Electronic Terminal Upper Cover with Tiltable Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current game terminals for managing games, such as football pools and lotteries, lack comfort, practicality, and ease of use and maintenance, particularly in public places where they are installed.
Innovation Solution
An electronic terminal with a compact structure featuring a fulcrum-mounted upper cover for easy access, a membrane-type keyboard, a tiltable liquid crystal display screen, and a dot matrix printer for issuing receipts, integrated with an optical reader for coupon data entry and processing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of repair
If the terminal uses a fixed closed structure, then the internal components are protected, but access for maintenance and operation is difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal housing is divided into a fixed base structure and a removable upper cover. This segmentation allows the upper cover to be easily removed for maintenance access while the fixed base continues to protect the internal components, resolving the contradiction between ease of repair and component protection.
2Area of stationary object
If the terminal integrates all functions in a compact structure, then space utilization is improved, but the complexity of integration increases
Solution Approach 1:
The terminal integrates the printer, optical reader, display screen, and keyboard into a single compact unit with a unified housing structure. This merging of multiple functions into one device reduces the overall space required while managing integration complexity through a standardized design framework.
3Ease of operation
If the display screen is fixed on the terminal, then the structure is simple, but the viewing angle and usability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The display screen is mounted on a pivot mechanism that allows it to rotate and tilt to different angles. This dynamic positioning capability enables users to adjust the screen orientation for optimal viewing, improving ease of operation while the pivot mechanism maintains reasonable structural simplicity.
4Area of stationary object
If the keyboard is integrated into the upper cover, then the structure is compact, but the keyboard assembly becomes complex
Solution Approach 1:
The keyboard is implemented as a membrane-type keyboard integrated into the upper cover. This flexible membrane construction allows the keyboard to be seamlessly incorporated into the cover structure, maintaining a compact terminal footprint while avoiding the complexity of rigid keyboard mounting mechanisms.
Data Source
AI summary
An electronic terminal (10), in particular for the management of games, comprising an upper cover (16) fulcrum-mounted on a fixed external structure (11) and suitable for assuming, with respect to the latter, a closed position (P1) and an open position (P2), in which the upper cover (13) is made of a first part (13a), arranged adjacently to the relative fulcrum-mounting area (17) on the fixed structure (11), and a second part (13b), arranged away from the fulcrum-mounting area (17), which bears a keyboard (14) for the entry of data, and in which a screen (16) for displaying data is rotatingly mounted on a central area (13c) of the cover, between the first (13a) and the second part (13b), so as to be adjustable with respect to the fixed structure (11) when the upper cover (13) is in the closed position (P1). To advantage, the terminal (10) comprises a front access door (31a) suitable for being easily removed as a single piece from a respective seat made in the fixed structure (11), thereby freeing and completely uncovering a path (27) for reading of games coupons (28) inserted in the terminal (10).