Patents by Inventor Andrew William Douglas Smith

Andrew William Douglas Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220269477
    Abstract: A mobile device establishes a direct or an indirect network connection to a terminal for purposes of remotely controlling a transaction UI of the terminal. During the connection, the mobile device is operated by the user to control transaction UI element navigation, UI element selection, and UI element entry of information, which are provided from the mobile device utilizing one or more of spoken speech feedback, speech of the user, audible feedback, haptic feedback, touch selections, computer vision, and/or touch-based gestures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Philip Noel Day, Andrew William Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 11054983
    Abstract: A touch-based gesture interface is provided. An initial point of contact for a touch made on a touch-screen surface is associated with a reference value. If the initial contact is sustained before release, directional axis changes for the touch are noted until the contact is released to identify a gesture-based touch input. The directional axis changes associated with the gesture-based touch input are translated into a key entry based on the directional axis changes made relative to the reference value. If the initial contact is released with no directional axis movement/changes, the key entry is assigned to the reference value for the gesture-based touch input. In an embodiment, two successive touches with no directional axis movement/changes made within a threshold period of time is identified as a cancel key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Andrew William Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 10863834
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for completing a transaction using a shelf and interactive tablet. The systems and methods may include receiving, at an interactive tablet comprising a processor, a captured image associated with an item; identifying, by the interactive tablet, a known image of the item based on the captured image of the item; and retrieving, by the interactive tablet, product information associated with the item based on the known image of the item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Phil Noel Day, Steven James Birnie, Marshall Munro, Andrew William Douglas Smith
  • Publication number: 20200272320
    Abstract: A touch-based gesture interface is provided. An initial point of contact for a touch made on a touch-screen surface is associated with a reference value. If the initial contact is sustained before release, directional axis changes for the touch are noted until the contact is released to identify a gesture-based touch input. The directional axis changes associated with the gesture-based touch input are translated into a key entry based on the directional axis changes made relative to the reference value. If the initial contact is released with no directional axis movement/changes, the key entry is assigned to the reference value for the gesture-based touch input. In an embodiment, two successive touches with no directional axis movement/changes made within a threshold period of time is identified as a cancel key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Andrew William Douglas Smith
  • Patent number: 10540857
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventors: Phil Noel Day, Steven James Birnie, Elina Inkeri Jokisuu, Margaret McKendry, Marshall Munro, Andrew William Douglas Smith, Steve Swaine
  • Publication number: 20200000249
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for completing a transaction using a shelf and interactive tablet. The systems and methods may include receiving, at an interactive tablet comprising a processor, a captured image associated with an item; identifying, by the interactive tablet, a known image of the item based on the captured image of the item; and retrieving, by the interactive tablet, product information associated with the item based on the known image of the item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Phil Noel Day, Steven James Birnie, Marshall Munro, Andrew William Douglas Smith