KR20070044955A - Atm for displaying theme image and method for displaying the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a financial automatic device for displaying a theme image for each subject and a method of operating the same, wherein a plurality of theme images are provided in the automatic teller machine and a specific theme image is displayed in a standby mode, and a method for operating the same. It is about. To this end, the present invention, the memory is stored in a plurality of the theme image for each subject, the screen unit on which the theme image set by the administrator of the plurality of the theme image is displayed, and the theme image is set in advance in the standby mode without financial transactions And a control unit having an algorithm to display on the screen unit. In addition, the present invention includes a process of setting a theme image to be displayed on the screen in the standby mode of the automated teller machine, displaying a financial transaction menu and a financial transaction menu, and displaying the set theme image in the standby mode. do.

ATM, Automatic teller machine, Theme, Theme, Display, Display, Screen

Description

ATM for displaying theme image and method for displaying the same}

1 is an external perspective view of an automatic teller machine.

Figure 2 is an internal block diagram of the automated teller machine.

3A and 3B are exemplary diagrams displaying respective theme images.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of displaying a theme image according to the present invention.

* Description of the symbols for the main parts of the drawings *

S402: Register theme image S404: Set theme image to display

S406: Automatic teller machine boot up S408: Standby mode

S410: Display the set theme image S412: Display the financial transaction history

The present invention relates to a financial automatic device for displaying a theme image for each subject and a method of operating the same. A plurality of theme images are provided in the automatic teller machine, and a specific theme image is displayed in a standby mode, and a method for operating the same. It is about.

In recent years, the automatic deposit and withdrawal system has become a lot of practical and good results. Such a deposit and withdrawal device is an automated teller machine (ATM) and is installed at the bank's mechanized corner. The automated teller machine is configured to automatically perform a transaction such as withdrawal (withdrawal) or deposit (deposit) of cash (paper money) using a medium such as a card or a bank account. The automatic teller machine can be extended even after the closing of the bank window, and may be installed in stores such as department stores and supermarkets, so that the number of installations is expected in the future. Therefore, in recent years, automated teller machines have been installed in public places with many floating populations (eg, banks, terminals, etc.) so that many people can conveniently handle their business.

As shown in FIG. 1, the automated teller machine includes a screen unit 110 for displaying predetermined contents. The screen unit 110 displays a financial menu for a financial transaction to help a user's financial transaction.

However, even in the standby mode without financial transactions, displaying the financial menu had an inefficient problem. That is, even in the normal standby mode in which there is no automatic financial transaction using the automated teller machine, displaying a financial menu on the screen unit 110 of the teller machine has a problem in power consumption and its efficiency.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to display a variety of information screen on the screen when the standby mode without financial transactions of the automated teller machine. In particular, in the case of the automated teller machine installed in a place such as a public place, the relevant local information is displayed in the standby mode, and in the case of the automated teller machine installed in a place such as a library, the book information is displayed in the standby mode. do. Similarly, in the case of the automated teller machine installed in the bank, the purpose is to obtain the effect of improving the bank image by displaying the corresponding seasonal screens in each season in the standby mode.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a memory for storing a plurality of theme images for each theme, a screen unit for displaying a theme image set by a manager among a plurality of the theme images, and a preset setting in a standby mode without financial transactions. And a control unit having an algorithm for displaying a theme image on the screen unit.

In addition, the process of setting the theme image to be displayed on the screen in the standby mode of the automatic teller machine, displaying the financial transaction menu when there is a financial transaction request from the user, and the set theme in the standby mode without the financial transaction Displaying an image, and displaying the financial transaction menu when the standby mode ends.

Hereinafter, the detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description of the reference numerals to the components of the drawings it should be noted that the same reference numerals as possible even if displayed on different drawings. In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, terms to be described below are terms defined in consideration of functions in the present invention, which may vary according to general practices of those belonging to the technical field of the present invention, and the definitions should be made based on the contents throughout the present specification.

Figure 2 is a diagram showing the internal configuration block of the automated teller machine according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the automatic teller machine includes a communication unit 240, a key input unit 250, a security unit 260, a banknote withdrawal unit 270, a printing unit 280, a screen unit 210, and a memory 220. In the present invention, the screen unit 210, the memory 220 and the control unit 200 has technical features of the present invention. First, the communication unit 240 and the key input unit 250 are provided. The security device unit 260, the banknote withdrawal unit 270, and the printing unit 280 will be briefly described, and then the functions of the screen unit 280, the memory 220, and the controller 200 will be described in detail. .

 The communication unit 240 performs a function of providing a wired / wireless communication interface with an external financial host server. The communication unit 240 transmits various financial transaction details to an external financial host server using a wired / wireless communication network. Therefore, the communication unit has a wired / wireless communication protocol and hardware. The key input unit 250 is a user interface (UI) with a user composed of a plurality of numeric keys and various function keys. The key input unit 250 receives necessary information from a user during a financial transaction. The key input unit may be implemented as a numeric keypad or a screen touch pad.

The security unit 260 is an encryption module that performs a predetermined encryption algorithm and performs a function of encrypting a password, an account number, etc. input from a user using a predetermined encryption key. The encrypted password, the account number is transmitted to the external financial host server through the communication unit, thereby preventing a financial transaction accident in advance.

The banknote withdrawal unit 270 receives a banknote from a customer when there is a transaction deposit or withdraws a banknote of a corresponding amount when there is a transaction withdrawal request from the customer. The banknote entry and withdrawal unit is provided with a variety of sensors it is possible to manage the state of banknotes and withdrawals. The printing unit 280 performs a function of printing a financial transaction history and the like on a slip.

