System and method of secure touch screen input and display

• US 7,808,489 B2
• Filed: 07/20/2005
• Issued: 10/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Maritzen, Michael, Ludtke, Harold Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Abdulselam; Abbas I
• Application Number:
  US11/186,667
• Publication Number:
  US 20050249383A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,903 Days
• Field of Search: 345/173, 345/8, 345/9, 345/169, 345/170, 345/205, 345/214, 382/115, 382/103, 382/116, 235/380, 200/313, 200/317, 178/18.01
• US Class Current: 345/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/83 input devices, e.g. keyboards, mice or controllers thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 19/201 Accessories of ATMs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method for viewing, entering, and editing information through a transparent screen are described. The invention allows a user to interactively view, enter, and edit information on a transparent window. In one embodiment, the window display device includes a transparent media configured for allowing the user to see through the transparent media; a display module coupled to the transparent media wherein the display module is configured for displaying information to the user; and an input module coupled to the transparent media wherein the input module is configured for receiving an input from the user, wherein the user is capable of viewing through the transparent media while viewing the information.

Claims

1. A window display device comprising:

a display component that displays output information, wherein the display component is transparent and overlaid on a transparent medium; and

an entry component that directly receives input information from a viewer in response to the viewer perceiving the output information, wherein the entry component is overlaid in a transparent manner on the display component, and wherein an object at a distance behind the window display device is visible to the viewer through the entry and display components.

2. The window display device of claim 1, wherein the entry component comprises a sensor selected from a group consisting of a pressure sensor, a heat sensor, a light sensor, and an optical sensor, wherein the entry component directly receives the input information via the sensor.

3. The window display device of claim 1, wherein the entry component being overlaid in a transparent manner comprises being fully transparent.

4. The window display device of claim 1, wherein the input information comprises edits to the output information.

5. The window display device of claim 1, wherein the input information comprises identification information associated with the viewer.

6. The window display device of claim 5, wherein the identification information comprises biometric information.

7. The window display device of claim 1 further comprising a token component, wherein the token component allows the receipt of the input information from the viewer if the token component receives a valid token.

8. A method of displaying and receiving information comprising:

displaying output information via a transparent display component overlaid on a transparent medium; and

directly receiving input information from a viewer via an entry component, wherein the input information is received in response to the viewer perceiving the output information, wherein the entry component is overlaid in a transparent manner on the display component, and wherein an object at a distance behind the window display device is visible to the viewer through the entry component and the display component.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein directly receiving input information comprises receiving information via a sensor selected from a group consisting of a pressure sensor, a heat sensor, a light sensor, and an optical sensor.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the entry component being overlaid in a transparent manner comprises being fully transparent.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the input information comprises edits to the output information.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the input information comprises identification information associated with the viewer, and further comprising authenticating the identification information.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the identification information comprises biometric information.

14. The method of claim 8 further comprising receiving a token, wherein receiving a valid token allows the receipt of the input information from the viewer.

15. A window display device comprising:

means for displaying output information, wherein the means for displaying is transparent and overlaid on a transparent medium; and

means for directly receiving input information from a viewer, wherein the input information is received in response to the viewer perceiving the output information, wherein the means for receiving is overlaid in a transparent manner on the means for displaying, and wherein an object at a distance behind the window display device is visible to the viewer through the means for receiving and the means for displaying.

16. The window display device of claim 15, wherein the means for directly receiving input information comprises a component selected from a group consisting of means for sensing pressure, means for sensing heat and means for sensing light.

17. The window display device of claim 15, wherein the means for directly receiving input information being overlaid in a transparent manner comprises being fully transparent.

18. The window display device of claim 15, wherein the input information comprises edits to the output information.

19. The window display device of claim 15 further comprising means for authenticating identification information associated with the viewer.

20. The window display device of claim 19, wherein the identification information comprises biometric information.

21. The window display device of claim 15 further comprising means for allowing the receipt of the input information if a means for authenticating the viewer is valid.