Patent ID: 6732918
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: G07F,G09B

Abstract:
A self-service terminal for enabling a user to carry out a self-service transaction, the self-service terminal comprising:a display device for interacting with the user; a non-display device separate from the display device and for interacting with the user; a fascia including (i) means defining a first opening adjacent to the display device and through which the user can interact with the display device, and (ii) means defining a second opening spaced apart from the first opening and adjacent to the non-display device and through which the user can interact with the non-display device; means defining a common navigation area which is spaced apart from at least one of the devices; a first tactile guide extending between the common navigation area and the first opening adjacent to the display device; a second tactile guide spaced apart from the first tactile guide and extending between the common navigation area and the second opening adjacent to the non-display device; a first actuatable vibrating mechanism for, when actuated, vibrating the first tactile guide to enable the user to easily locate the vibrating first tactile guide in the vicinity of the common navigation area and then to follow the vibrating first tactile guide to the first opening through which the user can interact with the display device; a second actuatable vibrating mechanism for, when actuated, vibrating the second tactile guide to enable the user to easily locate the vibrating second tactile guide in the vicinity of the common navigation area and then to follow the vibrating second tactile guide to the second opening through which the user can interact with the non-display device; and a vibration control mechanism for (i) actuating the first tactile guide to vibrate when the transaction requires the user to interact with the display device, and (ii) actuating the second tactile guide to vibrate when the transaction requires the user to interact with the non-display device.