Point of sale device and method for operating same
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1. A point of sale device comprising:
- an LCD display;
a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to said LCD display;
LCD control circuitry; and
contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless payment antenna,said LCD control circuitry and said contactless communication circuitry operating at least partially in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween,said LCD control circuitry having at least first and second refresh rates and being operative at a first, lower refresh rate during operation of said contactless communication circuitry in carrying out a transaction and at a second, higher refresh rate at times when said contactless communication circuitry is not carrying out a transaction.
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Abstract
A point of sale device including an LCD display, a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to the LCD display, LCD control circuitry and contactless communication circuitry associated with the contactless payment antenna, the LCD control circuitry and the contactless communication circuitry operating at least partially in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween.
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1. A point of sale device comprising:
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an LCD display; a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to said LCD display; LCD control circuitry; and contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless payment antenna, said LCD control circuitry and said contactless communication circuitry operating at least partially in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween, said LCD control circuitry having at least first and second refresh rates and being operative at a first, lower refresh rate during operation of said contactless communication circuitry in carrying out a transaction and at a second, higher refresh rate at times when said contactless communication circuitry is not carrying out a transaction. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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2. A point of sale device comprising:
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an LCD display; a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to said LCD display; LCD control circuitry; and contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless payment antenna, said LCD control circuitry and said contactless communication circuitry operating at least partially in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween, said contactless communication circuitry being operative at least during at least one of a vertical blanking interval (VBI), a VSYNCH signal duration and an HSYNCH signal duration in the operation of said LCD control circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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7. A point of sale device comprising:
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an LCD display; a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to said LCD display; LCD control circuitry; and contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless payment antenna, said LCD control circuitry and said contactless communication circuitry operating at least partially in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween, said LCD control circuitry having at least first and second duty cycles for writing of data to said LCD display and being operative at a first, lower duty cycle during operation of said contactless communication circuitry in carrying out a transaction and at a second, higher duty cycle at times when said contactless communication circuitry is not carrying out a transaction. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method of operating an LCD display in propinquity to a contactless antenna, said method comprising:
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providing LCD control circuitry and contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless antenna; operating said LCD control circuitry and said contactless communication circuitry in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween; and operating said LCD control circuitry at a first, lower refresh rate during operation of said contactless communication circuitry in carrying out a transaction and at a second, higher refresh rate at times when said contactless communication circuitry is not carrying out a transaction.
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11. A method of operating an LCD display in propinquity to a contactless antenna, said method comprising:
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providing LCD control circuitry and contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless antenna; and operating said LCD control circuitry and said contactless communication circuitry in time coordination with each other in order to prevent interference therebetween; and operating said contactless communication circuitry at least during at least one of a vertical blanking interval (VBI), a VSYNC signal duration and an HSYNC signal duration in the operation of said LCD control circuitry.
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12. A point of sale device comprising:
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an LCD display; a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to said LCD display; LCD control circuitry; contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless payment antenna; and coordination control circuitry operative to control operation of said LCD control circuitry thereby to reduce interference to operation of said contactless communication circuitry resulting from operation of said LCD display, said LCD control circuitry providing a clock signal and a data enable signal; and said coordination control circuitry being operative to vary at least one of said clock signal and said data enable signal in order to reduce interference between said LDC display and operation of said contactless communication circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A point of sale device comprising:
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an LCD display; a contactless payment antenna arranged in propinquity to said LCD display; LCD control circuitry; contactless communication circuitry associated with said contactless payment antenna; and coordination control circuitry operative to control operation of said LCD control circuitry thereby to reduce interference to operation of said contactless communication circuitry resulting from operation of said LCD display, said coordination control circuitry being operative to at least partially synchronize payment data transfer operation of said contactless communication circuitry with an HSYNC signal of said LCD display.
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