Patent ID: 7303118
Filing Date: 2007-12-04
Classification: G07F,G09B

Abstract:
1. A cash handling apparatus having a user interface including: a main pin-type keypad, a first functional-key-type keypad, said first functional-key-type keypad having a plurality of functional keys associated with functions or actions in said user interface, said first functional-key-type keypad being free of pin-type keys, and a second functional-key-type keypad having a plurality of functional keys associated with functions or actions in said user interface, said second functional-key-type keypad being free of pin-type keys, wherein each key of the plurality of functional keys of said second functional-key-type keypad has a respective corresponding key in the plurality of functional keys of said first functional-key-type keypad, and each key of said second functional-key-type keypad is associated with the same function or action in said user interface as its respective corresponding key of the plurality of functional keys of said first functional-key-type keypad, and wherein said first and second functional-key-type keypads have the same number of functional keys and the same arrangement of functional keys in rows and columns, and wherein both of said first and second functional-key-type keypads are capable, during a user session of the cash handling apparatus, of receiving user input for selection among said functions or actions; and said cash handling apparatus further comprising a controller for controlling said user interface; and an input interface for receiving input from said first and second functional-key-type keypads and for generating, in response thereof, a control signal for said controller, wherein said input interface is adapted to treat input from an individual key of said first functional-key-type keypad in exactly the same way as input from a corresponding respective individual key of said second functional-key-type keypad, without any discrimination of the origin of the input and so that no identification information identifying whether said input originates from said first or from said second functional-key-type keypad is included in said control signal.