TW202134768A - Stationary terminal device capable of displaying information and performing payment process - Google Patents

Abstract

A stationary terminal device comprising: a casing which is placed on a placement surface; and a touch panel that is provided to a first surface of the casing, that allows an operation to be inputted from outside the casing, and that can display information such that the information is visible from outside the casing, wherein the surface of the touch panel is disposed such that when the casing is placed on the placement surface, an angle X formed by the placement surface and the surface of the touch panel is larger than 45 DEG but smaller than 90 DEG.

Description

Fixed terminal device capable of information display and payment processing

The present disclosure relates to a fixed terminal device and a fixed terminal system equipped with a display unit that displays information for users to visually recognize, and a fixed terminal device that implements payment processing using a credit card.

Patent Document 1 discloses a fixed type terminal device that can be placed on a placement surface that is a flat surface. This fixed terminal device is provided with a housing, and a display part and a key input part which are arranged on the upper surface of the housing when the housing is placed on the mounting surface. However, in this fixed terminal device, when the frame is placed on the placement surface, the upper surface of the frame faces the rear and becomes a gentle upward slope.

Patent Document 2 discloses a payment terminal device for making payments using a magnetic reading type credit card. [Prior Technical Literature] [Patent Literature]

[Patent Document 1] Japanese Patent No. 6283915 [Patent Document 2] JP 2016-33712 A

[The problem to be solved by the invention]

In the fixed terminal device of Patent Document 1, when the frame is placed on a placement surface (for example, the top of a counter, etc.), the surface of the display portion is formed to be about 30˚ or less smaller than the placement surface. angle. By this, the visibility of the user when observing the display part from above and the stability of the pressing operation of the key input part are ensured.

In recent years, in such a fixed terminal device, a large-scale touch panel that functions as a display unit and an input unit may be used instead of the display unit and the key input unit. In this case, if it is based on the structure of the fixed terminal device of Patent Document 1, the inclination of the display unit with respect to the mounting surface is small (that is, the angle formed by the display surface and the mounting surface is small ), therefore, in order to install the device, it is necessary to ensure a wider mounting surface. Furthermore, for example, when the height between the mounting surface (for example, the top of the counter, etc.) on which the fixed terminal device is mounted and the floor supporting the mounting surface is high (for example, the position is facing the front In the case of the height of the position of the sight of the standing user), if it is based on the structure of the fixed terminal device of Patent Document 1, it is difficult for the user to view the touch panel (that is, the display unit), and it will also There is a possibility that sufficient visibility and operability cannot be ensured.

Also, for example, when it is placed on a placement surface with a high height between the floor supporting the placement surface, etc., considering the visibility and operability of the touch panel, it can also be considered The surface of the touch panel is provided so as to be inclined at a relatively steep angle with respect to the placement surface (standing method). However, in this case, the center of gravity of the entire fixed terminal device becomes higher, depending on the mounting environment, there is also the possibility that the stability during operation cannot be ensured.

In payment with a credit card (hereinafter referred to as "credit card payment"), after reading the card information memorized in the memory of the credit card, the operation with identity verification is performed. Identity verification operations, for example, are the recording of a signature, the input of a PIN code, or the input of a security code. That is, in credit card payment, two types of operations are performed.

The present disclosure was made to solve the above-mentioned problems. The first object is to provide a device that can be placed on a relatively narrow placement surface even when the height of the placement surface is high. It is possible to appropriately secure a fixed terminal device with high visibility and operability. The second objective is to provide a technology that can appropriately ensure the stability of the terminal device according to the mounting environment. The third objective is to provide a technology for reducing the workload of credit card payment. [Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned first objective, the exemplary embodiment in the first aspect relates to a fixed terminal device, and the fixed terminal device is provided with: The frame is placed on the mounting surface; and The touch panel is provided on the first surface of the frame, can input operations from the outside of the frame, and can display information in a manner that can be visually recognized from the outside of the frame. The surface of the touch panel is such that when the frame is placed on the placing surface, the angle X formed by the placing surface and the surface of the touch panel will be larger than 45˚ And it is constructed in a way that is smaller than 90˚.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned second objective, the exemplary embodiment in the second aspect relates to a fixed terminal system, and the fixed terminal system is provided with: Terminal device; and A supporting member that can be used for loading and unloading of the aforementioned terminal device, The aforementioned terminal device is provided with: a frame; and a touch panel is provided so as to be exposed on the surface of the frame, and can input operations and display information. The aforementioned terminal device can be used in a second aspect. In the second aspect, the bottom surface of the frame is placed on the placement surface, so that the placement surface and the touch panel The angle X formed by the surface will form an angle larger than 45˚ and smaller than 90˚. The support member is mounted on the side surface of the frame opposite to the surface on which the touch panel is provided during the period when the terminal device is used in the second aspect, and The first part of the side surface can be supported, and a part of the side surface is arranged behind the side surface and arranged on the mounting surface. During the period when the terminal device is used in the second aspect, even when the support member is not mounted, it can stand on the bottom surface and stand on its own with respect to the mounting surface.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned third objective, the exemplary embodiment in the third aspect relates to a fixed terminal device, and the fixed terminal device is provided with: The reading part reads the card information stored in the memory part of the credit card; and The video camera is to take pictures of the photographing area including the specific information recorded on the credit card during the period when the card information is read by the reading unit; and The payment processing execution unit executes payment processing using the card information read by the reading unit and the specific information obtained based on the photographic image captured by the camera. [Effects of Invention]

If it is based on the structure of the fixed terminal device of the above-mentioned first aspect, the surface of the touch panel, when the frame is placed on the mounting surface, is compared with the fixed terminal device of the prior art. It is provided with a method of tilting (in other words, standing up) at a relatively steep angle with respect to the mounting surface. That is, according to the above-mentioned structure, the surface of the touch panel is not arranged to lie down in a gently inclined manner, but to be arranged upright at a relatively steep angle. Therefore, when the fixed terminal device is mounted, the mounting area when the mounting surface is viewed in plan is only a small area. In other words, in order to mount a fixed terminal device, it is only necessary to ensure a narrow mounting surface. Also, for example, when the height between the floor and the floor supporting the placement surface is high (for example, the position is at the height of the position of the line of sight of the user standing toward the front of the placement surface). At this time, as long as the user faces the front, the possibility of visual recognition of the touch panel is high, and the visual recognition and operability can be ensured. Therefore, according to the above configuration, it can be placed on a relatively narrow placement surface, and even when the placement surface is high from the ground, high visibility can be appropriately ensured. And operability.

If it is based on the structure of the fixed terminal device of the second aspect, when the terminal device is used in the second aspect, the surface of the touch panel is In this case, it is provided in a manner that the fixed terminal device is inclined at a steeper angle (in other words, stands up) with respect to the mounting surface compared to the prior art fixed terminal device. When the terminal device is used in this second aspect, for example, even when it is mounted on a mounting surface with a high height from the floor supporting the mounting surface, etc. , It can also ensure the visibility and operability of the touch panel. In addition, the supporting member can be attached to and detached from the terminal device. In addition, the supporting member can support the first part of the side surface by being attached to the side surface of the frame body during the period when the fixed terminal device is used in the second aspect, and a part of it is attached to It is arrange|positioned on the said mounting surface at the back side of the said side surface. That is, according to the above-mentioned structure, by mounting the supporting member on the terminal device used in the second aspect, compared to the case where the terminal device is used as a single unit, it is placed on the mounting surface The position of the upper support terminal device is arranged at the rear side of the side surface. Therefore, the stability of the terminal device placed on the placement surface can be improved. Therefore, according to the above configuration, the stability of the terminal device can be appropriately ensured in accordance with the mounting environment.

Generally speaking, at the credit card, information useful for identity verification is recorded (for example, the cardholder’s own signature, security code). According to the configuration of the fixed terminal device of the third aspect, the fixed terminal device, during the period when the card information is read by the reading unit, is photographed containing the specific information recorded on the credit card Of photography portraits. With this, the fixed terminal device is able to obtain specific information from the credit card, which is the information used for identity verification, without allowing the customer to perform the operation for identity verification, and can implement the use of card information Payment processing with specific information. Therefore, it can reduce the workload of credit card payment.

(First Embodiment)

1 to 6, the terminal device 2 of this embodiment will be described. The terminal device 2 of the present embodiment shown in FIG. 1 is, for example, a fixed-type terminal device that is used as a flat mounting surface 100 placed on a counter of a store or the like. The terminal device 2 performs, for example, electronic payment processing or authentication processing for authenticating a person or the like.

