Patent Application
20230054605
The present disclosure relates to an anti-peep technique, and more particularly, to an anti-peep system and an automated teller machine (ATM) with anti-peep mechanism.
The introduction of the automated teller machine (ATM) into people's daily life largely reduces the frequency at which people need to go banks. However, there is the risk of leaking someone's private information when he/she is operating the ATM. For instance, other people standing near the ATM being operated might take a peep at the operator's password and balance shown on the screen of the ATM.
Privacy filters have been widely applied to computer screens. The privacy filter may also be applied to the screen of the ATM to prevent people other than the operating person in front of the ATM from taking a peep at the information shown on the screen of the ATM. However, the privacy filter being fixedly attached to the ATM screen would reduce the effect of propaganda or advertising videos on avoiding scams that are normally played on the ATM when it is not operated by a user.
An objective of the present disclosure is to provide an anti-peep system and an automated teller machine (ATM) with anti-peep mechanism, so as to simultaneously achieve the purposes of providing effective anti-peep effect when the ATM is being used and clearly playing propaganda or advertising videos on avoiding scams when the ATM is not operated by a user.
To achieve at least the above objective, a first aspect of the present disclosure is to provide an anti-peep system applicable to an ATM that includes a main body and a display screen mounted on the main body. The anti-peep system includes a sensor and an anti-peep unit. The sensor includes a housing and a sensing element set in the housing; the housing is provided on the main body of the ATM, and the sensing element is used to sense whether there is an object located in an area in front of the display screen. The anti-peep unit is integrated into the display screen and electrically connected to the sensing element of the sensor. The anti-peep unit is enabled or disabled according to a sensing result of the sensing element to selectively shield the display screen.
A second aspect of the present disclosure is to provide an automated teller machine (ATM) with anti-peep mechanism. The ATM includes a main body, a display screen and an anti-peep system.
In an embodiment, the sensing element of the sensor is an infrared transceiver unit.
In an embodiment, the sensing element of the sensor is a camera.
In an embodiment, the anti-peep unit includes at least one polarizing plate and a polarization control circuit. The polarization control circuit is electrically connected to between the polarizing plate and the sensing element.
With the above arrangements, both the anti-peep system and the ATM with anti-peep mechanism according to the present disclosure include a sensor for sensing whether there is a person located in an area F in front of the display screen to operate the ATM; and an anti-peep unit of the anti-peep system is enabled or disabled according to the sensing result of the sensor. Thus, both the anti-peep system and the ATM of the present disclosure can simultaneously achieve the purposes of providing effective anti-peep effect when the ATM is being used and clearly playing propaganda or advertising videos on avoiding scams when the ATM is not operated by a user.
To facilitate understanding of the objects, characteristics and effects of this present disclosure, embodiments together with the attached drawings for the detailed description of the present disclosure are provided. It is noted the present disclosure can be implemented or applied in other embodiments, and many changes and modifications in the described embodiments can be carried out without departing from the spirit of the disclosure, and it is also understood that the preferred embodiments are only illustrative and not intended to limit the present disclosure in any way.
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A second aspect of the present disclosure provides an automated teller machine (ATM) 2 with anti-peep mechanism. The ATM 2 includes the above-mentioned main body 20, display screen 21, and anti-peep system 1.
As having been mentioned above, both the anti-peep system 1 and the ATM 2 with anti-peep mechanism according to the present disclosure include a sensor 10 for sensing whether there is a person located in an area F in front of the ATM 2 to operate the ATM 2. The anti-peep unit 11 of the anti-peep system 1 is enabled if a person is found in front of the ATM 2, or is disabled if no person is found in front of the ATM 2. Thus, the display screen 21 of the ATM 2 in use is effectively protected against peep and can still clearly play propaganda or advertising videos on avoiding scams when the ATM 2 is not operated by someone.
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While the present disclosure has been described by means of specific embodiments, numerous modifications and variations could be made thereto by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure set forth in the claims.
