Terminal including imaging assembly

• US 9,734,493 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2015
• Issued: 08/15/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Gomez, Garrison, McCall, Melvin D., O'Donnell, James F., Smith, II, George S., Sperduti, David, Fitch, Timothy R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M
• Assistant Examiner(s): TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA
• Application Number:
  US14/630,841
• Publication Number:
  US 20150220901A1
• Time in Patent Office: 902 Days
• Field of Search: 235380, 235383
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0013 by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers connectors in general H01R13/00; connectors for SIM cards used in mobile phones or the like H04B1/3816
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/01 Details
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/00 Payment architectures, schemes or protocols apparatus for performing or posting payment transactions G07F7/08, G07F19/00; electronic cash registers G07G1/12
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/341 Active cards, i.e. cards including their own processing means, e.g. including an IC or chip
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4014 Identity check for transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40145 Biometric identity checks
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/1306 non-optical, e.g. ultrasonic or capacitive sensing
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/23 by means of a password
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/20 Automatic teller machines [ATMs]
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/205 Housing aspects of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/10 together with a coded signal , e.g. in the form of personal identification information, like personal identification number [PIN] or biometric data
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 7/1008 Active credit-cards provided with means to personalise their use, e.g. with PIN-introduction/comparison system
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0018 Constructional details, e.g. of drawer, printing means, input means

Abstract

A terminal includes a housing, a touch screen, and an imaging assembly. The imaging assembly in one embodiment is disposed in the housing so that an imaging axis extends externally from the housing. The imaging assembly can be utilized for capture of images disposed externally to the housing. In one embodiment a frame of image data captured utilizing an imaging assembly can be processed for attempting to decode a decodable indicia. In one embodiment a frame of image data captured utilizing an imaging assembly can be stored.

Claims

1. A terminal for use in capture of data, the terminal comprising:

a housing having a top, a first end, a second end, and a bottom;

a display disposed at the top of the housing;

a card reader disposed at the first end of the housing for reading of cards, the card reader comprising a card cavity; and

a fingerprint scanner for capturing an electronic fingerprint representation, wherein the fingerprint scanner comprises an active surface, and a finger receiving recess integrally formed in the housing and partially defined by the card cavity;

wherein the terminal is configured for transmitting the captured electronic fingerprint representation to a computer system.

2. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the finger receiving recess extends generally coextensively with a planar surface above the fingerprint scanner'"'"'s active surface.

3. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the finger receiving recess has a length of at least about 1.75 inches.

4. The terminal of claim 1, wherein the finger receiving recess has a length of at least about 2.00 inches.

5. The terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the finger receiving recess comprises a front end and a distal end, the front end being opposite the distal end;

the fingerprint scanner'"'"'s active surface is disposed proximate the distal end of the finger receiving recess; and

the finger receiving recess comprises a bottom floor surface having a front edge proximate the front end of the finger receiving recess, the bottom floor surface extending substantially coplanar with the scanner'"'"'s active surface from its front edge to the distal end of the finger receiving recess.

6. The terminal of claim 5, wherein the distance from the front end to the distal end of the finger receiving recess is at least about 2.5 inches.

7. The terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the card cavity has a sidewall; and

the finger receiving recess is partially delimited by the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall.

8. The terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the card cavity has a sidewall;

the finger receiving recess is partially delimited by the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall; and

the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall comprises substantially vertical extending wall portions.

9. The terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the card cavity has a sidewall;

the finger receiving recess is partially delimited by the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall; and

the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall is sloped for providing support to a finger in contact with the sidewall in both lateral and vertical directions.

10. The terminal of claim 1, wherein:

the card cavity has a sidewall;

the finger receiving recess is partially delimited by the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall; and

the card cavity'"'"'s sidewall has a concave profile.

11. The terminal of claim 1,

wherein the housing comprises an outer surface region coextensive with the finger receiving recess.

12. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the outer surface region is sloped downwardly in a lateral direction toward an outer edge of the housing.

13. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the outer surface region is sloped downwardly in a lateral direction toward an outer edge of the housing such that a user'"'"'s finger in the finger receiving recess and a user'"'"'s other finger resting on the outer surface region are substantially in a common horizontal plane.

14. The terminal of claim 11, wherein the outer surface region comprises a sloping sidewall having a concave profile.

15. The terminal of claim 11, wherein:

the finger receiving recess comprises a sidewall coextensive with the outer surface region; and

the housing comprises a web receiving area defined at an interface of the finger receiving recess'"'"'s sidewall and the outer surface region.

16. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the web receiving area slopes downwardly from the finger receiving recess.

17. The terminal of claim 15, wherein the web receiving area extends in a plane substantially perpendicular to or lower than a plane through which the finger receiving recess extends.