As shown in FIG. 1, the terminal device 2 is provided with a frame 10 that is placed on a placement surface 100 that is a flat surface. The frame body 10 is a casing constituting the main body of the terminal device 2. The frame body 10 is provided with a front surface 10a, an upper surface 10b, a bottom surface 10c, a side surface 10d, a support portion 10e, a rear point 10f, and a joint portion 10g. In addition, a paper discharge port 11 is opened at the front surface 10a. The terminal device 2 has a height direction (up and down direction) HD, and a width direction WD and a longitudinal direction LD intersecting the height direction HD because the entire system is formed in a box shape. The terminal device 2 is, for example, 25 cm in the height direction HD, and 15 cm in the width direction WD. The upper surface 10b equipped with the camera 14 etc. is connected in the height direction HD via the front surface 10a and the side surface 10d. The front surface 10a with the touch panel 12 is a two-dimensional surface defined by the height direction HD and the longitudinal direction LD. The side surface 10d provided with the magnetic reading unit 20 is a two-dimensional surface defined by the height direction HD and the width direction WD.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the terminal device 2 is provided with various elements so as to be exposed on the surface of the housing 10 or to be housed in the housing 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the terminal device 2 is provided with a touch panel 12, a camera 14, and a non-contact IC reading and writing unit 16, and a contact IC reading and writing unit 18, and a magnetic reading unit. 20. The communication interface 22, the printing execution unit 24, the control unit 40, and the memory 42. Below, the interface is described as "I/F". Among these, the control unit 40, the memory 42, and the communication I/F 22 constitute the processor 3.

The touch panel 12 functions as a display unit capable of displaying various information, and also functions as an operation unit capable of detecting a user's operation. As shown in FIG. 1, the touch panel 12 is arranged in such a way that it is exposed at the front surface 10 a of the frame body 10.

The camera 14 is a camera capable of taking pictures within a specific photographable range. For example, the camera 14 is a fisheye camera. The camera 14 includes, for example, an imaging element 15 including a CCD image sensor, a CMOS image sensor, and the like. As shown in FIG. 1, the camera 14 is arranged on the upper surface 10 b of the housing 10. The camera 14 arranged at the upper surface 10b can also be covered by a transparent plate or the like (not shown).

The non-contact IC reading and writing unit 16 is designed to perform short-distance wireless communication (for example, NFC communication conforming to the NFC standard) between itself and an external non-contact IC card (not shown), and read A reader/writer that fetches information recorded in the IC card or writes information to the IC card. Although not shown in the figure, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16 includes an antenna that outputs radio waves for performing short-range wireless communication. As shown in FIG. 1, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16 is also arranged on the upper surface 10 b of the housing 10.

The contact IC read/write unit 18 is to communicate with the IC module on the surface of the contact type IC card by contacting with the external IC module, and the reading is recorded on the IC card. The information in the card or the reader that writes information to the IC card. As shown in FIG. 1, the contact IC read/write unit 18 is also arranged on the upper surface 10 b of the frame body 10. As shown in the example in Figure 1, the contact IC read/write unit 18 has a slit-shaped insertion hole. If a contact type IC card is inserted into the insertion hole, the IC module and the contact IC can be read The terminals of the writing part 18 are in contact.

The magnetic reading unit 20 is capable of contacting an external magnetic stripe provided on the magnetic stripe card (more specifically, the magnetic stripe card is brought into contact with the magnetic reading unit 20 and sliding ) Is a reader that reads the information recorded in the magnetic stripe. As shown in FIG. 1, the magnetic reading unit 20 is arranged at the side surface 10d of the frame body 10. The magnetic reading unit 20 is provided with a wide slit which can slide the magnetic stripe card.

The communication I/F22 is connected to the Internet (not shown), and is used to implement wireless communication between itself and an external server (not shown) via the Internet (for example, for Implement the wireless communication I/F of electronic payment communication, etc.). In this embodiment, the communication I/F 22 is provided inside the housing 10 and cannot be visually recognized from the outside. In other cases, the communication I/F22 can also be used as a wired communication I/F to implement wired communication via the Internet.

The printing execution unit 24 is a printing mechanism for printing and outputting small documents such as receipts. The printing execution unit 24 includes a paper roll 30, a print head 32, a platen roller 34, and a guide roller 36 (see FIG. 5). The detailed structure of the printing execution unit 24 of this embodiment will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 5.

The control unit 40 is composed of a computer with a CPU (central processing unit) 40A that is responsible for the calculation center and a main memory 40B as a work area as the main body, and follows the programs stored in the memory 42 Perform various processing (for example, payment processing, authentication processing, etc.). The memory 42 is a recording medium such as ROM (abbreviation of Read Only Memory) 42A, RAM (abbreviation of Random Access Memory) 42B, etc., and non-volatile memory (not shown) as needed And be constituted. As mentioned above, the memory 42 stores a predetermined program so that it can be executed by the CPU 40A. In this embodiment, ROM42A functions as a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium (non-transitory computer-readable recording medium), and uses the above-mentioned programs and other processing programs as the source code (source code) for storage. This non-transitory computer readable medium can also be constructed with RAM in a form that does not make the memory information disappear. In addition, the memory 42 is also provided with an area for memorizing various kinds of information generated as the control unit 40 executes various processes. In this embodiment, the CPU 40A executes the program read from the memory 42B in the work area. The RAM 42B is configured to temporarily store data during the processing of the CPU 40A. Of course, the above-mentioned configuration is only one example of the configuration of the processor 3, and other configurations may be adopted as long as the program can be executed for necessary processing. For example, the system can also be a component of an organizational redundant system. The CPU40A is an element responsible for the calculation center of the computer system. As long as it has the same function, it may be different in name (for example, calculation device). In this embodiment, the control unit 40 and the memory 42 are also provided in the housing 10 and cannot be visually recognized from the outside.

(Positional relationship between touch panel 12 and information acquisition unit) As mentioned above, the touch panel 12 used by the user to visually recognize and input information is arranged on the front surface 10a of the frame 10 (refer to FIGS. 1 and 3). In addition, the information acquisition units of the camera 14, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16, and the contact IC read/write unit 18 are installed on the upper surface 10b of the housing 10. As shown in FIG. 1, when the upper surface 10b is viewed from the front of the touch panel 12, that is, when viewed from the long side direction WD, the touch panel 12A is visually recognizable. The system is positioned further behind the front surface 10a, that is, it is arranged in such a way that the touch panel 12 and the upper surface 10b are sequentially seen in the longitudinal direction WD.

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the surface of the touch panel 12 is formed so that when the frame body 10 is placed on the placement surface 100, it will be relatively larger than the placement surface 100. An angle X that is 45˚ larger and smaller than 90˚ is available. Specifically, the angle X is 45˚ or more and less than 90˚. That is, in this embodiment, the surface of the touch panel 12 is inclined at a steep angle with respect to the placing surface 100 when the frame 10 is placed on the placing surface 100 It is arranged in a way (standing up). Therefore, when the terminal device 2 is mounted, the mounting area when the mounting surface 100 is viewed in plan is only a small area. In other words, in order to mount the terminal device 2 of this embodiment, it is only necessary to ensure a narrow mounting surface 100. Also, for example, when it is placed on the placement surface 100 where the height between the ground and the ground is high (for example, the height of the position of the line of sight of the user standing toward the front) of the placement surface 100, the user As long as it faces the front, the possibility of visual recognition of the touch panel 12 is high, and the visibility and operability can be ensured. Therefore, the terminal device 2 of the present embodiment can be mounted on a relatively narrow mounting surface 100, and even when the mounting surface 100 is at a high height from the ground or is mounted on the terminal device 2 When the distance of the mounting surface 100 for mounting is high and the height of the floor supporting the mounting surface 100 is high, etc., the high visibility of the touch panel 12 and the high operation of the touch panel 12 can be appropriately ensured. sex. In particular, the terminal device 2 of the present embodiment can be arranged even when it is required to be arranged in a place where only a narrow arrangement area can be secured, such as a counter of a store. Here, the reason for setting the angle X to be larger than 45˚ and smaller than 90˚ will be explained in detail. For example, in the case where the angle X'is larger than 90˚ indicated by the virtual line A, for example, in the case where a finger is intended to operate the touch panel 12 and a touch is made , The pressure exerted by the touched finger on the frame 10 will not be applied to the rear point 10f which is the fulcrum of the frame 10, but will move the frame 10 upwards. The way of pushing up is applied. On the other hand, when the angle X is smaller than 90˚, the force caused by the touch operation will also be applied to the rear point 10f. Therefore, compared to the angle X, it is 90˚ and In larger cases, the stability of the frame 10 is better. In this way, when the angle X is larger than 90˚, since the stability of the touch panel 12 is low especially when the touch panel 12 is operated, the angle X is set to be smaller than 90˚ . When the angle X is the angle X" in the case where the angle X is smaller than 45˚, as shown in FIG. In the case of 45˚ and larger, since the frame 10 will be tilted toward the rear, a greater force will be applied at the point 10B behind the frame 10 due to the insertion of the IC card, and the rear point 10f will become Cannot support the frame 10. On the other hand, the inventor found that if the angle X is larger than 45˚, it can solve the problem caused by the insertion of the IC card 50 in the contact IC reading and writing section 18. This caused the lack of stability of the frame 10, and the angle X was set to be larger than 45˚.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, the upper surface 10b on which the information acquisition units of the camera 14, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16, and the contact IC read/write unit 18 are arranged is set relative to The mounting surface 100 is arranged in such a way that it is larger than 0˚ and is an angle Y that is less than the above-mentioned angle X. That is, the upper surface 10b is formed so that the angle Y becomes equal to or less than the angle X. The angle Y is drawn parallel to the mounting surface 100 from the junction 10g connecting the front surface 10a and the upper surface 10b. The angle formed by the virtual line B drawn from the upper surface 10b and the virtual line C drawn along the edge of the frame 10 from the junction 10g toward the height direction HD at the upper surface 10b. Therefore, in this embodiment, the visibility of the touch panel 12 will not be hindered by the presence of the information acquisition unit such as the camera 14. In addition, there is no case that the information acquisition unit (camera 14 etc.) obtains information from the outside due to the touch panel 12 and other parts of the housing 10 and the like. Therefore, according to this embodiment, the visibility of the touch panel 12 can be ensured, and the information acquisition unit can also appropriately acquire information.

