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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2018
Applicant:
Wincor Nixdorf International Gmbh, Paderborn, DE;
Inventor:
Oliver Dietz, Borchen, DE;
Assignee:
Wincor Nixdorf International GMBH, Paderborn, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 40/00 (2012.01); G07F 19/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07F 19/20 (2013.01); G06Q 20/1085 (2013.01);
Abstract
An input device has a support that has a user control area and that has a coupling area for coupling an object to be monitored to the input device; an electromechanical transducer structure that is coupled both to the user control area and to the coupling area; and a control apparatus that uses the electromechanical transducer structure to implement a user control function of the user control area and further to implement mechanical integrity monitoring of the object to be monitored and/or the support.