Dual-Side Automatic Transaction Apparatus Space Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing automatic transaction apparatuses require significant space when designed to facilitate transactions from both sides, making them inefficient in terms of space utilization and practicality for dual-user operations.
Innovation Solution
The design of an automatic transaction apparatus with a single money handling assembly, featuring dual displays and operation devices on opposite sides, allowing two users to perform transactions simultaneously while minimizing space requirements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If an automatic transaction apparatus is configured to enable transactions on both front and back sides, then two users can use the apparatus simultaneously, but the installation space required becomes significantly larger
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines two transaction interfaces (front and back sides) into a single apparatus housing, allowing two users to perform transactions simultaneously while sharing common internal components including the money handling assembly, control unit, and housing structure. This merging approach enables dual-user capability without requiring two separate apparatuses, thereby reducing overall installation space.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus is designed with universal functionality to serve multiple users from different directions (front and back sides). The money handling assembly and control systems are configured to handle transactions from both sides, making the single apparatus capable of performing multiple transaction functions that would otherwise require separate dedicated units.
2Device complexity
If a single money handling assembly is used for both sides, then device complexity is reduced, but the assembly must handle cash transactions from multiple directions simultaneously
Solution Approach 1:
The single money handling assembly is designed with universal capability to process cash transactions from both front and back sides. The assembly includes configurable banknote and coin handling mechanisms that can receive and dispense money through multiple access points (front surface and back surface), allowing it to adapt to transaction requests from either direction without requiring separate dedicated assemblies.
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AI summary
An automatic transaction apparatus includes: a money handling assembly configured to handle money including banknotes and coins; a first display above the money handling assembly, the first display facing a first direction and the first display to display a first screen for input of a transaction instruction; a second display above the money handling assembly, the second display facing a second direction which is opposite the first direction, and the second display to display a second screen for input of a transaction instruction; and an operation device that faces the second direction, the operation device on which an operation for performing electronic settlement of a monetary amount corresponding to a transaction input to the second display is performed.