(Viewing angle of imaging element 15) As described above, the camera 14 provided at the upper surface 10b is provided with an image pickup element 15. Generally speaking, a photographic image taken by the imaging element 15 is a rectangle formed by a large number of pixels, and has long sides and short sides. FIG. 4 is a diagram schematically showing a photographic image 200 taken by the imaging element 15 mounted on the camera 14 of the present embodiment. That is, the photographic portrait 200 in FIG. 4 schematically shows the photographable range (also referred to as the "angle of view") caused by the imaging element 15. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the image pickup element 15 is made with the mounting surface 100 as a reference, and the long side 202 of the photographed image 200 becomes vertical and the short side 204 becomes horizontal. Configuration. In other words, the imaging element 15 is arranged so that the number of vertical pixels in the photographic image 200 becomes larger than the number of horizontal pixels.

Therefore, for example, when the camera 14 is used to photograph the whole body of the user including the face, it becomes easy to photograph the whole body of the user. In particular, compared to the case where the image pickup element is configured such that the long side of the photographed image becomes horizontal and the short side becomes vertical, it is possible to appropriately photograph the entire body of the user. The terminal device 2 can accurately perform the authentication process when the user's face image is used for personal authentication or the like. In addition, as described above, since the camera 14 can also be a fish-eye camera, the angle of view is wide, and it is easy to take a picture of the whole body of the user.

(Print Execution Department 24) As described above, the printing execution unit 24 is a printing mechanism for printing and outputting small documents such as receipts. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 5, the printing execution unit 24 includes a paper roll 30, a printing head 32, a platen roller 34, and a guide roller 36. The paper roll 30 is a roll formed by winding the recording paper 31. The printing head 32 is a head for printing characters, images, etc. on the printing surface 31a (the upper surface in FIGS. 5 and 6) of the recording paper 31 drawn from the paper roll 30. The platen roller 34 is a roller arranged at a position corresponding to the print head 32, and is used to hold the recording paper when the print head 32 prints characters or the like on the printing surface 31a of the recording paper 31 Of the roll. The guide roller 36 is a roller for guiding the recording paper 31 drawn from the paper roll 30 to the position of the printing head 32.

As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the printing execution unit 24 having the above-mentioned configuration is arranged inside the housing 10 and at a position near the bottom surface 10c. Also, as shown in FIGS. 1, 5, and 6, between the touch panel 12 in the front surface 10a of the frame 10 and the bottom edge of the front surface 10a (that is, the edge connected to the bottom surface 10c) , Is formed with a paper discharge port 11 for discharging the recording paper 31 from the inside of the housing 10 to the outside. Therefore, the recording paper 31 on which characters and the like are printed on the printing surface 31a (the upper surface in FIGS. 5 and 6) by the printing head 32 is discharged from the paper discharge port 11 to the frame 10 external.

As shown in FIG. 5, in this embodiment, the printing execution unit 24 having the above-mentioned configuration is arranged inside the housing 10 and at a position near the bottom surface 10c (refer to FIG. 5). Therefore, in the terminal device 2 of this embodiment, the center of gravity of the entire terminal device 2 is lowered mainly due to the weight of the paper roll 30 and the print head 32, and it is possible to exhibit high stability when the terminal device 2 is placed. The advantages of sex.

In addition, in this embodiment, the paper discharge port 11 is formed between the touch panel 12 and the bottom edge of the front surface 10a (that is, the edge that is in contact with the bottom surface 10c). Therefore, interference between the recording paper 31 discharged from the paper discharge port 11 and the display surface of the touch panel 12 is suppressed.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the surface of the recording paper 31 corresponding to the outer side of the paper roll 30 is used as the printing surface 31a. In addition, the printing execution unit 24 is configured to discharge the recording paper 31 from the paper discharge port 11 with its printing surface 31a facing upward. In general, the recording paper 31 drawn from the paper roll 30 has a tendency to curl in the direction in which the paper roll 30 is wound. In the present embodiment, the recording paper 31 discharged from the paper discharge port 11 has a tendency to curl in the direction of rounding (rolling up) toward the lower side. Therefore, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, if a flat surface such as a placement surface 100 is also present in front of the paper discharge port 11, the discharged recording paper 31 is not rounded. It extends along the flat surface, so the user becomes easy to visually recognize the content printed on the printed surface.

Above, the configuration of the terminal device 2 of this embodiment has been described. As mentioned above, the surface of the touch panel 12, when the frame 10 is placed on the placement surface 100, compared to the fixed terminal device of the prior art, it will be more relative to the placement surface 100. It is arranged in a steep angle and inclined (standing up). Therefore, according to the terminal device 2 of this embodiment, it can be mounted on a relatively narrow mounting surface 100, and it can be secured even when the mounting surface 100 is high from the ground. It has high visibility and operability.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the terminal device 2 is provided with a camera 14 capable of photographing various portraits such as a portrait of a user's face, and is capable of reading data stored in an external recording medium (for example, an IC card). The contact IC read/write unit 16 and the contact IC read/write unit 18 are an information acquisition unit for acquiring information from the outside. Therefore, according to the configuration of the present embodiment, the terminal device 2 can use the information obtained from the outside to perform various processes such as payment and authentication.

The corresponding relationship between this embodiment and the request is explained in advance. The front face 10a of the frame body 10 is an example of the "first face", and the upper face 10b is an example of the "second face".

In the above, although the specific examples of the first embodiment have been described, these are only examples and are not intended to limit the scope of patent applications. The technology described in the scope of the patent application includes various modifications and changes to the specific examples illustrated above. For example, in the first embodiment, the following modifications may also be adopted.

(Modification 1) In the first embodiment, at the printing execution unit 24, the surface of the recording paper 31 corresponding to the outer side of the paper roll 30 is used as the printing surface 31a. In addition, the printing execution unit 24 is configured to discharge the recording paper 31 from the paper discharge port 11 with its printing surface 31a facing upward. However, the system is not limited to this, and the surface of the recording paper 31 corresponding to the inner side of the paper roll 30 may be used as the printing surface. In this case, it is not necessary to adopt a configuration in which the recording paper 31 is discharged from the paper discharge port 11 with the printing surface of the recording paper 31 facing upward.

(Modification 2) In the terminal device 2 described above, the print execution unit 24 and the paper discharge port 11 may be omitted. That is, the terminal device 2 may also be a device that does not print on the recording paper and output the printed recording paper.

(Modification 3) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the imaging element 15 is arranged so that the long side 202 of the photographed image 200 becomes vertical and the short side 204 becomes horizontal, based on the mounting surface 100. In the modified example, the imaging element 15 can also be arranged in other orientations. Therefore, for example, the imaging element 15 can also be arranged so that the long side of the photographed image becomes horizontal and the short side becomes vertical.

(Modification 4) In the above-mentioned embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the upper surface 10b on which the information acquisition units of the camera 14, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16, and the contact IC read/write unit 18 are provided, It is arranged to form an angle Y which is larger than 0˚ and smaller than the above-mentioned angle X with respect to the mounting surface 100. In the modified example, the system is not limited to this. The upper surface 10b on which each information acquisition unit is installed can also be at an angle of 0˚ with respect to the mounting surface 100 (that is, with respect to the mounting surface 100). It is arranged so that it becomes horizontal), and it can also arrange so that it may become a larger angle than the angle X with respect to the mounting surface 100. As shown in FIG.

(Modification 5) In the above-mentioned embodiment, the terminal device 2 is provided with the camera 14 as an information acquisition unit that acquires information from the outside. In the modified example, the camera 14 may not be provided as the information acquisition unit. In addition, in other modified examples, the terminal device 2 may not include the information acquisition unit such as the camera 14, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16, the contact IC read/write unit 18, and the like.

(Second Embodiment) Next, referring to the drawings, the fixed terminal system 90 of the second embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the terminal system 90 that functions as a fixed terminal system is provided with a support member 6 that can be attached to and detached from the terminal device 2 and supports the terminal device 2 by being mounted on the terminal device 2. . In addition, the same reference numerals are assigned to components that are substantially the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

A part of the side surface 10d is also formed with a reduced waist 9 that is recessed toward the front 10a side. In other words, a part of the side 10d is tapered toward the front 10a at a part (the waist 9). By providing the waist reduction part 9 at the frame body 10, the user can put his fingers on the waist reduction part 9 when holding the terminal device 2. Therefore, for example, when changing the usage pattern, the user becomes easy to hold the terminal device 2.

