Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions

Ying-Chi Chou

Yi-Hsin Huang

Wen-Fu Tsai

Hsuan Wei-Yi

A Projected Capacitive (PCAP) display including multiple arrays of conductive electrodes performs a dual function. In a first function, the PCAP display uses the conductive electrode arrays to generate an electrostatic field and determines the presence and position of a conductive object based on small changes it detects in the capacitance of that electrostatic field. In a second function, the PCAP display uses the same conductive electrode arrays to generate a magnetic field. As a user swipes the card across the surface of the PCAP display, it causes small changes in the generated magnetic field. The PCAP display retrieves the data magnetically encoded onto the magnetic stripe card based on the changes it detects in the magnetic field.

Touch sensitive payment vehicle detection system

A computing device permits distribution of power received from an external power source to one or more subsystems of the computing device. The computing device receives input requesting a power control operation and, responsive to the input, interrupts the distribution of the power to at least one of the subsystems.

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Chiayi, Taiwan

Ying-Chi Chou