Fuel dispenser
AssigneeGilbarco Inc.
InventorsEdward A. Payne, Rodger K. Williams, Ryan C. Garrett
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Abstract
A system and method for displaying information at a fuel dispenser comprises an electrophoretic display that may be configured to operate in low temperature environments. The fuel dispenser may comprise a keypad located beneath the electrophoretic display in order to present a graphical user interface to a customer and receive the customer's selections. The fuel dispenser may comprise additional electrophoretic displays to present additional information to the consumer.
Claims15
A fuel dispenser comprising:
- a meter configured to measure a flow of fuel;
- a processing device operatively connected to the meter;
- and
- a first electrophoretic display positioned on the fuel dispenser and configured to display a first image based on first data transmitted by the processing device corresponding to the flow of fuel measured by the meter.
A fuel dispenser comprising:
- a processing device;
- a first keypad located on a surface of the fuel dispenser and operatively connected to the processing device, wherein the first keypad comprises a first plurality of keys and is configured to transmit data to the processing device identifying when one of the first plurality of keys is selected;
- and
- a first electrophoretic display juxtaposed to the first keypad and operatively connected to the processing device, wherein the first electrophoretic display is configured to display a first graphical user interface (GUI) based on data transmitted by the processing device, the GUI comprising at least one first option based on data transmitted by the processing device,
- wherein at least one of the first plurality of keys corresponds to the at least one first option and the processing device determines that the at least one first option has been selected based on the data transmitted by the first keypad that the at least one of the first plurality of keys has been selected.
A method for displaying information at a fuel dispenser comprising an electrophoretic display and a processing device operatively connected to the electrophoretic display, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving data representative of the information at the processing device;
- transmitting at least a portion of the data from the processing device;
- applying at least one electric field to the electrophoretic display based on the portion of the data transmitted by the processing device;
- and
- displaying the information via the electrophoretic display as a result of the application of the at least one electric field to the electrophoretic display.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.