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Handwriting capture device with insertable form interface

  • US 5,223,677 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1991
  • Issued: 06/29/1993
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A handwriting capture device comprising:

  • a housing having a top surface and a recess within the top surface;

    a digitizer, mounted within the top surface, being sensitive to a predetermined minimum writing force from an ordinary writing instrument;

    a display within the top surface for displaying only signature information entered into the digitizer;

    a form adjacent to the digitizer for describing a transaction, the digitizer underlying substantially all of the form, the form requiring a signature and having a menu having a plurality of keys which are activatable by touching them, wherein the form has edges which describe a cutout area exposing the display and minimizing the size of the display, the display being only as large a the cutout area;

    retaining means for holding the form in a predetermined position on the top surface including a frame rotatably hinged at one side of the top surface to allow removal and replacement of the form; and

    circuit means coupled to the digitizer and mounted within the housing for processing signature information and information entered through the menu;

    wherein the interface means is usable in a plurality of transactions.

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