Transaction terminal and adaptor therefor
First Claim
1. A transaction terminal comprising:
- a terminal housing having a touch screen disposed within a recess in said terminal housing; and
an adaptor for guiding vision-impaired persons in use of said touch screen, said adaptor including;
an insert having a recessed deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said insert supported on said terminal housing with said recessed deck disposed over and in spaced relationship to said touch screen, said deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough, anda keypad associated with said insert, said keypad having at least one key juxtaposed relative to said least one discrete opening in said deck of said insert, said at least one key adapted upon depression to contact a selected portion of said touch screen region of said display screen.
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Abstract
A transaction terminal (10) having a touch screen (20) disposed in a recess (30) in the terminal housing (12) includes an adaptor (25) for facilitating use of the touch screen by persons that are vision-impaired, hearing-impaired or dexterity-challenged. The adaptor (25) is selectively positionable in operative engagement with the touch screen (20). The adaptor (25) includes an insert (50) and a keypad (60, 160, 260). The insert (50) is supported on terminal housing (12) with deck (52) disposed over and in spaced relationship to the touch screen. The deck (52) has at least one discrete opening therethrough. The keypad includes at least one key juxtaposed relative to said least one discrete opening in said deck of the insert. Upon depression of the key, contact is made with a selected portion of the touch screen (20).
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31 Claims
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1. A transaction terminal comprising:
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a terminal housing having a touch screen disposed within a recess in said terminal housing; and an adaptor for guiding vision-impaired persons in use of said touch screen, said adaptor including; an insert having a recessed deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said insert supported on said terminal housing with said recessed deck disposed over and in spaced relationship to said touch screen, said deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough, and a keypad associated with said insert, said keypad having at least one key juxtaposed relative to said least one discrete opening in said deck of said insert, said at least one key adapted upon depression to contact a selected portion of said touch screen region of said display screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A transaction terminal comprising:
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a terminal housing having a touch screen disposed within a recess in said terminal housing; and an adaptor for guiding vision-impaired persons in use of said touch screen, said adaptor including; an insert having a recessed deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said insert supported on said terminal housing with said recessed deck disposed over and in spaced relationship to said touch screen, said deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough, and a depressible contact disposed in juxtaposition with said at least one discrete opening in said insert, said depressible contact adapted to move under a depression force into contact said selected portion of said touch screen. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A transaction terminal comprising:
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a terminal housing having a touch screen disposed within a recess in said terminal housing; and an insert having a deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said deck, said insert supported on said housing with said deck disposed in operative engagement with said touch screen, said deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough providing access to a selected portion of said touch screen, said at least one discrete opening in said deck including a concavely contoured recess, said recess generally conforming to a human finger tip.
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- 19. An insert for use in connection with a transaction terminal having a touch screen region, said insert comprising a recessed deck adapted to be supported on the terminal over the touch screen said recessed deck being defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said recessed deck having at least one discrete opening therethrough through which a user may touch a selected portion of the touch screen.
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25. An adaptor assembly for adapting a display screen having a touch screen for use by the vision-impaired, said touch screen surrounded by a raised frame, said adaptor comprising:
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an insert having a recessed deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said recessed deck, said insert adapted to be supported by the raised frame surrounding said touch screen with said recessed deck disposed over the touch screen region of said touch screen, said recessed deck having a plurality of discrete openings therethrough providing access to selected portions of said touch screen; an overlay disposed atop said recessed deck, said overlay having a plurality of keys displayed on an observe side thereof, said plurality of keys having a one-to-one correspondence with said plurality of discrete openings through said recessed deck, one key being juxtaposed over each of said plurality of discrete openings through said recessed deck. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A transaction terminal for use by vision-impaired persons and fully-sighted persons, comprising:
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a terminal housing having a touch screen, said touch screen operative to display a plurality of virtual buttons thereon, said virtual buttons being activated by touch; an adaptor for guiding vision-impaired persons in use of said touch screen, said adaptor having a deck defined by a flange that extends upwardly and outwardly from a perimeter of said deck, said deck having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of discrete openings therethrough, said adaptor being selectively positionable into a first position in which said adaptor is operatively positioned over and in a spaced relationship above said touch screen; and a release mechanism pivotally mounted to the housing, said release mechanism being selectively actionable to release said adaptor from disposition in the first position. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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Specification