Interlocked Display and Input Rotation for POS Terminal Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
In terminal apparatuses performing product registration and settlement processing, the optimal orientations of displays and input devices vary with users, often requiring manual adjustment by users, which is inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A terminal apparatus with a first support portion for a user-operated input device, a second support portion for a display, and an interlocking unit that synchronizes the rotation of both in the same direction, reducing the need for manual adjustment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the display and input device orientations are adjusted independently, then each device can be positioned optimally for the user, but the user must perform multiple separate adjustment operations increasing effort and time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the adjustment mechanisms of the display and input device into a single integrated system. The display support portion and input device support portion are coupled through an interlocking mechanism that allows both components to be adjusted simultaneously by a single user operation, thereby reducing the number of adjustment operations required while maintaining the ability to achieve optimal orientations for both devices
2Productivity
If the display and input device are adjusted separately, then each can achieve optimal orientation, but the adjustment time and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The interlocking mechanism is designed to enable preliminary coordinated adjustment of both the display and input device. By coupling the support portions through the interlocking unit, the system allows both devices to be positioned in their optimal orientations simultaneously during a single adjustment operation, eliminating the need for sequential adjustments and reducing total adjustment time
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AI summary
A terminal apparatus (10) is used when target processing being at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a first support portion (300), a first display (130), a second support portion (200), and an interlocking portion (400). The first support portion (300) rotatably supports, in a horizontal direction, an input device (120) operated by a user of the terminal apparatus (10). The first display (130) faces a user of the terminal apparatus (10). The second support portion (200) rotatably supports the first display (130) in the horizontal direction. The interlocking portion (400) interlocks the first support portion (300) and the second support portion (200) with each other, and rotates the input device (120) and the first display (130) in the same direction.