The present invention is characterized by displaying the image having a variety of themes on the screen unit 210, hereinafter, the functions of the memory 220, the screen unit 210, the control unit 200 associated with these technical features This will be described in detail.

The memory 220 is a recording medium for storing predetermined data, and the memory includes a hard disk, a flash memory, a compact flash card, a secure digital card, and an SM card. A module capable of inputting / outputting information such as a smart media card, an MMC card, a memory stick, or the like, may be provided inside the device or may be provided in a separate device.

Various images are stored in the memory 220 by DB for each theme. An example of a table stored in a database for each theme is described in Table 1 below.

TABLE 1

Theme DB Type Theme video 1st theme DB Seasonal video 2nd theme DB Each area information video Third Theme DB Book Information Video ... ... ... ... ... ... N Theme DB Bank advertising video

Referring to [Table 1], the seasonal theme video is stored in the first theme DB, the regional information video in the second theme DB, the book information video in the third theme DB, the bank advertisement video in the N theme DB Each is stored. The images of each theme DB stored in the memory are called and displayed according to the situation.

For example, when the screen unit 210 of the automated teller machine is set to display seasonal images and the date timer of the automated teller machine is December, which is a winter season, the winter seasonal image is displayed as shown in FIG. 3A. It is displayed on the screen. Similarly, if the screen unit of the automated teller machine is set to display a regional information image, the automatic teller machine displays the local information image of the corresponding installation region on the screen unit as shown in FIG. 3B. In order to display the regional information of the region, it is necessary to know the location of the region where the automatic teller machine is installed. The position of the region where the automatic teller machine is installed is set by the administrator when the automatic teller machine is installed.

On the other hand, in Table 1, as the type of the theme image, each seasonal image, each region information image, book information image, bank advertisement video, etc. as an example, it will be obvious that various theme images may exist. For example, in addition to the theme image, the day landscape and the night landscape may be stored as images, so that the day landscape may be displayed in the day time zone and the night landscape in the night time zone on the screen of the automated teller machine.

The screen unit 210 is composed of a liquid crystal monitor, such as an LCD, CRT monitor to perform a function for displaying a financial transaction, the present invention is characterized in that for displaying the image for each theme in the standby mode in which the financial transaction is not performed. do. Since the display of the financial transaction menu for the financial transaction task in the standby mode is inefficient, the preset theme image is displayed on the screen of the automatic teller machine in the standby mode without the financial transaction.

The control unit 200 includes an algorithm for controlling each function unit to display a theme image on the screen unit. That is, when a financial transaction is made, the financial transaction details and menus are displayed, and when all financial transaction tasks are terminated and converted to the standby mode, the predetermined theme image is read from the memory and displayed. An algorithm of the controller is shown in FIG. 4.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a display process of a screen unit of an automatic teller machine according to the present invention.

Prior to installing the automatic teller machine at a specific point, the process of registering and storing the theme image to be displayed on the screen of the automatic teller machine in a memory (S402). That is, various theme images are stored in a memory, and a process of setting the controller to have unique address information of each theme image registered and stored in the memory as described above. After the various theme images are registered and stored in the memory as described above, a process of setting which theme image is to be displayed on the screen unit in the standby mode of the automatic teller machine (S404). For example, if the automated teller machine is to be installed in a library, and the book information is to be displayed on the screen of the teller machine, the book information image among the theme images stored in the memory is displayed on the display unit in the standby mode. It is to have a process.

When power is supplied to the automated teller machine and booted and initialized (S406), and the operation of the automated teller machine is normally performed, the controller of the automated teller machine determines whether the current state is in the standby mode (S408). The standby mode determination may be determined as a standby mode when there is no key input from the user for a predetermined time or when a person is not sensed in front of the ATM.

As a result of the determination of the standby mode, if it is not the standby mode, the financial transaction business is displayed as usual (S412). That is, the financial transaction menu and the financial transaction history are displayed. As a result of the determination of the standby mode, in the standby mode, the theme image set in step S404 is displayed on the screen unit (S410). That is, the controller reads the theme image from the memory and displays it on the screen according to the unique address of the theme image set in step S404.

In the above description of the present invention, a specific embodiment of the automatic teller machine whose screen display is different for each theme has been described. However, various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not to be determined by the embodiments described above, but will be apparent in the claims as well as equivalent scope.

As described above, the present invention has an effect of providing various information by displaying various theme images in a standby mode state rather than a financial transaction service. In addition, it is possible to provide a variety of landscape images has the effect of improving the bank image.

Claims (5)

In the automatic teller machine that executes unmanned automatic financial transaction, Memory that stores a plurality of theme images for each theme, A screen unit displaying a theme image set by an administrator among a plurality of the theme images; In the standby mode without financial transactions, a control unit having an algorithm for displaying a preset theme image on the screen unit. Financial automation device for displaying a theme image with a. The financial automatic device of claim 1, wherein the theme image for each theme includes a theme theme image, a region theme image, a book information theme image, and a bank advertisement theme image. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the screen unit displays a financial transaction menu and a financial transaction menu in a financial transaction mode, and displays the theme image in a standby mode. Setting a theme image to be displayed on the screen in the standby mode of the automatic teller machine; Displaying a financial transaction menu when a financial transaction request is made from a user; Displaying the set theme image in the standby mode without financial transactions; Displaying the financial transaction menu when the standby mode ends; Theme image display method of the automated teller machine comprising a. The method of claim 4, wherein the standby mode is set to a standby mode when there is no key input from a user.

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