Media conveying

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for conveying at least one item of media. The apparatus includes a user interface comprising a media port and a user display. The apparatus also includes a shuttle carriage supporting a presentation platform and movable along a shuttle drive rail between a first end region thereof in which the presentation platform can be aligned at the media port and a further end region in which the presentation platform can be selectively aligned with a selected one of a plurality of possible handling ports of a multi-media station.

主权项

1. Apparatus for conveying at least one item of media between a media port of a user interface and a selected one of a plurality of possible handling ports of a multi-media station which is housed in a security cabinet separate and physically spaced apart from the user interface, the apparatus comprising:
a shuttle drive rail encased in a shuttle housing including (i) a first end region which is located in a public access room where a public user of the user interface can stand and interact with the user interface, and (ii) a second end region which is located in a restricted access room, separate and laterally spaced apart from the first end region by a secure wall, where a restricted user can stand and interact with the multi-media station, wherein the shuttle drive rail and shuttle housing are adapted to pass through a hole in the secure wall that separates the first end region and the second end region; and a shuttle carriage supporting a presentation platform and movable along the shuttle drive rail within the shuttle housing between the first end region to align the presentation platform with the media port of the user interface and the second end region to align the presentation platform with the selected one of the plurality of possible handling ports of the multi-media station and thereby to enable the at least one media item to be conveyed between the media port of the user interface and the selected one of the plurality of possible handling ports of the multimedia station; wherein the presentation platform has (i) a first direction of possible motion horizontally along a longitudinal axis which extends between the first end region of the shuttle drive rail and the second end region of the shuttle drive rail, (ii) a second direction of possible motion vertically perpendicular to the horizontal motion, and (iii) a third direction of possible motion angularly tilting about a central longitudinal axis of the presentation platform which extends substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis extending between the first end region of the shuttle drive rail and the second end region of the shuttle drive rail.