote in a deposit transaction, and receives change in a transfer transaction. The coin slot 36 is used when a customer receives a coin in a payment transaction, deposits a coin in a deposit transaction, or receives a change in a deposit transaction. Also,
The display screen (= touch panel screen) 37 is directly touched by a customer for a transaction operation. Also,
The customer sensor 38 is provided for automatically saving display on the display screen when there is no customer for a certain period of time and resuming display when there is a customer for the purpose of saving power and preventing burning of the display screen. The foreign matter return port 39 is for returning the foreign matter inserted from the bill slot 35. The clerk reset key 40 is operated by a clerk at the time of cleaning or when a failure occurs.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of an ATM to which a touch panel device and a display method thereof according to a first embodiment of the present invention are applied. The ATM 1 is connected to a main control unit 2 for controlling the entire apparatus, a customer service unit 11 for visually prompting necessary information regarding a customer's transaction, and a display control unit 25 of the main control unit 2, so that the customer can perform a transaction. An operation guide unit (touch panel) 12 for operating, a card reader / journal printer unit 13 for reading / writing a magnetic stripe of a card, printing a receipt, and issuing a transfer ticket;
A passbook printer unit 14 that reads, writes, prints a passbook, prints a passbook, automatically changes the page of the passbook, and issues a passbook. And a banknote pay-in / pay-out unit 15 for performing and auditing, a coin receiving / paying unit 16 for processing coins, that is, taking out from a stacker in which coins are stored, storing in a stacker, counting and auditing,
The control unit 17 includes a control unit 17 for performing voice guidance and the like, a power supply unit 29 connected to a commercial power supply, and an auxiliary power supply unit 30. The main control unit 2 includes a CPU 21 and a memory 2 storing programs and necessary data (including an elapsed time area to be described later).
2. A hard disk device (HDD) 23 storing various tables (control tables and color tables described later) and display data (including setting information of a wiping pass range described later) used in the present embodiment, and a floppy disk device (FDD) 2
4. Display control unit 25 for controlling color display and the like of the touch panel in the present embodiment, interface unit 26, transmission control unit 27 for performing transmission control during information communication, and information between host computer (not shown) And a modem 28 for transmitting and receiving the same. In addition, the touch panel 12 is configured to transmit a response signal corresponding to the operation range by wiping from the outside when wiping and cleaning the screen.

FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the color display control of the touch panel device screen according to the first embodiment of the present invention. When the power of the ATM 1 is turned on (S
1) Initialize the elapsed time area (the area where the elapsed time of the timer is stored) by initialization (set the value to zero), and start time measurement by the timer (S2). Next, a color code is acquired from the color table using the pointer value of the control table registered in advance as a key, and the color setting of a screen to be displayed (for example, a reception menu screen) is rewritten (S3). The control table and the color table are stored in the hard disk device 23. In this control table, as shown in FIG. 5, the scheduled number of times of color change of the screen (the number of times of processing) and the number of times of execution (the processing counter), the processing interval, and the pointer to the color table are registered. The number of times of processing and the processing interval are set according to the installation environment of ATM1. In the color table, as shown in FIG. 6, pointers indicating the color densities are set in three stages so as to become lighter in order from the pointer 1. In FIG. 6, for simplicity,
Although three colors of red, green, and blue are described, all colors displayed on the screen are set in this way.

Next, a reception menu is displayed on the touch panel 12 (S4). The screen display at this time is indicated by G- in FIG.
The image is displayed at a normal density as shown in FIG. Thereafter, a touch panel input by a customer or the like is received (S5), and the input content is determined (S6). As a result, if it is an input from the reception menu (normal transaction such as deposit, withdrawal, transfer, balance inquiry, etc.), a business processing program (existing process)
(S6-1), and returns to S4 after the transaction is completed.