As shown in FIG. 8, on the inner side of the side surface 10d, an iron plate 60 which is magnetically attracted to the magnet 84 embedded in the supporting member 6 described later is embedded.

The cable 70 is a cable for communication and power supply. The cable 70 is provided so as to extend from the side surface 10d side of the housing 10 toward the outside.

As shown in FIGS. 7 to 11, the supporting member 6 is a supporting member capable of supporting the terminal device 2 by being mounted on the side surface 10d of the housing 10 of the terminal device 2. However, as described above, the supporting member 6 can be attached to and detached from the terminal device 2 (refer to FIG. 7 and FIG. 9 in particular). In this embodiment, the supporting member 6 is provided with a holding portion 80 that is held so as to surround the side surface 10d of the frame 10 of the terminal device 2, a bottom portion 81, and a side portion 83. The holding portion 80 is formed into a curved shape suitable for the side surface 10d. In addition, on the inner side of the holding portion 80, a magnet 84 which is magnetically attracted to the iron plate 60 of the side surface 10d of the terminal device 2 is concealed. The bottom 81 is formed flat. The bottom 81 extends from the holding portion 80 to the side portion 83, and is formed with a guide groove 82 for allowing the cable 70 extending from the terminal device 2 to pass therethrough.

(Using State of Terminal System 90) Next, a description will be given of the usage state of the terminal system 90 having the above-mentioned configuration. The usage mode of the terminal system 90 is roughly divided into two types according to the usage mode of the terminal device 2. The terminal device 2 can be arranged in a first aspect (refer to FIGS. 7-9) in which the touch panel 12 is erected and arranged in a second aspect in which the touch panel 12 is laid down (refer to FIG. 10). , Figure 11) any one of the state for use.

(The first aspect of terminal device 2) 7-9, the first aspect of the terminal device 2 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 7-9, when the terminal device 2 is used in the first aspect, the bottom surface 10c of the housing 10 is placed on the placement surface 100. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8, the surface of the touch panel 12 forms an angle X that is larger than 45˚ and smaller than 90˚ with respect to the placing surface 100, and Be equipped. That is, when the terminal device 4 is used in the first aspect, the surface of the touch panel 12 is inclined (stands up) at a steep angle with respect to the mounting surface 100 It is configured.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, while the terminal device 4 is used in the first aspect, the supporting member 6 can be attached to the side surface 10d of the housing 10. Specifically, the holding portion 80 of the support member 6 is mounted so as to cover the portion 10h (the portion supported by the support member) of the side surface 10d of the frame 10 that is close to the bottom surface 10c. At this time, the magnet 84 embedded in the supporting member 6 is magnetically attracted to the iron plate 60 embedded in the vicinity of the side surface 10d of the frame body 10. If the supporting member 6 is attached to the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect, the bottom 81 of the supporting member 6 and the bottom surface 10c of the housing 10 are arranged on the same plane. That is, by attaching the supporting member 6 to the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect, the rear end of the supporting member 6 is arranged behind the side surface 10d and arranged on the mounting surface 100 Up (refer to Figure 8). Therefore, compared with the case where the terminal device 2 is used alone, the position (point) supporting the terminal device 2 on the mounting surface 100 is arranged behind the side surface 10d. As a result, the stability of the terminal device 2 placed on the placement surface 100 can be improved. Even when an operation is performed on the surface of the touch panel 12, the stability of the terminal device 2 can be ensured. In addition, since the mounting of the support member 6 to the terminal device 2 is performed with magnetic attraction, the mounting of the support member 6 can be easily performed compared to the case where magnetic attraction is not performed. . In addition, the system can also effectively suppress the positional deviation of the supporting member 6 after mounting, and can appropriately ensure the stability of the terminal device 2.

Furthermore, when the supporting member 6 is attached to the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect, the cable 70 of the terminal device 2 passes through the guide groove 82 and extends from the side surface 83 toward the rear Make an extension. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the obstruction of the mounting of the supporting member 6 to the terminal device 2 due to the cable 70.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 9, during the period when the terminal device 2 is used in the first aspect, the support member 6 may not be attached (that is, removed). Even in this case, the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect can be mounted on the mounting surface 100 by placing the bottom surface 10c of the housing 10 on the mounting surface 100, even if it is not. It can also stand on its own by being supported by the supporting member 6. Therefore, for example, when there are other supporting members such as pillars behind the mounting surface 100, the use of the supporting member 6 can be omitted by adapting to the situation or environment, so that the operation can be ensured. Use it when the time is stable.

As described above, according to the terminal system 90 of this embodiment, when the terminal device 2 is used in the first aspect, it is possible to appropriately ensure the use of the terminal device 2 according to the mounting environment. Time stability.

(The second aspect of terminal device 2) 10 and 11, the second aspect of the terminal device 2 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, when the terminal device 2 is used in the second aspect, it is arranged so that the side surface 10d of the housing 10 faces the mounting surface 100 . Furthermore, when the terminal device 2 is used in the second aspect, in the same way, the side surface 10d of the frame 10 is equipped with a supporting member 6, and the frame 10 is supported by the supporting member 6. . Specifically, the supporting member 6 is configured to place the side portion 83 on the mounting surface 100, and to arrange the holding portion 80 upward, and to frame the holding portion 80 arranged upward. The side surface 10d of the body 10 has a part 10i close to the upper surface 10b (the part supported by the supporting member) for covering. At this time, the magnet 84 embedded in the supporting member 6 may also be magnetically attracted to the iron plate 60 embedded in the vicinity of the side surface 10d of the frame body 10.

As shown in FIG. 10, when the terminal device 2 is used in the second aspect, the surface of the touch panel 12 is formed to be larger than 0˚ and 45˚ with respect to the placement surface 100. The following angle Z. In this way, when the terminal device 4 is used in the second aspect, the surface of the touch panel 12 is inclined relatively gently (in other words, lying down) with respect to the placing surface 100 It is configured.

In this way, in this embodiment, the use mode of the terminal device 2 can be switched between the first mode and the second mode according to the placement environment. Therefore, in the terminal system 90 of this embodiment, the terminal device 2 can be used in a state corresponding to the mounting environment.

Above, the terminal system 90 of the present embodiment has been described. As described above, according to the terminal system 90 of this embodiment, the terminal device 2 can be used in a mode (first mode or second mode) corresponding to the mounting environment. However, when the terminal device 2 is used in the first aspect, by installing the supporting member 6, the stability of the terminal device 2 placed on the mounting surface 100 can be improved. On the other hand, the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect can also be used alone with the support member 6 removed. By omitting the use of the supporting member 6 in accordance with the situation or environment, it can be used while ensuring the stability during operation. Therefore, according to the terminal system 90 of this embodiment, the stability of the terminal device 2 can be appropriately ensured in accordance with the mounting environment.

The correspondence relationship between this embodiment and the record of the claim is explained in advance. The part 10h (refer to FIG. 8) in the side surface 10d of the frame body 10 is an example of the "part 1". The part 10i (refer to FIG. 10) in the side surface 10d of the frame body 10 is an example of the "Second Part". The magnet 84 is an example of the "first magnet", and the iron plate 60 is an example of the "magnetic body". The guiding groove 82 is an example of the "cable guiding part".

In the second embodiment, for example, the following modifications may also be adopted.

(Modification 6) In the above-mentioned embodiment, "the support member 6 is provided with a magnet 84, and the terminal device 2 side is provided with an iron plate 60, and the support member 6 is mounted on the terminal device 2. At that time, it is accompanied by a "magnetic adsorption" structure. In Modification 6, the iron plate 60 may be provided on the support member 6 side, and the magnet 84 may be provided on the terminal device 2 side.

(Modification 7) Instead of the iron plate 60 provided on the terminal device 2 side described above, a magnet that can be magnetically attracted to the magnet 84 may be provided on the terminal device 2 side. In this case, the magnet provided on the side of the terminal device 2 is one example of the "second magnet".

(Modification 8) When the terminal device 2 is used in the second aspect, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the supporting member 6 and the side surface 10d of the frame 10 are magnetically attracted.

(Modification 9) When the terminal device 2 is used in the second aspect, it can also be adopted that the terminal device 2 can face each other at the side surface 10d even when the supporting member 6 is not installed. It is a self-standing structure on the placement surface 100.

(Modification 10) The magnet 84 on the side of the support member 6 and the iron plate 60 on the side of the terminal device 2 may be omitted. That is, in Modification 10, it is also possible to adopt a configuration that does not involve magnetic attraction when the supporting member 6 is mounted on the terminal device 2. In this case, the supporting member 6 installed at the terminal device 2 can also be held by other holding means.

(Modification 11) The supporting member 6 may be provided with a cable guide means other than the guide groove 82.

(Modification 12) It is also possible that the supporting member 6 does not have a cable guide means such as a guide groove 82.

(Modification 13) The terminal device 2 may also be configured so that it cannot be used in the second aspect (that is, the aspect in which the touch panel 12 is lying down). The terminal device 2 may be configured to be used only in the first aspect (that is, the aspect in which the touch panel 12 is raised).

