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Vending machines with large area transparent touch electrode technology, and/or associated methods

  • US 10,133,108 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2017
  • Issued: 11/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/08/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A vending machine, comprising:

  • a cabinet including a plurality of product placement areas;

    a window to the product placement areas, the window being connected to the cabinet;

    a first transparent multi-layer low-emissivity (low-E) coating supported by the window and patterned into a first set of electrodes, the first set of electrodes being configured to enable all or part of the window to be used as a touch panel configured to accept touch-related inputs to the vending machine; and

    processing resources including at least one processor and a memory, the memory comprising instructions that, when executed, are configured to;

    receive touch-related operation information corresponding to accepted touch-related inputs, the touch-related operation information being indicative of touch positions and touch types, the touch types including touches of the window, non-touch proximity detections, and gestures; and

    control the vending machine to operate in one of a plurality of different operating modes and respond to received touch-related operation information, the different operating modes including product-vending and game-playing modes.

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