If the result of the determination in S6 is no (no input), the process proceeds to the SUB process (S6-2). S6-2
Has the steps of S7 to S11. In S7, the number of processes (scheduled value) in the control table is compared with the process counter (actual value). If they match, the process returns to S4, and if they do not match, the process proceeds to S8. In S8, the elapsed time of the timer (elapsed time area) is compared with the processing time of the control table (for example, 2 hours). If "elapsed time <processing interval", that is, if it is within 2 hours from the start of the timer, the process returns to S4. If “elapsed time ≧ processing interval”, that is, if two hours or more have elapsed since the start of the timer, the process proceeds to S9. In S9, the processing counter, which is an item of the control table, is counted up (+1),
In S10, the pointer which is an item of the control table is counted up (+1). Further, in S11, the elapsed time of the timer is cleared to zero, and the process returns to S3. At S3, a color code is acquired from the color table using the pointer value of the control table as a key, and the color setting of a screen to be displayed (for example, a reception menu screen) is rewritten, and the process proceeds to S4. S
In step 4, a reception menu is displayed on the touch panel 12.
At this time, as shown by G-2 in FIG. 7, the image is displayed in a slightly lighter color as a whole than the screen that has been displayed up to now (the normal screen of G-1). In this way, by reducing the color of the screen, a small amount of dust or dirt becomes inconspicuous.

If the result of the determination in S6 is a key ON input (the clerk inserts the key into the clerk reset key
), A staff menu is displayed on the touch panel 12 (S12). The screen display at this time is displayed in the lightest color as indicated by G-3 in FIG. Thereafter, the touch panel input by the attendant is received (S13), and the input content is determined (S14). As a result, if the color is released, the timer is stopped, zero is set in the elapsed time area of the timer, zero is set in the processing counter of the control table, 1 is set in the pointer, and the process returns to S12. When the result of the determination in S14 is completed, it is determined whether or not the color release has been performed (S16). If the color release has not been performed, the process returns to S3, and if the color release has been performed, the process returns to S1. . If the result of the determination in S14 is cleaning, a staff menu shown in G-1 of FIG. 8 is displayed, and when a “cleaning mode” button (= cleaning mode setting means) on the screen is selected and input, FIG. After the cleaning operation using the cleaning tool is completed (S17), the process proceeds to S15 where the color is released. further,
If the result of the determination in S14 is "other", the process proceeds to a staff processing program (existing process) (S18).

The details of step S17 are as shown in FIG. 9. First, the entire screen is displayed in white (S171), and when the screen of the cleaning tool is touched by the wiping cleaning, the screen is displayed from the touch panel 12. A response signal corresponding to the wiping range is transmitted to the control unit 25 (S172). In accordance with this response signal, the color setting of the wiping range on the screen is rewritten to black and displayed (S173). That is, G-2 in FIG.
The black area indicates the cleaned wiping area. Further, based on the wiping pass range preset in the hard disk device 23 and the wiping execution range based on the response signal, it is determined whether the wiping range is appropriate for the entire screen (S1).
74). In the present embodiment, for example, a range of 95% to 98% or more of the screen is set as the wiping pass range, and when the wiping pass range is reached, the process proceeds to S15. In addition, instead of the cleaning mode of the present embodiment, a technique of displaying the touch panel screen with a darker color than usual so that dirt such as dust, dust, and hand stains stand out (detailed in Japanese Patent Application No. Hei 9-11477). May be used. In this case, instead of the white display in S171, the entire screen is displayed in black, and after cleaning is completed by visual confirmation by a staff, the staff inserts the key inserted into the staff reset key slot 40 into a predetermined position. Then, the process proceeds to S15, and the color is released.

In the ATM, since the display time of the reception menu shown in G-1 of FIG. 7 is the longest, in this embodiment, the time monitoring logic is inserted as described above.
If there is a margin in the performance of the hardware and it is necessary to monitor the operation time more strictly, for example, the color of the screen may be changed during execution of the business application (S6-1). That is, the business application (S6-1)
SUB (S6-2) may be added after the input acceptance command of the above, and the process of S3 may be added before the display command.

As a color in which dust and dirt on the screen of the touch panel device are not conspicuous, for example, a light color that is close to white and has low lightness and saturation is preferable, but usually a relatively dark color (clear) for clear display. Colors with high lightness and saturation) are used. For this reason, a light color is used that is not inconvenient for recognizing the display content. For example, the color is changed from dark blue to blue. As a method of changing the color, lightness, saturation, or luminance is adjusted.