(Modification 14) The waist-reduced part 9 of the side surface 10d of the housing 10 of the terminal device 2 may be omitted.

(Modification 15) In the second embodiment, if the supporting member 6 is attached to the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect, the bottom 81 of the supporting member 6 and the bottom surface 10c of the housing 10 are Arranged on the same plane (refer to Figure 8). In Modification 15, the system is not limited to this, as long as it becomes "If the supporting member 6 is installed for the terminal device 2 used in the first aspect, the supporting member 6 will support the side surface of the housing 10. 10d and a part of it is placed on the placement surface 100 behind the side surface 10d". In this case, the bottom of the supporting member 6 may not be formed flat.

(Third Embodiment) Next, referring to the drawings, the fixed terminal device of the third embodiment will be described. The terminal device of this embodiment is mainly used as a terminal device that executes payment processing using a credit card. In addition, for components that are substantially the same as those of the above-mentioned respective embodiments, the same reference numerals are assigned, and the description thereof will be omitted. (The configuration of the terminal device 2A and the configuration of the credit card: Figure 12, Figure 13) The terminal device 2A of this embodiment shown in FIG. 12 accepts an operation related to payment using the credit card 300 shown in FIG. 13. The terminal device 2A is installed in a shop or the like in the posture shown in FIG. 12, for example. The terminal device 2A reads the card information (for example, the card number described later) stored in the memory portion of the credit card 300 (for example, the contact IC chip 302 described later), and executes payment processing using the card information. Here, before describing the configuration of the terminal device 2A, the configuration of the credit card 300 will be described first.

As shown in FIG. 13, on the surface of the credit card 300, a card number for identifying the credit card 300 is recorded. In addition, on the surface of the credit card 300, the contact IC chip 302 is arranged so as to be exposed. In the contact IC chip 302, the card information including at least the card number is encrypted and memorized. The information stored in the contact IC chip 302 is brought into contact with the contact IC chip 302 by contacting the contact IC read/write part (for example, the element symbol 18 in FIG. 12) fitted to the contact IC chip 302, so that the contact IC The reading and writing section is read. In addition, there is no difference in shape or the like between the surface of the credit card 300 and the back surface of the credit card 300 described later. For example, the distinction is made based on whether the IC chip 302 is in contact with the surface on which the IC chip 302 is arranged.

In addition, a non-contact IC chip 304 is embedded inside the credit card 300. The non-contact IC chip 304 is not visually recognizable from the surface or the back of the credit card 300. In the non-contact IC chip 304, the card information including at least the card number is encrypted and memorized. The information stored in the non-contact IC chip 304 is implemented by the non-contact IC chip 304 and the non-contact IC read-write unit (e.g., component symbol 16 in Fig. 12) to implement short-range wireless communication that follows a specific communication method. To be read by the non-contact IC read-write unit. Here, the specific communication method is, for example, NFC (abbreviation of Near FieLD Communication), Felica (registered trademark), etc. In addition, the non-contact IC chip 304 is connected with an antenna (not shown) for performing short-range wireless communication that follows a specific communication method. The antenna is also embedded inside the credit card 300.

Also, at the back of the credit card 300, the magnetic strip 306 is exposed. In the magnetic stripe 306, card information including at least the card number is memorized. The information stored in the magnetic stripe 306 is obtained by contacting the magnetic reading part (for example, element symbol 20 in FIG. 12) of the magnetic stripe 306 and the magnetic stripe 306. Read.

In addition, on the back of the credit card 300, a record column 308 is arranged. The record column 308 records information related to the credit card 300. In the record column 308, the signature of the holder of the credit card 300 and the security code of the credit card 300 are recorded. The signature is handwritten in the record column 308 by the holder of the credit card 300. The security code is a code assigned by the issuing company of the credit card 300 and is recorded in the record column 308 in advance when the credit card 300 is issued.

As shown in FIG. 12, an insertion port 13 for inserting a credit card 300 is formed at the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2A. Inside the insertion port 13, a contact IC read/write unit 18 is arranged. By inserting the credit card 300 into the insertion port 13, the contact IC chip 302 of the credit card 300 is in contact with the contact IC read/write unit 18.

In addition, at the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2A, an antenna 19 for short-distance wireless communication based on a specific communication method is embedded. The antenna 19 cannot be visually recognized from the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2A. The antenna 19 is connected to the non-contact IC read/write unit 16. The non-contact IC read/write unit 16 is embedded in the terminal device 2A and cannot be visually recognized from the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2A. If the credit card 300 is close to the top 10b, and the distance between the antenna (not shown) in the credit card 300 and the antenna 19 of the terminal device 2A becomes the distance (for example, 10cm) that can perform short-range wireless communication, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16. The card information is received from the non-contact IC chip 304 of the credit card 300 by using short-range wireless communication.

The magnetic reading unit 20 is arranged in a slit 26 formed at the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2A. By sliding the magnetic strip 306 of the credit card 300 in the slit 26, the magnetic strip 306 is in contact with the magnetic reading unit 20.

A display unit 27 is arranged on the front surface 10a of the terminal device 2A. The display part 27 is a display for displaying various information. The display unit 27 is, for example, a touch panel. That is, the display unit 27 also functions as the operation unit 28. The user operates the operation unit 28 and can input various instructions to the terminal device 2A. In addition, the display unit 27 may be a display that does not function as an operation unit. In this case, the operation unit 28 and the display unit 27 may be arranged as separate entities. Moreover, the operation part 28 may be a keyboard, for example.

(Payment system 5, Figure 14) The payment system 5 shown in FIG. 14 is a system that uses the terminal device 2A to perform payment by the credit card 300. The payment system 5 is provided with the aforementioned terminal device 2A and the payment server 400.

The communication I/F22 is to implement communication with the payment server 400 via the Internet (for example, mobile communication, Wi-Fi communication, etc.). The CPU 40A in this embodiment executes a program related to the payment processing using the credit card 300 that is stored in the memory 42 in advance.

The payment server 400 is a server for performing credit card payment. The payment server 400 has a comparison table 410 in memory. The comparison table 410 is a table used to compare information sent from the terminal device 2A. In the comparison table 410, for each of the plurality of credit cards 300, the card number (for example, "1234567890123456") and the security code (for example, "456") are added to each other to be memorized.

(Payment processing of terminal device 2A, Figure 15) Referring to FIG. 15, the payment processing performed by the CPU 40A of the terminal device 2A will be described. The user of the terminal device 2A (for example, an employee of a store) performs an input operation for inputting the payment amount of the product purchased by the customer at the operation unit 28. After that, after the input operation, the user performs a payment start operation for inputting an instruction to start payment at the operation unit 28. The processing in Fig. 15 is triggered by the payment start operation.

At S10, the CPU 40A determines whether the credit card 300 has been inserted into the slot 13 or not. For example, when the CPU 40A is supplied with a signal representing contact with the contact IC chip 302 from the contact IC read/write unit 18, it is determined that the credit card 300 has been inserted into the insertion port 13 (S10, YES) , And proceed to S12. If the credit card 300 is inserted into the insertion port 13, the contact IC read-write unit 18 starts to read the card information of the contact IC chip 302.

At S12, the CPU 40A obtains the card information that has been read from the contact IC reading and writing unit 18.

At S14, the CPU 40A activates the camera 14 during the period when the card information is being read by contacting the IC reader/writer unit 18, and the camera 14 is taken to capture the image of the back of the credit card 300. As shown in FIG. 15, if the credit card 300 is inserted into the insertion port 13, the back of the credit card 300 is opposite to the camera 14. In other words, the camera 14 is arranged at a position opposite to the back of the credit card 300 inserted into the insertion port 13. Therefore, the camera 14 can photograph the back of the credit card 300, especially the photographing range including the entry column 308, in a state where the credit card 300 is inserted into the insertion port 13.

At S16, the CPU 40A obtains the security code by executing the image recognition process for recognizing the security code from the photographed image taken at S14. Image recognition processing is the so-called OCR (abbreviation of Optical Character Recognition) or image comparison.

At S18, the CPU 40A sends the card information obtained at S12 and the security code obtained at S16 to the payment server 400 via the communication I/F22. In this way, the payment server 400 uses the comparison table 410 to perform the comparison of the information sent by the terminal device 2A. Referring to FIG. 16, the collation processing performed by the payment server 400 will be described. If the payment server 400 receives the card information and the security code from the terminal device 2A (S400), it specifies at the comparison table 410 which is contained in the card information sent by the terminal device 2A A security code memorized in correspondence with each other is attached to the card numbers (S402). After that, the payment server 400 determines whether the security code sent by the terminal device 2A and the specified security code are consistent with each other (S404). When the payment server 400 determines that the two security codes are consistent with each other, it receives the payment amount inputted into the operation unit 28 from the terminal device 2A (S406). The payment server 400 uses the credit card 300 identified by the card number sent from the terminal device 2A to perform payment of the received payment amount (S408). After that, the payment server 400 sends a payment completion signal to the terminal device 2A indicating that the payment has been completed (S410). On the other hand, when the payment server 400 determines that the two security codes are not consistent with each other, or when the card number contained in the card information sent by the terminal device 2A is not When the situation memorized in the comparison table 410 (S404, NO), an error signal indicating that payment cannot be made is sent to the terminal device 2A (S412).

