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Granted Patent B2
US 11,468,420 · App. 17/115,300 · Granted Oct 11, 2022

Digital module built-in desk

Inventors: Young Ho Ahn (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yoo Mee Min (Seongnam-si, KR); Young Jin Yoon (Seoul, KR); Hyeokjun Yun (Seoul, KR); Won Seok Lee (Wonju-si, KR); Hee-youn Lee (Gwangju-si, KR); Byung Seok Han (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Hyosung TNS Inc.
G06Q20/206A47B21/04A47F9/046G06Q20/204G06Q20/209G06Q30/0268A47B2200/008A47B2200/12A47F2009/041
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Patent No.
US 11,468,420
App. No.
17/115,300
Granted
Oct 11, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A digital module built-in desk to be placed at a location where business transactions between a clerk and a customer are performed is provided. The desk includes a desk body including an upper plate having a customer-side desk portion providing a space for the customer; a customer digital module mounted in the customer-side desk portion, the customer digital module including a tablet through which information necessary for the business transactions is inputted; and a clerk digital module provided in the side of the clerk-side desk portion, the clerk digital module including a monitor for displaying information necessary for the business transactions.

Claims (31)

1. A digital module built-in desk configured to be placed at a location where business transactions between a clerk and a customer are performed, the digital module built-in desk comprising:

a desk body including an upper plate having a customer-side desk portion providing a space for the customer; and

a customer digital module mounted in the customer-side desk portion, the customer digital module including:

a tablet configured to receive information inputted for the business transactions, and

a customer-side board disposed at the customer-side desk portion and recessed downward from the customer-side desk portion.

2. The digital module built-in desk of claim 1 , wherein the desk body further comprises a clerk-side desk portion providing a space for the clerk, and

wherein the customer-side desk portion and the clerk-side desk portion are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a center line of the upper plate.

3. The digital module built-in desk of claim 2 , further comprising:

a partition installed along the center line to partition between the clerk-side desk portion and the customer-side desk portion.

4. The digital module built-in desk of claim 1 , wherein the customer digital module further comprises:

at least one of a sign pad, a pin pad, an identification card scanner, a seal scanner, an intestinal vein terminal, a near field communication (NFC) reader, and a fingerprint reader which are provided in the customer-side board.

5. The digital module built-in desk of claim 2 , further comprising:

a clerk digital module provided at the clerk-side desk portion, the clerk digital module including a clerk-side monitor for displaying the information for the business transactions.

6. The digital module built-in desk of claim 5 , wherein the clerk digital module further comprises:

a clerk-side input device connected to the clerk-side monitor to allow the clerk to input information;

a clerk-side output device for outputting data on a business service; and

a personal computer for controlling the clerk-side monitor, the clerk-side input device, and the clerk-side output device.

7. The digital module built-in desk of claim 6 , wherein the clerk-side input device includes a scanner, and

wherein the clerk-side output device includes at least one of a paper printer, a passbook printer, a card issuing machine and a Teller cash recycler.

8. The digital module built-in desk of claim 6 , wherein the desk body further includes a wiring hole extending through the customer-side desk portion and the clerk-side desk portion to connect between the customer digital module and the personal computer.

9. The digital module built-in desk of claim 3 , wherein the partition is a transparent display panel or an opaque display panel which includes at least one of a liquid crystal display, a light emitting diode, and a head up display.

10. The digital module built-in desk of claim 3 , wherein the partition provides a service passage of a predetermined size for the business transactions between the clerk and the customer.

11. The digital module built-in desk of claim 1 , further comprising:

an advertisement module, installed at one end portion of the upper plate, for displaying advertisement for a product.

12. The digital module built-in desk of claim 3 , further comprising:

a sterilization module provided at a lower end portion of the partition and configured to sterilize the partition.

13. The digital module built-in desk of claim 12 , wherein the sterilization module comprises a sterilization lamp provided at the lower end portion of the partition and configured to emit light toward the upper plate.

14. The digital module built-in desk of claim 12 , wherein the partition defines a service passage having a predetermined size for the business transactions between the clerk and the customer, and

wherein the sterilization module comprises a sterilization lamp provided along a periphery of the service passage and configured to emit light toward the service passage.

15. The digital module built-in desk of claim 1 , wherein an upper surface of the customer-side board is recessed downward relative to an upper surface of the customer-side desk portion.

16. The digital module built-in desk of claim 1 , wherein the customer-side board horizontally extends and accommodates the tablet.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2021
From: AHN, YOUNG HO; MIN, YOO MEE; YOON, YOUNG JIN; YUN, HYEOKJUN; LEE, WON SEOK; LEE, HEE-YOUN; HAN, BYUNG SEOK
To: HYOSUNG TNS INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0122821 · Sep 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220092571A1 · Mar 24, 2022