In this embodiment, the color of the entire area of the screen is changed with time. However, only the color of a specific portion (= predetermined area) on the screen of the touch panel device may be changed with time. this is,
For example, this is because dust or dust tends to accumulate at particular locations (eg, four corners) on the screen. The configuration and operation in this case are substantially the same as those of the above-described embodiment, but a color table for each area shown in FIG. 10 is provided in the hard disk device 23 instead of the color table shown in FIG. In this area-specific color table, the areas at the four corners of the screen are set as area 1, area 2, and so on. Therefore, by a processing step (not shown) corresponding to S3 shown in FIG. 3,
A color code is acquired from the area-specific color table using the pointer value of the control table as a key, and the color settings of the areas indicated by area 1, area 2,... Of the screen to be displayed (for example, a reception menu screen) are rewritten. To control.

[0024]

As described above, according to the touch panel device, the operating time of the device is monitored, and the color of the screen of the touch panel device is changed gradually and gradually according to the elapse of time, so that the amount of traces adhered to the touch panel is reduced. Dirt such as dust can be made inconspicuous. For this reason, the discomfort of the user can be reduced.

Further, according to the display method of the touch panel device, the operation time of the device is monitored, and the color of the screen of the touch panel device is gradually and gradually changed over time.
Dirt such as a minute amount of dust attached to the touch panel can be made inconspicuous. For this reason, the discomfort of the user can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an automatic transaction apparatus (AT) to which a touch panel device and a display method according to a first embodiment of the present invention are applied.
It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of M).

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of an ATM to which a touch panel device and a display method thereof according to the first embodiment of the present invention are applied.

FIG. 3 is a part of a flowchart showing color display control of a screen of the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a part of a flowchart showing color display control of a screen of the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a control table used in the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a color table used in the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a temporal change of the color of the screen of the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a staff menu screen at the time of cleaning the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention and a screen display in a cleaning mode.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing display control in a cleaning mode of the touch panel device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an area-specific color table used in the touch panel device according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 31 handling display section 32 item display section 33 insertion slot (statement discharge port) 34 passbook insertion slot 35 bill slot 36 coin slot 37 display screen 38 customer sensor 39 foreign matter return slot 40 staff reset key

Claims (8)

[Claims] A touch panel; a monitoring unit that monitors an operation time of an apparatus using the touch panel; and a display control unit that rewrites a color setting of a screen of the touch panel apparatus in a stepwise manner as the operation time of the apparatus elapses. A touch panel device characterized by comprising: monitoring the operating time of the device by the monitoring means, and displaying the touch panel device screen by dimming the color every time a predetermined time elapses. 2. The touch panel device according to claim 1, wherein the display control means includes a table in which an interval, a number of times of the process of rewriting the color setting, and a corresponding color code are provided. 3. The display control means is provided with a table in which an interval, the number of times of the process of rewriting the color setting, a corresponding color code, and a predetermined area are provided, and the color of the predetermined area of the touch panel device screen is changed stepwise. The touch panel device according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel device is configured to be displayed in a thinned state. 4. A touch panel device, comprising: setting means for setting a cleaning mode of the touch panel, wherein the display control means determines that the cleaning tool has completed cleaning of the touch panel in the cleaning mode set by the setting means. 4. The touch panel device according to claim 1, wherein the touch panel device is configured to return a screen color setting to an initial state. 5. A display method for a touch panel device, comprising: a touch panel; monitoring means for monitoring an operation time of a device using the touch panel; and display control means for controlling display of a screen of the touch panel device. A method of monitoring the operation time of the device by means, and gradually diminishing the color of the screen of the touch panel device with the lapse of time and displaying the screen. 6. An interval, number of times, and a corresponding color code of a process of rewriting the color setting of the touch panel device screen are stored in advance, and the color setting of the touch panel device screen is set according to the color code until the predetermined number of times is reached at the interval. 6. The display method for a touch panel device according to claim 5, wherein the color of the screen of the touch panel device is gradually reduced and displayed by repeating the rewriting process. 7. An interval, the number of times of the process of rewriting the color setting, a corresponding color code, and a predetermined area are stored in advance, and the color of a predetermined area of the touch panel device screen according to the color code until the predetermined number of times is reached at the interval. 8. The display method for a touch panel device according to claim 7, wherein a color of a predetermined area of the touch panel device screen is gradually reduced and displayed by repeating a process of rewriting the setting. 8. The cleaning mode of the touch panel is set, and in this cleaning mode, when the cleaning of the touch panel by a cleaning tool is completed, the color setting of the touch panel device screen is returned to an initial state. 8. The display method of the touch panel device according to any one of claims 7 to 7.