Ncr Corporation

Andrew William Douglas Smith

Steven J Birnie

Marshall Munro

Phil Noel Day

Elina Inkeri Jokisuu

Steve Swaine

Margaret McKendry

A touch-based gesture interface is provided. An initial point of contact for a touch made on a touch-screen surface is associated with a reference value. If the initial contact is sustained before release, directional axis changes for the touch are noted until the contact is released to identify a gesture-based touch input. The directional axis changes associated with the gesture-based touch input are translated into a key entry based on the directional axis changes made relative to the reference value. If the initial contact is released with no directional axis movement/changes, the key entry is assigned to the reference value for the gesture-based touch input. In an embodiment, two successive touches with no directional axis movement/changes made within a threshold period of time is identified as a cancel key.

Gestural touch interface

Disclosed are systems and methods for completing a transaction using a shelf and interactive tablet. The systems and methods may include receiving, at an interactive tablet comprising a processor, a captured image associated with an item; identifying, by the interactive tablet, a known image of the item based on the captured image of the item; and retrieving, by the interactive tablet, product information associated with the item based on the known image of the item.

Interactive tablet and shelf

To overcome the difficulties caused by variation in user interfaces from self-service terminal to self-service terminal, a self-service terminal can use a standardized interface device that is compatible with other terminal types and other regions. The interface device can be positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection. Media readers can be integrated into the interface device. An encrypted touch-sensitive display can be integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device. The touch-sensitive display can show prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal. The prompts can provide instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the media readers to produce identification data. A processor positioned in the housing can receive the identification data from the interface device via the secure physical connection.

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Dundee, United Kingdom

Andrew William Douglas Smith