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US 7,546,957 B2Granted
Travel kiosk
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsDaniel Melnik, Rafael Yepez, Jason Mastry
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Abstract
A travel kiosk which focuses operator attention to a work area. The travel kiosk includes a first portion containing a touch screen, and a second portion adjacent the first portion including a work area. The work area includes a printer, a barcode reader, a passport imager, and a radio frequency reader. The work area further includes a shelf for aligning a passport, a passport tunnel at an end of the shelf for guiding the passport into a position in the second portion for reading by the passport imager and the radio frequency reader, a printer exit shoot above the passport tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from the printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing the barcode reader.
Claims26
A travel kiosk comprising:
- a first portion containing a touch screen;
- and
- a second portion adjacent the first portion including
- a printer
- a barcode reader;
- a passport imager;
- and
- a radio frequency reader;
- and
- wherein the second portion contains a work area for obtaining first information from an operator provided passport, for obtaining second information from an operator provided travel document, and for delivering a printed travel document to the operator;
- wherein the work area includes
- a shelf for aligning the passport, a passport tunnel at an end of the shelf for guiding the passport into a position in the second portion for reading by the passport imager and the radio frequency reader, a printer exit shoot above the passport tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from the printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing the barcode reader, wherein the barcode reader scans the operator provided travel document following placement under the overhang;
- and
- wherein the kiosk further includes visual indicators for indicating successful and unsuccessful obtaining of the first and second information.
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A method of completing a travel transaction comprising:
- prompting an operator to place a passport in a work area of a travel kiosk, wherein the work area includes a shelf, a tunnel at an end of the shelf, a printer exit shoot above the tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from a printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing a barcode reader;
- prompting the operator to position the passport on the shelf and insert the passport into the tunnel for reading by an imager in the kiosk;
- and
- processing the passport by the travel kiosk.
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A travel kiosk comprising:
- a first portion containing a touch screen;
- and
- a second portion adjacent the first portion including
- a printer
- a barcode reader;
- a passport imager;
- and
- a radio frequency reader;
- and
- wherein the second portion contains a work area for obtaining first information from an operator provided passport, for obtaining second information from an operator provided travel document, and for delivering a printed travel document to the operator;
- wherein the work area includes
- a shelf for aligning the passport, a passport tunnel at an end of the shelf for guiding the passport into a position in the second portion for reading by the passport imager and the radio frequency reader, a printer exit shoot above the passport tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from the printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing the barcode reader, wherein the barcode reader scans the operator provided travel document following placement under the overhang;
- and
- wherein the kiosk further includes sound circuitry for indicating successful and unsuccessful obtaining of the first and second information.
11 more elements
A travel kiosk comprising:
- a first portion containing a touch screen;
- and
- a second portion adjacent the first portion including
- a printer
- a barcode reader;
- a passport imager;
- and
- a radio frequency reader;
- and
- wherein the second portion contains a work area for obtaining first information from an operator provided passport, for obtaining second information from an operator provided travel document, and for delivering a printed travel document to the operator;
- wherein the work area includes
- a shelf for aligning the passport, a passport tunnel at an end of the shelf for guiding the passport into a position in the second portion for reading by the passport imager and the radio frequency reader, a printer exit shoot above the passport tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from the printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing the barcode reader, wherein the barcode reader scans the operator provided travel document following placement under the overhang;
- and
- wherein the kiosk further includes a position sensor for providing signals indicating that the passport is properly aligned arid located in the position for reading by the passport imager, and visual indicators for indicating successful and unsuccessful alignment of the passport.
11 more elements
A travel kiosk comprising:
- a first portion containing a touch screen;
- and
- a second portion adjacent the first portion including
- a printer
- a barcode reader;
- a passport imager;
- and
- a radio frequency reader;
- and
- wherein the second portion contains a work area for obtaining first information from an operator provided passport, for obtaining second information from an operator provided travel document, and for delivering a printed travel document to the operator;
- wherein the work area includes
- a shelf for aligning the passport, a passport tunnel at an end of the shelf for guiding the passport into a position in the second portion for reading by the passport imager and the radio frequency reader, a printer exit shoot above the passport tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from the printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing the barcode reader, wherein the barcode reader scans the operator provided travel document following placement under the overhang;
- and
- wherein the second portion further comprises an imager transport for positioning the passport imager to read the first information from the passport including
- a track for guiding the passport imager;
- a first wheel at one end of the track;
- a second wheel at another end of the track;
- a belt around the first and second wheels and coupled to the imager;
- and
- a motor for rotating the first wheel.
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A method of completing a travel transaction comprising:
- prompting an operator to place an operator-provided travel document containing a barcode label in a work area of a travel kiosk, wherein the work area includes a shelf, a tunnel at an end of the shelf, a printer exit shoot above the tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from a printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing a barcode reader;
- prompting the operator to scan the barcode label on the operator-provided travel document by the travel kiosk;
- and
- processing the operator-provided travel document by the travel kiosk.
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A method of completing a travel transaction comprising:
- prompting an operator to place a contactless card in a work area of a travel kiosk, wherein the work area includes a shelf, a tunnel at an end of the shelf, a printer exit shoot above the tunnel for delivering a printed travel document from a printer, and an overhang above the printer exit shoot containing a barcode reader;
- displaying instructions and illustrations showing proper orientation of the contactless card within the work area for reading by a radio frequency reader;
- and
- processing the contactless card by the travel kiosk.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.