At S20 in FIG. 15, the CPU 40A determines whether a payment completion signal has been received from the payment server 400 via the communication I/F 22. When the CPU 40A determines that the payment completion signal has been received from the payment server 400 (S20, YES), it causes the display unit 27 to display a screen indicating that the payment has been completed in S22. On the other hand, when the CPU 40A determines that an error signal has been received from the payment server 400 (S20, NO), it causes the display unit 27 to display an error screen indicating that payment cannot be made in S24. If S22 or S24 ends, the processing of FIG. 15 ends.

According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the terminal device 2A takes a photographic image including the security code written on the back of the credit card 300 during the period when the card information is being read by contacting the IC read/write unit 18 ( Figure 15, S14). With this, the terminal device 2A can obtain the security code from the back of the credit card 300 without allowing the customer to perform the operation for identity verification (for example, the operation of inputting the security code for the terminal device 2A), and The card information and security code can be sent to the payment server 400 (S18). Therefore, compared with the prior art example in which the customer performs the operation of inputting the security code to the terminal device 2A, it is possible to reduce the work load in the credit card payment.

(Correspondence) The terminal device 2A, the contact IC read/write unit 18, and the camera 14 are examples of "terminal device", "reading unit", and "camera", respectively. The contact IC chip 302 of the credit card 300 is an example of the "memory part". The security code is an example of "specified information". The processing performed at S18 in Figure 15 is an example of "payment processing".

(Fourth Embodiment) (Processing of terminal device 2A, Fig. 17) Referring to FIG. 17, the processing executed by the CPU 40A of the terminal device 2A in the fourth embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the terminal device 2A reads card information from the non-contact IC chip 304 of the credit card 300. In the present embodiment, the processing executed by the CPU 40A is the same as in the third embodiment, and is started with the payment start operation as a trigger. In addition, the same reference numerals are attached to the same components and the same processing as in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.

At S30, the CPU 40A monitors the "acquiring card information from the non-contact IC reading and writing unit 16". Specifically, the non-contact IC read/write unit 16 receives the credit card 300 from the non-contact IC chip 304 of the credit card 300 when the credit card 300 is close to the terminal device 2A to a distance capable of performing short-range wireless communication. News card information. After that, the non-contact IC reading and writing unit 16 sends the received card information to the CPU 40A. As a result, the card information is obtained by the CPU 40A. When the CPU 40A obtains the card information from the non-contact IC read/write unit 16 (S30, YES), it proceeds to S32.

At S32, the CPU 40A activates the camera 14 during the period when the card information is being read by the non-contact IC reader/writer unit 16, and captures the image of the back of the credit card 300. As shown in FIG. 17, if the credit card 300 is close to the upper surface 10 b of the terminal device 2A, the back of the credit card 300 is opposite to the camera 14. In other words, the camera 14 is arranged at a position opposite to the back surface of the credit card 300 approaching the upper surface 10b. Therefore, the CPU 40A can photograph the back of the credit card 300, especially the photographed image including the entry column 308, in a state where the credit card 300 is close to the upper surface 10b.

If the processing of S22 or S24 ends, the processing of FIG. 17 ends.

According to the configuration of this embodiment, the terminal device 2A takes a photographic image including the security code written on the back of the credit card 300 while the card information is being read by the non-contact IC reader/writer unit 16. (Figure 17, S32). In this embodiment, it is the same as in the third embodiment. Since the customer is not required to perform identity verification operations (for example, the operation of inputting a security code to the terminal device 2A), it is possible to reduce The burden of work in credit card payment.

(Correspondence) The non-contact IC reading and writing unit 16 is one example of the "reading unit". The non-contact IC chip 304 of the credit card 300 is an example of the "memory part". The processing performed at S38 in Figure 17 is an example of "payment processing".

(Fifth Embodiment) (Processing of terminal device 2A, Fig. 18) Referring to FIG. 18, the processing executed by the CPU 40A of the terminal device 2A in the fifth embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the terminal device 2A reads card information from the contact IC chip 102 of the credit card 300 as in the third embodiment. In addition, the same reference numerals are attached to the same components and the same processing as in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.

At S60, the CPU 40A determines whether the use limit amount set at the credit card 300 is equal to or greater than the first determination value (for example, one million yen). The use limit amount, for example, is included in the card information. In addition, in the modified example, the terminal device 2A can also receive the use limit amount from the payment server 400. When the CPU 40A determines that the use limit amount set in the credit card 300 is greater than or equal to the first determination value (S60, YES), it proceeds to S66. On the other hand, when the CPU 40A determines that the use limit amount set in the credit card 300 is less than the first determination value (S60, NO), it proceeds to S62.

At S62, the CPU 40A reduces the number of pixels of the photographic image taken at S14 to a specified number of pixels. For example, the number of pixels of the photographic image taken at S14 is 8 million pixels. However, the specific number of pixels mentioned above is 300,000 pixels. In addition, the specific values of 8 million pixels, 300,000 pixels, etc. are just one example.

If the processing of S22 or S24 ends, the processing of FIG. 18 ends.

When the use limit amount is a high amount, the payment may be made with the high amount of payment, and the necessity for strict identity verification is high. On the other hand, when the use limit amount is a low amount, the payment is often made at a low payment amount. In this case, there may also be situations where the speed of processing from the beginning of the payment to the end of the payment is given priority over the strictness of the identity verification. According to the configuration of the present embodiment, the terminal device 2A reduces the number of pixels of the photographed image when the use limit amount is less than the first judgment value (S60, NO) (S62). As a result, the terminal device 2A can quickly execute the image recognition processing executed at S16. As a result, it is possible to quickly perform processing from the start of payment to the end of payment.

(Correspondence) The image recognition processing implemented at S16 in Figure 18 is an example of the "image recognition processing". The processing carried out in S62 is an example of "change of identification level". The processing carried out at S18 is an example of "payment processing".

(Sixth Embodiment) (Processing of terminal device 2A, Fig. 19) Referring to FIG. 19, the processing executed by the CPU 40A of the terminal device 2A in the sixth embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, instead of the processing of S60 in FIG. 18, the processing of S90 is executed, and other than that, it is the same as the processing of FIG. 18 described for the fifth embodiment. In addition, the same reference numerals are attached to the same components and the same processing as in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.

At S90, the CPU 40A determines whether the payment amount input to the operation unit 28 by the input operation is equal to or greater than the second determination value (for example, 200,000 yen). When the CPU 40A determines that the payment amount is greater than or equal to the second determination value (S90, YES), it proceeds to S16. On the other hand, when the CPU 40A determines that the payment amount is less than the second determination value (S90, NO), it proceeds to S62.

When the payment amount is high, the necessity for strict identity verification is high. On the other hand, when the payment amount is a low amount, there may be situations where the speed of processing from the beginning of the payment to the end of the payment is given priority over the strictness of the identity verification. According to the configuration of this embodiment, when the payment amount is less than the second judgment value (S90, NO), the terminal device 2A reduces the number of pixels of the photographed image (S62). By this, as in the fifth embodiment, the image recognition processing of S16 is accelerated, and the processing from the start of payment to the end of payment is accelerated.

(Correspondence) The payment amount input to the operation unit 28 by the input operation is an example of the "payment amount of a specific payment".

(The seventh embodiment) (Configuration of terminal device 2B, Fig. 20) Referring to Fig. 20, the terminal device 2B of the seventh embodiment will be described. The terminal device 2B is the same as the terminal device 2A of the third embodiment except that the positions of the slit 26 and the magnetic reading unit 20 are different. In this embodiment, the slit 26 is formed at the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2B. The magnetic reading unit 20 is located on the upper surface 10b of the terminal device 2B, and is arranged in the slit 26. The camera 14 is the same as the terminal device 2A of the third embodiment, and is arranged on the upper surface 10b. The display unit 27 (that is, the operation unit 28) is the same as the terminal device 2A of the third embodiment, and is arranged on the front surface 10a of the terminal device 2B. In addition, in FIG. 20, the illustration of the insertion port 13, the contact IC reader/writer unit 18, the non-contact IC reader/writer unit 16, and the antenna 19 is omitted. In addition, the same reference numerals are attached to the same components and the same processing as in the above-mentioned respective embodiments, and the description thereof is omitted.

(Processing of terminal device 2B, Fig. 21) Referring to FIG. 21, the payment processing executed by the CPU 40A of the terminal device 2B in the seventh embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, the terminal device 2B reads the card information from the magnetic strip 306 of the credit card 300. This process is the same as in the third embodiment, and is started with the payment start operation as a trigger.

At S110, the CPU 40A determines whether the credit card 300 has been inserted into the slit 26. For example, when the CPU 40A is supplied with a signal representing that the magnetic stripe 306 has made contact from the magnetic reading unit 20, it determines that the credit card 300 has been inserted into the slit 26 (S110, YES), and Proceed to S112. The magnetic reading unit 20 reads card information from the magnetic strip 306 by sliding the magnetic strip 306 in the slit 26.

