SECURE POINT OF SALE DEVICE EMPLOYING CAPACITIVE SENSORS
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1. A point of sale device comprising:
- a housing;
a protected enclosure located within said housing;
information storage functionality located within said protected enclosure and storing information to be protected information;
a capacitance sensor based security system including at least one capacitance sensor operative to sense the capacitance of at least one of at least part of said housing and at least part of said protected enclosure at a reference time and thereafter and to provide an alarm indication of at least a predetermined change in said capacitance sensed by said at least one capacitance sensor.
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Abstract
A point of sale device including a housing, a protected enclosure located within the housing, information storage functionality located within the protected enclosure and storing information to be protected information, a capacitance sensor based security system including at least one capacitance sensor operative to sense the capacitance of at least one of at least part of the housing and at least part of the protected enclosure at a reference time and thereafter and to provide an alarm indication of at least a predetermined change in the capacitance sensed by the at least one capacitance sensor.
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1. A point of sale device comprising:
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a housing; a protected enclosure located within said housing; information storage functionality located within said protected enclosure and storing information to be protected information; a capacitance sensor based security system including at least one capacitance sensor operative to sense the capacitance of at least one of at least part of said housing and at least part of said protected enclosure at a reference time and thereafter and to provide an alarm indication of at least a predetermined change in said capacitance sensed by said at least one capacitance sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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