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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2021
Banks and Acquirers International Holding, Suresnes, FR;
Stéphane Pavageau, La Roche de Glun, FR;
Alain Coussieu, Flaviac, FR;
Olivier Blanc, Pont de l'Isère, FR;
BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING, Suresnes, FR;
Abstract
A data input device intended to be affixed to a capacitive touch screen of a terminal includes: a substantially parallelepipedal plate including a lower surface, which is substantially planar, for affixing the device to the touch screen, and an upper surface including an array of input zones that form a keyboard and are configured to enable a finger of a user to be detected by the touch screen when the device is affixed thereto; and at least two contact pads, which are electrically conductive and arranged on the lower surface, and each electrically connected to means for discharging, towards the outside of the touch screen, electric charges concentrated at the contact pads when the device is affixed to and held on the touch screen.