At S112, the CPU 40A obtains the card information that has been read from the magnetic reading unit 20.

At S114, the CPU 40A activates the camera 14 during the period when the card information is being read by the magnetic reading unit 20, and the camera 14 is taken to capture the photographing area on the back of the credit card 300. As shown in FIG. 21, if the credit card 300 slides in the slit 26, the back of the credit card 300 is opposite to the camera 14. In other words, the camera 14 is arranged at a position opposite to the back of the credit card 300 sliding in the slit 26. Therefore, when the credit card 300 is slid in the slit 26, the camera 14 can photograph the back surface of the credit card 300, particularly the photographing range including the entry column 308.

At S116, the CPU 40A processes the photographic portrait taken at S114, generates a signature portrait containing the signature in the record column 308, and obtains the signature portrait data representing the signature portrait.

At S118, the CPU 40A sends the card information obtained at S112 to the payment server 400 via the communication I/F22. In this way, the payment server 400 uses the comparison table 410 to perform the comparison of the information sent by the terminal device 2B. Referring to FIG. 22, the collation processing performed by the payment server 400 in this embodiment will be described. If the payment server 400 receives the card information from the terminal device 2B (S420), the payment server 400 determines whether the card number included in the card information sent by the terminal device 2B has been memorized In the comparison table 410 (S422). When the payment server 400 determines that the card number is memorized in the comparison table 210 (S422, YES), it receives the payment amount input to the operation unit 28 from the terminal device 2B, and executes the payment amount Payment (S424). After that, the payment server 400 sends a payment completion signal to the terminal device 2B (S426). On the other hand, when the payment server 400 determines that the card number is not memorized in the comparison table 410 (S422, NO), it sends an error signal to the terminal device 2B (S428).

Here, when the CPU 40A determines that the payment completion signal has been received from the payment server 400 (S20, YES), it is in S130, and the card number obtained in S112 is added to correspond to each other. The signature image data obtained at S116 is stored in a specific memory area. By this, the user accesses the specific memory area after the payment is completed, and compares the holder of the credit card 300 identified by the card number with the signature image displayed by the signature image data , And can perform identity verification. The specific memory area, for example, is the memory area in the memory 42 of the terminal device 2B. In the modified example, the specific memory area may also be a memory area in a device (for example, a POS cash register terminal) that is provided separately from the terminal device 2B. If S130 or S24 ends, the processing of FIG. 21 ends.

According to the configuration of this embodiment, the terminal device 2B, during the period when the card information is being read by the magnetic reading unit 20, photographs a photographic image including the signature written on the back of the credit card 300 (Figure 21 , S114). With this, the terminal device 2B can obtain the signature of the holder of the credit card 300 from the back of the credit card without allowing the customer to perform the operation for identity verification (for example, the operation of recording the signature). Therefore, similar to the third embodiment, the workload of credit card payment can be reduced.

(Correspondence) The magnetic reading unit 20 is one example of the "reading unit". The magnetic stripe 306 of the credit card 300 is an example of the "memory part". The processing performed at S118 and S130 in Figure 21 is an example of "payment processing".

In the third to seventh embodiments, for example, the following modifications may also be adopted.

(Modification 16) The structure of the credit card 300 is not limited to the structure shown in FIG. 13. For example, the security code can also be recorded on the surface of the credit card 300. That is, "specific information" can also be recorded on the surface of the credit card.

(Modification 17) The terminal devices 2A and 2B are not limited to shapes that are long in the vertical direction as shown in FIG. 12, and may be shapes that are long in the front-to-rear direction. In addition, in each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the terminal device 2A is installed in a shop or the like in the posture shown in FIG. 12, and the insertion port 13 is formed at the upper surface 10b. Alternatively, the insertion port 13 may be formed on a surface other than the upper surface 10b (for example, the front surface 10a). In this case, the camera 14 may be arranged on the same surface as the surface on which the insertion port 13 is formed. That is, the position of the camera 14 is as long as it is reading the card information stored in the memory part of the credit card (for example, contacting the IC chip) by the reading part (for example, contacting the IC reading and writing part) During the period of time, the location of the specific information (for example, the security code) recorded on the credit card can be photographed.

(Modification 18) In the fifth embodiment described above, the terminal device 2A reduces the number of pixels of the photographed image when the use limit amount is less than the first judgment value (FIG. 18, S62). Instead of this, the terminal device 2A may also be configured such that when the use limit amount is less than the first judgment value, the back of the credit card 100 is photographed with the first number of pixels, and the use limit amount is the first When the judgment value is 1 or more, the back of the credit card 300 is photographed with the second pixel number higher than the first pixel number. That is, the terminal device 2A may be configured to increase the number of pixels of the photographed image when the use limit amount is greater than or equal to the first judgment value. In this modified example, increasing the number of pixels of a photographic image is an example of "change of recognition level (and change of number of pixels)".

(Modification 19) In the above-mentioned fifth embodiment, the terminal device 2A reduces the number of pixels of the photographed image in accordance with the use limit amount (FIG. 18, S62). Instead of this, the terminal device 2A can also change the number of times of image recognition processing performed on the photographed image in response to the use limit amount, that is, change the number of times of analysis of the security code in the photographed image. For example, the terminal device 2A may also be configured to determine the number of analyses to be the first number when the use limit amount is greater than the first judgment value, and when the use limit amount is less than the first judgment value At this time, the number of times of analysis is determined to be the second time which is less than the first time. By setting the number of analysis times to the second number, the processing from the start of the payment to the end of the payment can be quickly performed. In this modification, the change in the number of times of analysis of the security code in the photographed image is one of the examples of "changes in the identification level (and change in the number of times of analysis of the displayed content of the photographed image)".

(Modification 20) It is also possible to combine the configurations of the fifth embodiment and the sixth embodiment described above. That is, the terminal device 2A may be configured to reduce the number of pixels of the photographed image when the use limit amount is less than the first judgment value and the payment amount is less than the second judgment value.

(Modification 21) In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the terminal devices 2A and 2B communicate with the payment server 400 via the communication I/F 22. Instead, the terminal devices 2A and 2B can also be connected to a POS cash register terminal capable of communicating with the payment server 400. However, the terminal devices 2A and 2B can also communicate with the payment server 400 via the POS cash register terminal. In this modification, the communication with the payment server 400 via the POS cash register terminal is one example of "payment processing".

(Modification 22) In the seventh embodiment described above, the terminal device 2B generates a signature image based on the photographed image (FIG. 21, S116), and stores the signature image data in a specific memory area (S130). Instead of this, the terminal device 2B can also obtain the character string data representing the signature by performing the image recognition process for recognizing the signature from the photographed image. After that, the terminal device 2B can also send the card information and text string data to the payment server 400. With this, the payment server 400 can also perform a comparison of "whether the name displayed according to the text string data is consistent with the name of the credit card 300 holder identified by the card number in the card information". Also, in other examples, the payment server 400 can also perform "Whether the text string data sent at the current time point is consistent with the text string data sent from the terminal device 2B in the past? "Contrast." According to these variants, the sending of card information and text string data to the payment server 400 is one example of "payment processing". In addition, in this modified example, the recognition level (for example, the number of pixels) of the image recognition process for recognizing the signature from the photographed image may be further changed.

(Modification 22) In the seventh embodiment described above, the terminal device 2B generates a signature image based on the photographed image (FIG. 21, S116), and stores the signature image data in a specific memory area (S130). Instead of this, the terminal device 2B can also send card information and photographic image data to the payment server 400. By this, the payment server 400 can also perform "check whether the name displayed in the signature image data and the photographic image registered in the payment server 400 in advance is the same as the credit card identified by the card number in the card information? "The names of the 300 holders are consistent with each other". Also, in another example, the payment server 400 can also perform "Whether the photographic image data sent at the present time point is consistent with the photographic image data sent from the terminal device 2B in the past? "Contrast." According to these variants, the sending of card information and photographic image data to the payment server 400 is one example of "payment processing". In addition, in this modified example, the recognition level (for example, the number of pixels) of the image recognition process for recognizing the signature from the photographed image may be further changed.

The technical elements described in this specification or the drawings are those that can be used alone or in various combinations to achieve technical usefulness, and are not limited by the combination described in the claims at the time of application. . In addition, the techniques illustrated in this specification or the drawings are those that achieve multiple goals at the same time, and the achievement of one of these goals is also technically useful in itself.

