Terminal device having a shielding portion that shields a line of sight of an input device from a person other than the user

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12548415-B2
Application number	US-202218832194-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 1, 2022
Priority date	Feb 1, 2022
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

A terminal apparatus ( 10 ) is used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a housing ( 110 ), a first input device ( 172 ), and a shielding portion ( 300 ). The first input device ( 172 ) is provided on an upper surface of the housing ( 110 ), and receives an input of at least one of a character and a number from a user. The shielding portion ( 300 ) is provided on the housing ( 110 ), and shields a line of sight of the first input device ( 172 ) from a person other than a user. The shielding portion ( 300 ) includes a first member ( 302 ) and a second member ( 304 ). The first member ( 302 ) is located on one side of the first input device ( 172 ) when viewed from a user. The second member ( 304 ) is located on another side of the first input device ( 172 ) when viewed from a user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A terminal apparatus being used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a housing; a first input device that is provided on an upper surface of a housing, and receives an input of at least one of a character and a number from a user; and a shielding portion that is provided on the housing, and shields a line of sight of the first input device from a person other than the user, wherein the shielding portion includes
a first member located on one side of the first input device when viewed from the user, and
a second member located on another side of the first input device when viewed from the user, and
the terminal apparatus further comprises: a second input device that is located on the upper surface of the housing, is located opposite to the first input device across the first member, and acquires information from a medium, and an average height of the first member along a length of the first member is lower than an average height of the second member along a length of the second member wherein
the upper surface of the housing includes a recessed portion,
the first input device is located in the recessed portion, and
at least a part of the first member and at least a part of the second member are an inner wall of the recessed portion.

2 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
a first average value being an average of heights of the first member along a first portion of the first member located on a first side of a center of the first member that is closer to a user side is lower than a second average value being an average of heights of the first member along a second portion of the first member located opposite to the user across the center of the first member.

3 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the shielding portion includes a third member located opposite to the user across the first input device.

4 . A terminal apparatus being used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a housing; a first input device that is provided on an upper surface of a housing, and receives an input of at least one of a character and a number from a user; and a shielding portion that is provided on the housing, and shields a line of sight of the first input device from a person other than the user, wherein the shielding portion includes
a first member located on one side of the first input device when viewed from the user, and
a second member located on another side of the first input device when viewed from the user,
the terminal apparatus further comprising a second input device that is located on the upper surface of the housing, is located opposite to the first input device across the first member, and acquires information from a medium, wherein a first average value being an average of heights of the first member along a first portion of the first member located on a first side of a center of the first member that is closer to a user side is lower than a second average value being an average of heights of the first member along a second portion of the first member located opposite to the user across the center of the first member, the second input device includes a reader that reads information from the medium, and a height of a region of the first member overlapping the reader in a depth direction is lower than the second average value.

5 . A terminal apparatus being used when at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, the terminal apparatus comprising:
a housing; a first input device that is provided on an upper surface of a housing, and receives an input of at least one of a character and a number from a user; and a shielding portion that is provided on the housing, and shields a line of sight of the first input device from a person other than the user, wherein the shielding portion includes
a first member located on one side of the first input device when viewed from the user, and
a second member located on another side of the first input device when viewed from the user, and

the terminal apparatus further comprises a code reader provided upright on the upper surface of the housing, wherein, when viewed from the user, the code reader is located farther than the first input device, and at least a part of the code reader overlaps the first input device in a width direction.

6 . The terminal apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the code reader includes
a strut portion located on the upper surface of the housing, and
a reader that extends from an upper portion of the strut portion in a lateral direction, and includes a reading surface for reading a code on a lower surface, and
the reader extends in a left-and-right direction when viewed from the user.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Shimizu Takashi
• Morimitsu Hiroshi
• AMBE Takahiro

Classifications

• G07G1/0045

  with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader · CPC title

• G07G1/01

  Details for indicating · CPC title

• G07G1/0063

  with means for detecting the geometric dimensions of the article of which the code is read, such as its size or height, for the verification of the registration · CPC title

• G07F7/0893

  the card reader reading the card in a contactless manner · CPC title

• G07F7/088

  the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself · CPC title