Methods, System, and Apparatus for Touchless Terminal Interface Interaction

An apparatus, comprising:

• a depth camera adjacent to, attached to, or integrated into the touchscreen display of a transaction terminal;
• and
• an Infrared (IR) motion device adjacent to or attached to a bezel of the touchscreen display;
• wherein the IR motion device configured to create a field in front of and adjacent to a touch surface of the touchscreen display and to provide coordinates within the field for a hand of an operator who is performing a touchless interaction with an interface rendered in a screen of the touchscreen display during a transaction at the transaction terminal associated with the touchscreen display;
• and
• where the depth camera configured to provide images or video of the hand during the touchless interaction along with distances between the hand and the touch surface of the touchscreen display.

A system, comprising:

• a transaction terminal;
• and
• a touchless interface apparatus;
• wherein the touchless interface apparatus comprises:
• a depth camera;
• and
• an Infrared (IR) motion device;
• wherein the IR motion device is configured to create a field in front of and adjacent to a touch surface of a touchscreen display and to provide coordinates within the field for a hand of an operator who is performing a touchless interaction with an interface rendered in a screen of the touchscreen display during a transaction at the transaction terminal associated with the touchscreen display;
• and
• wherein the depth camera is configured to provide images or video of the hand during the touchless interaction along with distances between the hand and the touch surface of the touchscreen display;
• wherein the transaction terminal comprises:
• the touchscreen display;
• a processor;
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions;
• and
• the executable instructions when executed by the processor from the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium cause the processor to perform processing comprising:
• monitoring and tracking the hand during the touchless interaction within the field based on the coordinates;
• monitoring the images or the video of the hand and the distances between the hand and the touch surface of the touchscreen display;
• mapping hand movements, hand poses, or hand gestures for the hand within the field to interface options presented by the interface within the screen based on the coordinates, the images or the video, and the screen rendered by the interface;
• and
• providing the interface options to the interface during the transaction as the touchless interaction for processing by the interface without the operator touching the touch surface of the touchscreen display.