Commercial self-service equipment

• US 20040262379A1
• Filed: 06/26/2003
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: OKI Brasil Industria E Comercio de Produtos E Tecnologia EM Automacao SA
• Original Assignee: Itautec Philco S/A - Grupo Itautec Philco
• Inventors: Gomes, Adolfo Roberto Teixeira
• Granted Patent: US 6,910,625 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/379
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/0014 for vending, access and use of specific services not covered anywhere else in G07F17/00 meter-controlled dispensing of liquid, gas or electricity G07F15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/248 Housing construction casings for coin-freed apparatus G07F9/10
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/205 Housing aspects of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 9/0235 the arrangements being full-front touchscreens

Abstract

Commercial self-service equipment (1) gathering several integrated modules that are responsible for a series of specific service functions to the user, namely: CPU (13), hard disk (14), floppy disk drive (15), video monitor (3) or touch screen (3A), PIN keyboard (4), and function keyboards (5), paper note recognizer (17), paper note dispenser (9) (up to 4 types of paper notes), with sealable cassettes and paper note rejection cassette, coin dispenser (10) (up to 4 silos), thermal printer (16) (to print tickets), ticket reading scanner (18), hybrid card reader (11) (for the reading of “smart cards” and magnetic cards), and wireless electronic wallet (19), which can be electronically “charged” with a certain amount, and capable of performing credit or debit transfer transactions.

Claims

1. A commercial self-service apparatus (1), comprising:

a cabinet (2) preferably made of steel plates, characterized for gathering the following components integrated in it;

LCD video monitor (3), preferably with 12″

, colored, SVGA standard or, optionally, touch screen (3A);

PIN keyboard (4) with 16 keys;

Two function keyboards (5), each one being located on opposite sides of the monitor, and provided with 4 keys each;

Two speakers (6);

Slot (7) for the deposit of paper notes;

Slot (8) for the deposit of tickets;

Paper note dispenser (9) (of up to 4 types of paper notes), with capacity between 2,600 and 2,900 paper notes, with sealable cassettes, and paper note rejection cassette (rejection in stacks and individual rejection of paper notes);

Coin dispenser (10) (with up to 4 silos);

Hybrid card reader (11) (to read “

smart cards” and

magnetic cards), ABA/ISO standard, with manual insertion; and

Top lamp (12);

inside the cabinet (2), the following modules are provided;

CPU (13), preferably Intel Celeron, or superior;

Hard disk (14), minimum of 20.0 GB, or superior;

Floppy disk drive (15), minimum of 1.44 MB, or superior;

Thermal printer (16) (for the printing of tickets);

Paper note recognizer (17), casino standard (JCM);

Scanner (18) for the reading of tickets; and

Wireless electronic wallet (19), which can be electronic charged with a certain amount and perform credit or debit transfer transactions.

2. A user interface for a self-service terminal, comprising:

a cabinet including a front panel;

a card reader in said cabinet, said card reader being structured and arranged to receive a user card from a user desiring to carry out a self-service transaction;

a card entry slot in said front panel through which the user desiring to carry out the self-service transaction may insert the user card;

a paper note dispenser in said cabinet for storing the paper notes to be dispensed to a user;

a paper note dispensing slot in said front panel through which the paper note can be dispensed from the paper note dispenser to a user;

a coin dispenser in said cabinet for storing coins to be dispensed to a user;

a coin dispensing slot in said front panel through which coins can be dispensed from the coin dispenser to a user;

a paper note depository in said cabinet for receiving paper notes to be deposited by a user;

a paper note depository slot in said front panel through which paper notes can be deposited by a user;

a ticket voucher depository in said cabinet for receiving the ticket voucher to be deposited by a user;

a ticket voucher depository slot in said front panel through which the ticket voucher can be deposited by a user;

a monitor in said front panel for displaying details of the self-service transaction performed by the user;

a keyboard in said front panel for entering transaction information by the user;

a wireless electronic wallet module disposed inside said cabinet being structured and arranged to electronically charged a monetary amount and perform credit or debit transfer transactions for the user;

a scanner module positioned in said cabinet for the reading of the ticket vouchers; and

a paper note recognizer module in said cabinet.

3. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a lamp being positioned on a top side of said cabinet.

4. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, further comprising at least one function keypad in said front panel and being positioned adjacent to said monitor.

5. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, wherein said paper note dispenser includes a plurality of sealable cassettes and a paper note rejection cassette.

6. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, further comprising at least one speaker in said front panel.

7. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, wherein said monitor is an interactive touchscreen monitor.

8. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, wherein said cabinet being formed from a plurality of steel plates.

9. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, further comprising a thermal printer module in said cabinet for the printing of the ticket vouchers.

10. The user interface for a self-service terminal according to claim 2, further comprising at least one of the following modules in said cabinet a CPU, a hard disk and a floppy disk drive.