Information Processing Device for Automated Transaction Execution

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Solution Overview

Problem

Cash dispensing machines require operators to manually input and select transaction content repeatedly, leading to increased operational burden and potential mistakes, especially when executing similar transactions at the same time band.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device with an operation display and storage section that searches for recursive transactions based on historical data, displaying a selection button for previously executed transactions with the same content, allowing automatic switching through the transaction screens upon selection.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If operators manually input and select transaction content for each transaction, then transaction accuracy can be ensured, but operational burden increases and mistakes occur more frequently

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction accuracyVSAvoidoperational burden
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by automatically retrieving and pre-filling transaction content from historical data before the operator completes the transaction. The processor automatically obtains transaction content from storage section based on timing coincidence detection, and the operation display section presents this pre-filled content for operator confirmation, reducing manual input while maintaining accuracy through operator verification.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system creates a copy of previously executed transaction content and presents it to the operator. The processor retrieves transaction content from the storage section that coincides with the current timing pattern, effectively copying proven transaction data from the past and allowing the operator to review and confirm rather than re-input from scratch.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

2Reliability

If operators execute transactions manually step-by-step, then transaction correctness can be verified, but execution time increases for repetitive transactions

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction correctnessVSAvoidtransaction execution speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary retrieval and preparation of transaction content before the operator needs to execute the transaction. By detecting timing coincidence between current operation timing and historical transaction patterns, the processor pre-loads the appropriate transaction content, so the operator only needs to review and confirm rather than execute each step manually.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system serves itself by automatically identifying and retrieving appropriate transaction content from its own historical data stored in the storage section. The processor autonomously matches current timing patterns with historical transactions and presents the matched content, reducing the operator's workload while maintaining correctness through the established timing coincidence logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

3Extent of automation

If the system stores and retrieves historical transaction data, then repetitive transactions can be automated, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransaction automation levelVSAvoidsystem structure complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Extent of automationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system achieves multi-functionality by having the processor perform both traditional transaction execution functions and automated retrieval functions using existing components. The storage section stores both transaction content and timing information, while the processor handles both manual transaction processing and automated timing-coincident retrieval, eliminating the need for separate dedicated retrieval hardware.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses data copying from historical transactions rather than creating complex new transaction structures. The processor retrieves and presents copies of previously executed transaction content that match the current timing pattern, allowing automation through simple data retrieval and presentation rather than complex automated execution logic.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS11907501B2Information processing device
Publication Date: 2024.02.20 OKI ELECTRIC INDUSTRY CO LTD
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AI summary

An information processing device including: an operation display; a storage section configured to store transaction content information including a transaction content that has been previously executed and date/time information of the executed transaction content; a processor configured to, based on an operation date/time information of a user operating the operation display, search in the storage section as to whether there is a recursive transaction that has been repeatedly executed with a same transaction content in a same time band as a time band of the operation date/time information; and in a case in which there is the recursive transaction, display a first screen including a selection button for selecting the recursive transaction on the operation display, and, after the selection button is selected, automatically switch displays of plural screens showing a transaction content of the recursive transaction.