Commercial self-service equipment

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

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

LCD video monitor ( 3 ), with 12″, colored, SVGA standard or, touch screen ( 3 A);

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;

Coin dispenser ( 10 ) with up to 4 silos;

Hybrid card reader ( 11 ) for reading “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 );

Hard disk ( 14 ), minimum of 20.0 GB;

Floppy disk drive ( 15 ), minimum of 1,44 MB;

Thermal printer ( 16 ) for the printing of tickets;

Paper note recognizer ( 17 );

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.