TRANSIT VENDING MACHINE WITH AUTOMATIC USER INTERFACE ADAPTION

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for providing a transit vending machine that accommodates its users by automatically adjusting a layout of the user interface based on information determined about the user as obtained from image information of the user. Information about the user can be indicative of user height, hand used to interact with the touchscreen display, an offset of user input, and the like.

主权项

1. A transit system vending machine comprising:
a touchscreen display configured to display a first output in accordance with a first layout configuration, wherein:
the first layout configuration determines a first area of the touchscreen display in which one or more interactive controls are located, andthe first output comprises a first set of displayed elements including a first set of one or more interactive controls disposed in the first area of the touchscreen display and at least one other displayed element; a camera configured to capture an image of a user of the transit system vending machine and provide the captured image to a processing unit; and the processing unit, communicatively coupled to the touchscreen display and the camera, wherein the processing unit is configured to:
receive the captured image of the user from the camera;conduct image analysis of the captured image of the user to determine that a triggering event occurred, the triggering event comprising:
the user approaching the transit system vending machine, orthe user raising a hand to press one of the first set of one or more interactive controls; andin response to determining that a triggering event occurred, cause the transit system vending machine to automatically generate and display a second output on the touchscreen display in accordance with a second layout configuration, wherein:
the second layout configuration determines a second area of the touchscreen display in which one or more interactive controls are located, andthe second area is different than the first area.