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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1981
Yasuo Uchida, Takatsuki, JP;
Omron Tateisi Electronics Company, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
A system for performing the desired transaction when the customer follows a specified procedure comprising a sequence of steps includes an electronic visual display unit for displaying a message and an illustration at the same time, a plurality of function buttons arranged in the vicinity of the display unit, a clerk key to be manipulated by the clerk and a memory having stored therein the terms, messages and illustrations to be displayed on the display unit. For customer processing, the display unit displays stepwise, immediately before each of the steps is followed by the customer, an instruction comprising the combination of a procedure specifying message describing the procedure to be followed by the customer and a procedure specifying illustration graphically showing the procedure in corresponding relation to the message. For clerk processing, the display unit shows, in response to an input through the clerk key, function indicating terms representing the processing items to be executed by the clerk and corresponding to the function buttons. When a test mode is selected by the clerk, the display unit shows an operation test code for the function button concerned. When a trouble has been detected, the display unit shows the cause of the detected trouble and an instruction for the clerk. The display unit further shows, for the function button concerned, a function indicating term representing the processing item to be executed for the remedy of the detected trouble.