Kiosk touch pad
CA 2337796 A1 · Owner: Donohue, Thomas E. · Inventors: O'Callaghan, James L.; Glad, Paul H.; Donohue, Thomas E.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A simplified touch pad (21) which detects a "touch" in a specific absolute positioning programmable zone or "enter/select" zone (29) rather than requiring a "tap". The touch pad (21) also has an audible feedback device built into the touch pad (21) for immediate feedback and a touch sensitive surface (26) comprising a relative cursor positioning zone (27). By simplifying a touch pad (21)to include only basic functions the touch pad , (21) is easier to operate simpler to manufacture, and more amenable to use with graphical interface display systems typically using touch screens. The invention is preferably incorporated into a kiosk (23) where simplified use is of great benefit. An …
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Listed from its CIPO record in Patent Yard's archive of Canadian patents past their term. Its claims, description and drawings are in the CIPO record and on Google Patents, and the Claude kit works from them.
Why it's free to use
- Filed July 2, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended July 2, 2019.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by July 2, 2021.
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