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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 29, 2001
Filed:
May. 01, 1998
Robert D. Andrew, Dundee, GB;
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for flagging the position of manually usable means (,) in a manually operable device (,). In order to guide a user to the location of manually usable means (,) which require to be manually actuated or to on or from which items require to manually entered or removed, the invention provides an air supply (,) and one or more nozzles connected to the air supply (,) to provide one or more jets of air. The nozzles (,) are stationed and directed such that a user of the device (,) can sense the position and direction of the air jet or jets so as to find the position of the manually usable means (,). The invention can be used to help those who may have a visual impairment to operate an automatic teller machine. The different areas of the machine can be found from air jets which come from the nozzles (,) stationed at the different areas of the machine, such areas including a card entry slot (,), a keyboard (,) and a cash dispensing slot (,). The invention can also be applied to help locate manually usable areas of other machines such as vending machines.