# US 2021/0311580 A1 · Heated atm touch screen > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0311580 A1 - Document ID: US20210311580A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/304,259 - Filed: 2021-06-17 - Published: 2021-10-07 - Earliest claimed: 2018-06-11 - Assignees: Capital One Services, LLC - Applicants: Capital One Services, LLC - Inventors: Joshua EDWARDS; Abdelkadar M'Hamed BENKREIRA; Michael MOSSOBA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210311580A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G07F 9/0235: {the arrangements being full-front touchscreens} - G05B 19/0428: {Safety, monitoring (G05B19/0423 takes precedence)} - G05D 23/19: characterised by the use of electric means {(G05D23/1393 takes precedence)} - G05D 23/1917: {using digital means} - G05D 23/1927: {using a plurality of sensors (G05D23/1902, G05D23/1917, and G05D23/1919 take precedence)} - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures - G06Q 20/1085: {involving automatic teller machines [ATMs]} - G07F 9/105: {Heating or cooling means, for temperature and humidity control, for the conditioning of articles and their storage (dispensers for food articles requiring a processing by temperature treatment or conditioning before they are ready for dispensing G07F17/0064)} - G07F 19/205: {Housing aspects of ATMs} - G05B 2219/13031: Use of touch screen - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G07F: COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS (coin sorting G07D3/00; coin testing G07D5/00; {handling coins or paper currencies apart from payment activated apparatus G07D; payment architectures, schemes or protocols G06Q20/00}) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G05D: SYSTEMS FOR CONTROLLING OR REGULATING NON-ELECTRIC VARIABLES - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An ATM device may include an external frame, a touch screen component coupled to the external frame, and a heating element. The heating element may be positioned such that heat generated by the heating element is directed at the touch screen component. The ATM device may include a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of an environment of the ATM device, and may receive temperature measurement data from the temperature sensor, process the temperature measurement data after receiving the temperature measurement data, determine whether the temperature measurement data indicates that a current temperature of the environment satisfies a threshold based on processing the temperature measurement data, and perform an action to control an operating state of the heating element based on determining whether the temperature measurement data indicates that the current temperature of the environment satisfies the threshold. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An automated teller machine (ATM) device, comprising: a touch screen; a plurality of heating elements positioned or orientated to generate heat directed at the touch screen to allow the touch screen to remain functional during use of the ATM device; a temperature sensor directed at the touch screen and configured to detect a temperature of the touch screen; and wherein the temperature sensor or a processor is configured to: determine whether the temperature satisfies a temperature threshold or is within a temperature range, and perform, based on determining that the temperature satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range, an action to selectively control an operating state of one or more particular heating elements of the plurality of heating elements. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from the temperature sensor, temperature measurement data indicative of the temperature of the touch screen; determine whether the temperature detected by the temperature sensor satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range; and perform, based on determining that the temperature satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range, the action to selectively control the operating state of the one or more particular heating elements. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The ATM device of claim 2, wherein receiving the temperature measurement data is based on detecting a user being present at or near the ATM device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The ATM device of claim 2, further comprising: a second processor, different from the processor, configured to perform an ATM transaction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein the temperature sensor is configured to: determine whether the temperature detected by the temperature sensor satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range; and perform, based on determining that the temperature satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range, the action to selectively control the operating state of the one or more particular heating elements. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The ATM device of claim 5, wherein determining whether the temperature detected by the temperature sensor satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range is based on detecting a user being present at or near the ATM device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein at least one of: the temperature threshold is one of a plurality of temperature thresholds, or the temperature range is one of a plurality of temperature ranges. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein the action relates to at least one of: turning on the one or more particular heating elements at a particular power intensity, or turning on the one or more particular heating elements for a particular amount of time. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The ATM device of claim 8, wherein at least one of: the temperature threshold is one of a plurality of temperature thresholds, or the temperature range is one of a plurality of temperature ranges, and wherein the at least one of the particular power intensity or the particular amount of time depends on at least one of the temperature threshold, of the plurality of temperature thresholds, or the temperature range of the plurality of temperature ranges. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The ATM device of claim 8, wherein at least one of: a first particular heating element, of the one or more particular heating elements, is turned on and a second particular heating element, of the one or more particular heating elements, is turned off, the first particular heating element is turned on at the particular power intensity and the second heating element is turned on at another particular power intensity different from the particular power intensity, or the first particular heating element is turned on for the particular amount of time and the second heating element is turned on for another particular amount of time different from the particular amount of time. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heating elements are coupled to, or integrated into, one or more side panels of a frame of the ATM device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heating elements are coupled to, or integrated into, a top panel of a frame of the ATM device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The ATM device of claim 1, wherein the plurality of heating elements are coupled to, or integrated into, an electric equipment chamber of the ATM device. ### Claim 14 A method, comprising: detecting, by a temperature sensor of an automated teller machine (ATM) device, a temperature of a touch screen of the ATM device; determining, by the temperature sensor, whether the temperature detected by the temperature sensor satisfies a temperature threshold or is within a temperature range; and performing, by the temperature sensor and based on determining that the temperature satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range, an action to selectively control an operating state of one or more particular heating elements of a plurality of heating elements positioned or orientated to generate heat directed at the touch screen to allow the touch screen to remain functional during use of the ATM device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein at least one of: the temperature threshold is one of a plurality of temperature thresholds, or the temperature range is one of a plurality of temperature ranges. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the action relates to at least one of: turning on the one or more particular heating elements at a particular power intensity, or turning on the one or more particular heating elements for a particular amount of time. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of: the temperature threshold is one of a plurality of temperature thresholds, or the temperature range is one of a plurality of temperature ranges, and wherein the at least one of the particular power intensity or the particular amount of time depends on at least one of the temperature threshold, of the plurality of temperature thresholds, or the temperature range of the plurality of temperature ranges. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein at least one of: a first particular heating element, of the one or more particular heating elements, is turned on and a second particular heating element, of the one or more particular heating elements, is turned off, the first particular heating element is turned on at the particular power intensity and the second heating element is turned on at another particular power intensity different from the particular power intensity, or the first particular heating element is turned on for the particular amount of time and the second heating element is turned on for another particular amount of time different from the particular amount of time. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein: the plurality of heating elements are coupled to, or integrated into, a top panel of a frame of the ATM device, the plurality of heating elements are coupled to, or integrated into, one or more side panels of a frame of the ATM device, or the plurality of heating elements are coupled to, or integrated into, an electric equipment chamber of the ATM device. ### Claim 20 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors or a temperature sensor of an automated teller machine (ATM) device, cause the ATM to: detect a temperature of a touch screen of the ATM; determine whether the temperature detected by the temperature sensor satisfies a temperature threshold or is within a temperature range; and perform, based on determining that the temperature satisfies the temperature threshold or is within the temperature range, an action to selectively control an operating state of one or more particular heating elements of a plurality of heating elements positioned or orientated to generate heat directed at the touch screen to allow the touch screen to remain functional during use of the ATM device.