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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2009
Roger D. Larson, Woodbury, MN (US);
James E. Fergen, North St. Paul, MN (US);
John E. Nelson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Brace, Oakdale, MN (US);
Michael J. Kieffer, Apple Valley, MN (US);
John D. Yorkovich, Maplewood, MN (US);
Gerald L. Karel, Maplewood, MN (US);
Gerald G. Marsolek, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph E. Schwietz, Jr., Forest Lake, MN (US);
Mitchell B. Grunes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kathleen M. Mcleod, London, CA;
Richard M. Willems, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Ronald C. Wurz, Chalfont, PA (US);
Roger D. Larson, Woodbury, MN (US);
James E. Fergen, North St. Paul, MN (US);
John E. Nelson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Thomas J. Brace, Oakdale, MN (US);
Michael J. Kieffer, Apple Valley, MN (US);
John D. Yorkovich, Maplewood, MN (US);
Gerald L. Karel, Maplewood, MN (US);
Gerald G. Marsolek, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Joseph E. Schwietz, Jr., Forest Lake, MN (US);
Mitchell B. Grunes, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Kathleen M. McLeod, London, CA;
Richard M. Willems, South St. Paul, MN (US);
Ronald C. Wurz, Chalfont, PA (US);
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an explicit feedback to a user when an article has an improper position on the article receiving area, (iv) both checks out and checks in circulating items, (v) stores fonts in bit maps of screen displays instead of in a separate font memory, (vi) integrates a security marker reader, a printer, and a controller in the same housing, (vii) processes financial transactions related to the borrowing of circulating items, and/or (viii) displays actions for helping the user to correct errors in use of the terminal.