Transaction terminal comprising imaging module

• US 20030229793A1
• Filed: 01/09/2003
• Published: 12/11/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: McCall, Melvin D., Fitch, Timothy R., Sperduti, David, Gomez, Garrison, Smith, George S., OʼDonnell, James F.
• Granted Patent: US 7,451,917 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/186
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/23 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/205 Housing aspects of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/10 together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0018 Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means

Abstract

A transaction terminal including a display, a housing, an imaging module assembly wherein the imaging module assembly comprises a control and decode circuit, an imaging module, and a light pipe disposed optically forward of the imaging module. The light pipe may be in a tubular configuration and may include a first end disposed inside the housing and a second end extending to an exterior of the housing. The transaction terminal may include a motion detector generating a motion detection signal that serves as a trigger signal. When a motion detection signal changes state from OFF to ON, light sources of the LEDs are actuated so that a user is notified of a decoding function of the terminal.

Claims

1. A transaction terminal comprising:

a housing;

a display; and

an imaging module assembly including a control and decode circuit, an imaging module and a light pipe extending forward of said imaging module, said imaging module including at least one light source,

wherein said light pipe includes a first end disposed in an interior of said terminal and a second end extending to a position at an exterior of said housing.

2. The transaction terminal of claim 1, wherein said light pipe is in a tubular configuration defining an interior and exterior of said light pipe.

3. The transaction terminal of claim 2, wherein said light pipe is disposed in a position relative to said imaging module such that light from said at least one light source is directed to an interior of said light pipe.

4. The transaction terminal of claim 1, further including a motion detector changing state of motion detection signal, wherein said imaging module is responsive to said motion detection signal so that said at least one light source is actuated when said motion detection signal changes from an OFF state to an ON state.

5. The transaction terminal of claim 1, wherein said motion detector includes an image sensing unit, wherein said imaging module includes an image sensor, and wherein said transaction terminal is configured so that said image sensor serves as said image sensing unit of said motion detector.

6. The transaction terminal of claim 1, wherein said at least one light source is a red LED.

7. The transaction terminal of claim 1, wherein said housing includes a front, a rear and a top, wherein said display is disposed in said top, and wherein said light pipe extends forwardly from said from a front.

8. The transaction terminal of claim 1, being adapted to be mounted in a first horizontal mounting position and second vertical mounting positions so that in said first horizontal mounting position said light pipe extends generally in a horizontal plane ans in said second vertical mounting position said light pipe extends in a generally vertical plane.

9. The transaction terminal of claim 1, wherein said imaging module includes an image sensor, and wherein said transaction terminal is configured to operate in a low power mode in which said control and decode circuit captures frames of image data without actuation of any light source of said imaging module.

10. The transaction terminal of claim 1, wherein said transaction terminal includes a control circuit in communication with said display, and wherein said decode and control circuit is incorporated in said control circuit.