2, 2A, 2B: terminal device 3: processor 6: Supporting components 9: Reduce waist 10: Frame 10a: front 10b: above 10c: bottom surface 10d: side 10e: Support Department 10f: rear point 10g: Joint 10h: The part supported by the supporting component 10i: The part supported by the supporting component 11: Paper discharge port 12: Touch panel 13: Insertion port 14: Camera 15: Camera element 16: Non-contact IC reading and writing department 18: Contact the IC reading and writing department 19: Antenna 20: Magnetic reading section 22: Communication I/F 24: Printing Implementation Department 26: Slit 27: Display 28: Operation Department 30: paper roll 31: Recording paper 31a: Printed side 32: printing head 34: pressure roller 36: guide roller 40: Control Department 42: memory 50: IC card 60: iron plate 70: Cable 80: holding part 81: bottom 82: Guiding Ditch 83: side 84: Magnet 90: terminal system 100: Mounting surface 200: Photography portrait 202: long side 204: short side 300: credit card 302: Contact IC chip 304: Non-contact IC chip 306: Magnetic Stripe 308: Record Column 400: payment server 410: comparison table

[Fig. 1] is a perspective view schematically showing the terminal device of the first embodiment. [Fig. 2] is a block diagram of the first terminal device of the first embodiment. [Fig. 3] is a right side view schematically showing the terminal device of the first embodiment. [Fig. 4] is a front view schematically showing the angle of view of the image element of the camera of the first embodiment. [Fig. 5] is a cross-sectional explanatory view schematically showing the arrangement of the printing execution unit in the housing of the first embodiment. [Fig. 6] is a perspective view schematically showing how the recording paper printed in the first embodiment is discharged. Fig. 7 is a perspective view showing a terminal system including a terminal device used in the first aspect in the second embodiment. Fig. 8 is a side view showing a terminal system including a terminal device used in the first aspect in the second embodiment. [FIG. 9] is a perspective view showing the state where the supporting member is removed from the terminal device used in the first aspect in the second embodiment. [Fig. 10] is a perspective view showing a terminal system including a terminal device used in the second aspect in the second embodiment. [FIG. 11] is a side view showing a terminal system including a terminal device used in the second aspect in the second embodiment. [Fig. 12] is a perspective view showing the terminal device in the third embodiment. [Figure 13] is a display for the front and back of the credit card. [Figure 14] Shows the block diagram of the terminal device and the payment system. [FIG. 15] It shows the flow of processing executed in the terminal device of the third embodiment. [Figure 16] is a demonstration of the flow of processing carried out at the payment server. [FIG. 17] It shows the flow of processing executed in the terminal device of the fourth embodiment. [Fig. 18] is a diagram showing the flow of processing executed in the terminal device of the fifth embodiment. [FIG. 19] It shows the flow of the processing executed in the terminal device of the sixth embodiment. [Fig. 20] is a perspective view showing the terminal device of the seventh embodiment. [Fig. 21] is an illustration of the flow of processing executed in the terminal device of the seventh embodiment. [Figure 22] is a demonstration of the flow of processing performed at the payment server.

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Claims (21)

A fixed terminal device, which has: The frame is placed on the mounting surface; and The touch panel is provided on the first surface of the frame, and can input operations from the outside of the frame, and can display information in a way that can be visually recognized from the outside of the frame. The surface of the touch panel is such that when the frame is placed on the placing surface, the angle X formed by the placing surface and the surface of the touch panel will be larger than 45˚ And a method with a smaller angle than 90˚ is provided in the aforementioned frame. The fixed terminal device described in claim 1, wherein the system further includes: The information acquisition unit is capable of acquiring information from the outside of the aforementioned frame. Such as the fixed terminal device described in claim 2, wherein: The aforementioned information acquisition unit includes a video camera capable of taking pictures. The fixed terminal device described in claim 3, wherein: The aforementioned information acquisition unit is provided with: a second surface, which is positioned in the frame when the aforementioned touch panel can be viewed in a visually recognizable manner for the information displayed on the aforementioned touch panel The first surface of the aforementioned touch panel is provided and further behind, The second surface is arranged with respect to the mounting surface in such a way that it forms an angle Y that is larger than 0˚ and is less than the angle X. Such as the fixed terminal device described in claim 3 or 4, wherein: The aforementioned camera is equipped with an imaging element, The imaging element is arranged so that the long side of the photographed image becomes vertical and the short side becomes horizontal, based on the mounting surface. For example, the fixed terminal device described in claim 1 or 2, which is further equipped with: The paper roll is arranged inside the aforementioned frame and at a position near the bottom; and The printing head is arranged inside the frame and at a position near the bottom, and is used to print on the recording paper drawn from the paper roll, In the range between the touch panel and the bottom edge on the first surface on which the touch panel is provided in the frame, a structure is formed so that the recording paper drawn from the paper roll is removed from The paper discharge port from the inside of the frame body to the outside. The fixed terminal device described in claim 6, wherein: The surface of the aforementioned recording paper corresponding to the outer side of the aforementioned paper roll is the printing surface, The recording paper is discharged from the paper discharge port so that the printing surface faces upward. A fixed terminal system with: Terminal device; and A supporting member that can be used for loading and unloading of the aforementioned terminal device, The aforementioned terminal device is equipped with: Frame; and The touch panel is provided on the first surface of the frame, and can input operations from the outside of the frame, and can display information in a way that can be visually recognized from the outside of the frame. The aforementioned terminal device can be used in a first aspect by placing the bottom surface of the frame on the mounting surface. The first aspect makes the surface of the touch panel a The angle X formed by the placement surface and the surface of the touch panel will form an angle X that is larger than 45˚ and smaller than 90˚. The supporting member is mounted on the side surface of the frame opposite to the surface on which the touch panel is provided during the period when the terminal device is used in the first aspect, and It can support the first part of the side surface, and one part of it is arranged on the mounting surface at a position further behind the side surface, During the period when the terminal device is used in the first aspect, even when the support member is not mounted, it can stand on the bottom surface and stand on its own with respect to the mounting surface. Such as the fixed terminal system described in claim 8, in which: The terminal device can be used in a second aspect by arranging the side surface of the frame body and the mounting surface facing each other, and the second aspect makes the touch panel The aforementioned surface forms an angle Z greater than 0˚ and less than 45˚ with respect to the aforementioned placing surface, The supporting member can support the second part of the side surface by being attached to the side surface during the period when the terminal device is used in the second aspect. Such as the fixed terminal system described in claim 8 or 9, in which: One of the support member and the terminal device is provided with a first magnet, and the other is provided with a second magnet or a magnetic body that is magnetically attracted to the first magnet, The mounting of the support member to the terminal device is performed with magnetic attraction between the first magnet and the second magnet or the magnetic body. Such as the fixed terminal system described in claim 8 or 9, in which: The terminal device is further provided with a cable extending from the side surface of the frame body toward the outside, The supporting member is further provided with a cable guide part for guiding the cable when it is mounted on the terminal device. Such as the fixed terminal system described in claim 8 or 9, in which: The side surface of the frame is formed with a waist recessed toward the first surface of the frame. A fixed terminal device, which has: The reading part reads the card information stored in the memory part of the credit card; and A camera, during the period when the card information is read by the reading unit, photographs a photographing area including the specific information recorded on one of the credit cards; and The payment processing execution unit executes payment processing using the card information read by the reading unit and the specific information obtained based on the photographic image captured by the camera. Such as the fixed terminal device described in claim 13, wherein: The aforementioned fixed terminal device obtains the aforementioned specific information by performing an image recognition process for recognizing the content of a photographed image captured by the aforementioned camera. The aforementioned fixed terminal device is further equipped with: The change part is based on the use limit set in the aforementioned credit card, and the payment limit of the specific payment that is the subject of the aforementioned payment processing, at least one of these, and for the implementation of the aforementioned image recognition processing The recognition level at the time is changed. Such as the fixed terminal device described in claim 14, wherein: The change of the aforementioned recognition level includes the change of the number of pixels of the aforementioned photographic image and the change of the number of times of analysis of the aforementioned photographic image's display content, at least one of these. The fixed terminal device described in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: The aforementioned memory portion includes contact IC chips, The reading unit includes a contact IC reading unit, which reads the information stored in the contact IC chip by contacting the contact IC chip. The fixed terminal device described in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: The aforementioned memory part contains a non-contact IC chip, The reading unit includes a non-contact IC reading unit, which reads the information stored in the non-contact IC chip by performing wireless communication between itself and the non-contact IC chip. The fixed terminal device described in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: The aforementioned specific information contains a security code. The fixed terminal device described in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: The aforementioned memory part contains a magnetic stripe, The reading unit includes a magnetic reading unit, which can read the information stored in the magnetic strip by contacting the magnetic strip. The fixed terminal device described in any one of claims 13 to 15, wherein: The aforementioned specific information contains the signature of the cardholder of the aforementioned credit card. A payment system with: The fixed terminal device is used to obtain the 2 types of information contained in the credit card; and The server can communicate with the fixed terminal device, The aforementioned fixed terminal device is equipped with: The reading part reads the card information stored in the memory part of the aforementioned credit card; and A camera, during the period when the card information is read by the reading unit, photographs a photographing area including the specific information recorded on one of the credit cards; and The communication unit sends the card information read by the aforementioned reading unit and the specific information captured by the aforementioned camera to the aforementioned server, The aforementioned server has: The comparison table records the correspondence between the aforementioned card information and the aforementioned specific information. With reference to the aforementioned comparison table, it is determined whether the aforementioned card information received from the aforementioned stationary terminal device and the aforementioned specific information satisfy the corresponding relationship recorded in the aforementioned comparison table, and in accordance with the result of the determination, for the aforementioned stationary type The terminal device sends a signal representing whether it is permitted to use the aforementioned credit card payment signal.

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