摘要 |
A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in cir-culating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal. |
申请人 |
MINNESOTA MINING AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY |
发明人 |
GRUNES, MITCHELL B.;WILLEMS, RICHARD M.;SCHWIETZ, JOSEPH E., JR.;BRACE, THOMAS J.;MARSOLEK, GERALD G.;WURZ, RONALD C.;KIEFFER, MICHAEL J.;MCLEOD, KATHLEEN M.;KAREL, GERALD L.;YORKOVICH, JOHN D.;LARSON, ROGER D.;NELSON, JOHN E.;FERGEN, JAMES E. |