Tactile man-machine interface with data communication interface
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1. Tactile man-machine interface comprising:
- a) an interfacing surface comprising a means for transforming impacts on the interfacing surface into input electric signals;
wherein the means for transforming comprises at least one piezoelectric transducer attached to the interfacing surface for transforming acoustic signals resulting from impacts on the interfacing surface into corresponding impact electric signals, andb) a data interfacing means configured to provide data communication with at least a first and second device;
wherein the data interfacing means comprises a first data interface and at least one second data interface, wherein the first data interface is configured for data communication, with a first electronic device and the second data interface is configured for data communication with a second device.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tactile man-machine interface comprising an interfacing surface comprising a means for transforming impacts on the interfacing surface into input electrical signals and a data interfacing means, configured for data communication with at least a first and a second device In this configuration, it becomes possible to provide data communication between the first and second devices without having to bring the two devices in contact. Furthermore, the invention relates to a separating element comprising such a tactile man-machine interface and system, such as vending machines, automatic teller machines etc, comprising such a separating element.
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16 Claims
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1. Tactile man-machine interface comprising:
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a) an interfacing surface comprising a means for transforming impacts on the interfacing surface into input electric signals; wherein the means for transforming comprises at least one piezoelectric transducer attached to the interfacing surface for transforming acoustic signals resulting from impacts on the interfacing surface into corresponding impact electric signals, and b) a data interfacing means configured to provide data communication with at least a first and second device; wherein the data interfacing means comprises a first data interface and at least one second data interface, wherein the first data interface is configured for data communication, with a first electronic device and the second data interface is configured for data communication with a second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Method of receiving and transmitting data using a tactile man-machine interface comprising the steps of:
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a) receiving impacts on an interfacing surface of the tactile man-machine interface and transforming the impacts into input electric signals and outputting the input electric signals or coordinates of the location of the impact which have been determined from the input electric signals, via a data interfacing means of the tactile man-machine interface, and b) receiving first input data via the data interfacing means from a first device, and outputting the input data via the data interfacing means to a second device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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