Device for inputting and/or outputting information

• US 20020158824A1
• Filed: 01/17/2002
• Published: 10/31/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Janssen, Jan Peter
• Application Number:
  US09/936,548
• Publication Number:
  US 20020158824A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/87
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 13/702 with contacts carried by or formed from layers in a multilayer structure, e.g. membrane switches
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2219/012 programmable
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2239/032 Anti-tamper

Abstract

A device for information input and/or output is proposed that serves for use in one of the areas of efficiency, physical access control, security technology or building installation practice. The device can be configured for use in each of these areas. The device of the invention is embodied in such a way that it fits into a frame (5) that is suitable for recessed and surface-mounted sockets. The device of the invention has a communications module that establishes the connection with a communications network. The communication between the communications module and the communications network is either hard-wired or wireless. The device of the invention has a touch-sensitive layer (1) as part of the display, so that the display also functions as an input device. The operator control elements on the display are reprogrammed at predetermined intervals. In further refinements, the device has a fingerprint sensor and a card reader.

Claims

1. A device for information input and/or output, wherein the device has a processor and a display with a touch-sensitive layer (1), wherein the display has operator control elements and information fields, and wherein the device is connected to a communications network by means of a communications module that is connected to the processor, characterized in that the device is embodied such that the device fits into a frame (5) that is suitable for both a recessed and a surface-mounted socket.

2. The device of claim 1, characterized in that the recessed and surface-mounted socket has a minimum internal size of 54 mm and/or a mounting hole spacing of 60 or 60.3 or 83 mm.

3. The device of claim 1 or claim 2, characterized in that the device has a maximum structural height of 12 mm.

4. The device of claim 3, characterized in that a light (3) is placed behind the display, and that the light (3) has a plastic film with a diffusion coating and an optical fiber waveguide connection.

5. The device of claim 4, characterized in that the display is a liquid crystal display (2).

6. The device of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the communications module communicates with the communications network constantly or at intervals.

7. The device of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the communications module communicates with the communications network in wireless or hard-wired fashion.

8. The device of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the operator control elements and information fields shown by the display are programmable, and a time interval between a reprogramming of the operator control elements and information fields is specified.

9. The device of claim 8, characterized in that the processor rearranges the operator control elements and information fields shown by the display at predetermined time intervals on the principle of randomness.

10. The device of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the processor allows a configuration in which the processor offers respective configuration menus for use in the areas of efficiency, physical access control, security technology and building installation practice.

11. The device of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the device has a fingerprint sensor.

12. The device of one of the foregoing claims, characterized in that the device of the invention has a card reader.