# US 2025/0148883 A1 · Terminal apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0148883 A1 - Document ID: US20250148883A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/832,156 - Filed: 2022-02-01 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-01 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Takashi SHIMIZU; Hiroshi MORIMITSU; Takahiro AMBE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250148883A1 ## CPC - G07G 1/0018: {Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means} - G06F 1/1601: {Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64)} - G06Q 20/18: involving self-service terminals [SST], vending machines, kiosks or multimedia terminals - G06Q 20/20: Point-of-sale [POS] network systems - G06Q 20/204: {comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit} - G07F 7/088: {the card reader being part of the point of sale [POS] terminal or electronic cash register [ECR] itself} - G07F 7/0893: {the card reader reading the card in a contactless manner} - G07F 7/1033: {Details of the PIN pad} - G07G 1/0045: {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} - G07G 1/0063: {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} - G07G 1/01: Details for indicating - G07G 1/12: electronically operated - G06F 2200/1614: Image rotation following screen orientation, e.g. switching from landscape to portrait mode - G07G: REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) ## Abstract A terminal apparatus (10) is used when target processing being at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, and includes a first support portion (300), a first display (130), a second support portion (200), and an interlocking portion (400). The first support portion (300) rotatably supports, in a horizontal direction, an input device (120) operated by a user of the terminal apparatus (10). The first display (130) faces a user of the terminal apparatus (10). The second support portion (200) rotatably supports the first display (130) in the horizontal direction. The interlocking portion (400) interlocks the first support portion (300) and the second support portion (200) with each other, and rotates the input device (120) and the first display (130) in the same direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal apparatus being used when target processing being at least one of product registration processing and settlement processing is performed, the terminal apparatus comprising: a first support portion that rotatably supports, in a horizontal direction, an input device operated by a user; a first display facing the user; a second support portion that rotatably supports the first display in the horizontal direction; and an interlocking unit that interlocks the first support portion and the second support portion with each other, and rotates the input device and the first display in a same direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a housing; and a customer input device disposed on one surface of the housing and operated by a customer, wherein the second support portion includes a strut portion located on the housing, and a rotating portion that is provided on the strut portion and is rotatable in the horizontal direction, the first display is attached to the strut portion via the rotating portion, and the strut portion, a center of the housing, and the customer input device are arranged in this order when viewed from the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The terminal apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the rotating portion is also rotatable in an up-and-down direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking unit comprises: at least one memory configured to store instructions; and at least one processor configured to execute the instructions to preform operations comprising: controlling an orientation of the input device and the first display by using a detection result of a position of the user. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The terminal apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the interlocking unit has a first mode of controlling an orientation of the input device and the first display by using the detection result, and a second mode of changing, when an orientation of one of the input device and the first display changes due to an external force, an orientation of another of the input device and the first display. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the interlocking unit can release an interlock between the first support portion and the second support portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The terminal apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the user is one of a salesclerk and a customer, the terminal apparatus further comprises a second display facing another of a salesclerk and a customer, and the second support portion rotatably supports the second display. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The terminal apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising: a third display facing the another; and a holding portion that integrally holds the second display and the third display, wherein the second support portion rotatably supports the holding portion.