Transaction terminal

US7472825B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Timothy R. Fitch · Syracuse, US
• Garrison Gomez · Marietta, US
• William H. Havens · Syracuse, US
• Melvin D. McCall · Homer, US
• James F. O'Donnell · Camillus, US
• George S. Smith, II · Skaneateles, US
• David Sperduti · Auburn, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 15, 2003
• Grant date: Jan 6, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07G1/12
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A transaction terminal including a motherboard and a display coupled to the motherboard. The transaction terminal further includes a removable data carrier reader coupled to the motherboard and an optical reader coupled to the motherboard, the optical reader having a field of view. The transaction terminal further includes a user interface coupled to the motherboard and a shroud disposed proximate to the optical reader, the shroud emitting light.