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Granted Patent B2
US 11,961,374 · App. 17/626,192 · Granted Apr 16, 2024

POS terminal device with rotatable operator and customer displays

Inventors: Kunihiro Akaba (Kanagawa, JP); Katsumi Harashima (Kanagawa, JP); Akihisa Iwata (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: NEC Platforms, Ltd.
G07G1/0018G07G1/12G06Q20/20
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Patent No.
US 11,961,374
App. No.
17/626,192
Granted
Apr 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a POS terminal device ( 1 ) according to the present invention, a rotation center of an operator-side rotation shaft ( 31 ) is at a position spaced apart from a longitudinal center line of a housing ( 2 ), a rotation center of a customer-side rotation shaft ( 41 ) is at a position spaced apart from the center line on an opposite side of the operator-side rotation shaft ( 31 ), an operator display ( 3 ) is rotated by 90 degrees in a horizontal direction around the operator-side rotation shaft ( 31 ) in such a way that a lateral end surface having a shorter distance from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft ( 31 ) approaches a customer display ( 4 ), and the customer display ( 4 ) is rotated by 90 degrees in the horizontal direction around the customer-side rotation shaft ( 41 ) in the same direction as the operator display ( 3 ).

Claims (42)

1. A POS terminal device comprising:

a housing including a rectangular upper surface with short sides and long sides;

a rectangular operator display having a first upper side and a first bottom side facing each other and two first lateral sides facing each other mounted on one of the short sides of the upper surface of the housing perpendicular to the upper surface of the housing; and

a customer display having a second upper side and a second bottom side facing each other and two second lateral sides facing each other mounted on another one of the short sides of the upper surface of the housing perpendicular to the upper surface of the housing, wherein

the operator display and the customer display are arranged in such a way that rear surfaces of each of the respective displays face each other and each of centers of the first upper side and the second upper side of each of the displays passes through a center line connecting centers of the two short sides of the housing,

the operator display has an operator-side rotation shaft that supports the operator display,

the customer display has a customer-side rotation shaft that supports the customer display,

a rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft is at a position that is spaced apart from the center line,

a rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft is at a position that is spaced apart from the center line and is provided on an opposite side of the center line from where the operator-side rotation shaft is provided,

the operator display is rotatble by 90 degrees around the operator-side rotation shaft in such a way that the first lateral side that is closer tolocated at closer distance from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft is moved toward the customer display,

the customer display is rotatable by 90 degrees around the customer-side rotation shaft in such a way that the second lateral side that is closer tolocated at closer distance from the rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft is moved toward the operator display, and

the operator display and the customer display do not collide with each other when the operator display is rotated by 90 degrees, and

the customer display and the operator display do not collide with each other when the customer display is rotated by 90 degrees.

2. The POS terminal device according to claim 1 , wherein

a distance between the first lateral side of the operator display that is closer to the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft to the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft is shorter than a distance projected in the long sides direction of the housing from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft to the rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft, and

a distance between the second lateral side of the customer display that is closer to the rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft to the rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft is shorter than a distance projected in the long sides direction of the housing from the rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft to the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft.

3. The POS terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a distance between the operator display and the customer display is shorter than a distance obtained by adding (a) a distance from a center of the first upper side of the operator display ad to the first lateral side and (b) a distance from a center of the second upper side of the customer display to the second lateral side.

4. The POS terminal device according to claim 1 ,

wherein a length of the first upper side of the operator display and a length of the second upper side of the customer display are longer than the short side of the upper surface of the housing and longer than the long side of of the upper surface of the housing.

5. A POS terminal device comprising:

a housing including a rectangular upper surface with short sides and long sides;

a rectangular operator display having a first upper side and a first bottom side facing each other and two first lateral sides facing each other mounted on one of the short sides of the upper surface of the housing perpendicular to the upper surface of the housing; and

a customer display having a second upper side and a second bottom side facing each other and two second lateral sides facing each other mounted on another one of the short sides of the upper surface of the housing perpendicular to the upper surface of the housing, wherein

the operator display and the customer display are arranged in such a way that rear surfaces of each of the respective displays face each other and each of center points of the first upper side and the second upper side of each of the displays passes through a longitudinal center line connecting centers of the two short sides of the housing,

the operator display has an operator-side rotation shaft that supports the operator display and allows the operator display to be rotated by a predetermined angle or less in a horizontal direction parallel to the upper surface of the housing,

the customer display has a customer-side rotation shaft that supports the customer display,

a rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft is at a position that is spaced apart from the center line,

a rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft is at a position on the center line,

the operator display is rotatable by 90 degrees around the operator-side rotation shaft in such a way that a-the first lateral side that is closer tolocated at closer distance from the rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft is moved toward the customer display, and

the operator display and the customer display do not collide with each other when the operator display is rotated by 90 degrees.

6. A POS terminal device comprising:

a housing including a rectangular upper surface with short sides and long sides;

a rectangular operator display having a first upper side and a first bottom side facing each other and two first lateral sides facing each other mounted on one of the short sides of the upper surface of the housing perpendicular to the upper surface of the housing; and

a customer display having a second upper side and a second bottom side facing each other and two second lateral sides facing each other mounted on another one of the short sides of the upper surface of the housing perpendicular to the upper surface of the housing, wherein

the operator display and the customer display are arranged in such a way that rear surfaces of each of the respective displays face each other and each of center points of the first upper side and the second upper side of each of the displays passes through a longitudinal center line connecting centers of the two short sides of the housing,

the operator display has an operator-side rotation shaft that supports the operator display,

the customer display has a customer-side rotation shaft that supports the customer display,

a rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft is at a position that is spaced apart from the center line,

a rotation center of the operator-side rotation shaft is at a position on the center line, and

the customer display by 90 degrees around the customer-side rotation shaft in such a way that the first lateral side that is closer to the rotation center of the customer-side rotation shaft is moved toward the operator display.

the operator display and the customer display do not collide with each other when the customer display is rotated by 90 degrees.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 17, 2025
From: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD
To: STEERETAIL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073594/0253 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: AKABA, KUNIHIRO; HARASHIMA, KATSUMI; IWATA, AKIHISA
To: NEC PLATFORMS, LTD.,
Reel/Frame 058616/0318 →