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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2004
Eugene M. Cummings, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Eugene M. Cummings, Lake Forest, IL (US);
ES&S Automark, LLC, Omaha, NE (US);
Abstract
A terminal for marking a pre-printed document which lists a plurality of choices and which includes a marking space for each choice which can be either hand-marked by a user, or machine marked by the terminal. The terminal scans the document format, and then presents the choice selection options to the user visually by means of an LCD touch screen menu and aurally by means of a synthesized speech menu. Choice selections entered by means of the touch screen menu or by means of the audio menu are marked on the front and back sides of the document in marking spaces corresponding to the selected choices, and the document is returned to the user in a form which enables the user to visually confirm that his or her selections have been marked.