Multifunction interface device for a self-service terminal
View Patent ↗To overcome the difficulties caused by variation in user interfaces from self-service terminal to self-service terminal, a self-service terminal can use a standardized interface device that is compatible with other terminal types and other regions. The interface device can be positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection. Media readers can be integrated into the interface device. An encrypted touch-sensitive display can be integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device. The touch-sensitive display can show prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal. The prompts can provide instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the media readers to produce identification data. A processor positioned in the housing can receive the identification data from the interface device via the secure physical connection.
1. A self-service terminal, comprising:
an interface device positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection;
a plurality of media readers integrated into the interface device;
an encrypted touch-sensitive display integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device, the touch-sensitive display configured to show a plurality of prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal, the prompts providing instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the plurality of media readers to produce identification data;
a lower camera positioned below the touch-sensitive display on the front of the interface device, the lower camera configured to capture a lower video stream through the front of the interface device, the lower video stream having a lower field of view positioned to capture a hand of a user of the self-service terminal; and
a processor positioned in the housing and configured to receive the identification data from the interface device via the secure physical connection.
2. The self-service terminal of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to automatically communicate data corresponding to the identification data to a server to allow access to an account associated with the physical media.
3. The self-service terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the self-service terminal is an automated teller machine that includes a cash recycler positioned in the housing; and
the interface device includes a banknote slot that extends through the interface device from the front of the interface device to a back of the interface device, the banknote slot sized and positioned to transport banknotes to and from the cash recycler.
4. The self-service terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the physical media includes contactless media;
the plurality of media readers includes a contactless media reader positioned on or in the interface device and accessible from the front of the interface device; and
the plurality of prompts includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, a contactless media reader icon proximate the contactless media reader.
5. The self-service terminal of claim 1 , wherein:
the physical media includes a card;
the plurality of media readers includes a card reader positioned on or in the interface device proximate a card slot that extends into the interface device; and
the plurality of prompts includes displaying, on the touch-sensitive display, instructions to insert the card into the card slot.
6. The self-service terminal of claim 5 , wherein:
the card slot is accessible from a bottom of the interface device; and
the card slot extends along a direction parallel to the front of the interface device.
7. The self-service terminal of claim 5 , wherein:
the card slot is accessible from the front of the interface device; and
the card slot extends along a direction orthogonal to the front of the interface device.
8. The self-service terminal of claim 1 , further comprising an upper camera positioned on the front of the interface device, the upper camera configured to capture an upper video stream through the front of the interface device, the upper video stream having an upper field of view positioned to capture a face of a user of the self-service terminal.
9. The self-service terminal of claim 8 , wherein the upper camera is positioned above the touch-sensitive display on the front of the interface device.
10. The self-service terminal of claim 1 , wherein the touch-sensitive display is further configured to show instructions during transactions at the self-service terminal and receive touch-selections during transactions at the self-service terminal.
11. The self-service terminal of claim 10 , further comprising a private audio jack positioned on the interface device and configured to provide an audio signal for the visually impaired, the audio signal configured to mimic instructions shown on the touch-sensitive display.
12. The self-service terminal of claim 11 , wherein the private audio jack is positioned on a bottom of the interface device.
13. The self-service terminal of claim 11 , wherein the private audio jack is positioned on the front of the interface device.
14. A self-service terminal comprising:
an interface device positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection;
a plurality of media readers integrated into the interface device;
an encrypted touch-sensitive display integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device, the touch-sensitive display configured to show a plurality of prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal, the prompts providing instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the plurality of media readers to produce identification data; and
a processor positioned in the housing and configured to receive the identification data from the interface device via the secure physical connection;
wherein:
the interface device is planar; and
the interface device has a back, opposite the front, that is lockably and removably docked to the housing.
15. The self-service terminal of claim 14 , wherein the interface device includes encryption to automatically render information stored on the interface device unreadable when the interface device is undocked from the housing.
16. The self-service terminal of claim 14 , wherein the interface device includes authentication to automatically confirm an authenticity of the interface device when the interface device attaches to the housing.
17. A method for initiating a transaction at a self-service terminal, the self-service terminal including an interface device positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection, the interface device being planar, the interface device having a front, the interface device having a back, opposite the front, that is lockably and removably docked to the housing, the self-service terminal including a plurality of media readers integrated into the interface device, the method comprising:
displaying, on an encrypted touch-sensitive display integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device, a plurality of prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal, the prompts providing instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the plurality of media readers to produce identification data;
directing the identification data from the interface device, via the secure physical connection, to a processor positioned in the housing; and
automatically communicating data corresponding to the identification data from the processor to a server to allow access to an account associated with the physical media.
18. An automated teller machine, comprising:
an interface device positioned on a housing and electrically coupled to the housing via a secure physical connection;
a cash recycler positioned in the housing;
a banknote slot that extends through the interface device from a front of the interface device to a back of the interface device, the banknote slot sized and positioned to transport banknotes to and from the cash recycler;
an upper camera positioned on the front of the interface device, the upper camera configured to capture an upper video stream through the front of the interface device, the upper video stream having an upper field of view positioned to capture a face of a user of the self-service terminal;
a lower camera positioned on the front of the interface device, the lower camera configured to capture a lower video stream through the front of the interface device, the lower video stream having a lower field of view positioned to capture a hand of a user of the self-service terminal;
a plurality of media readers integrated into the interface device;
an encrypted touch-sensitive display integrated into the interface device and positioned on a front of the interface device between the upper camera and the lower camera, the touch-sensitive display configured to show a plurality of prompts to initiate a transaction at the self-service terminal, the prompts providing instructions for causing physical media to be read at any one of the plurality of media readers to produce identification data; and
a processor positioned in the housing and configured to receive the identification data from the interface device via the secure physical connection, the processor further configured to automatically communicate data corresponding to the identification data to a server to allow access to an account associated with the physical media.