# US 6,298,146 B1 · Instruction and/or identification input unit

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- Number: US 6,298,146 B1
- Document ID: US6298146B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 09/436,059
- Filed: 1999-11-08
- Granted: 2001-10-02
- Earliest claimed: 1997-01-01
- Assignees: Advanced Recognition Technologies, Inc.
- Inventors: Gabriel Ilan; Arie Kadosh
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US6298146B1

## CPC

- H04M 1/27475: using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
- G06F 3/04883: for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
- G06V 30/373: {using a special pattern or subpattern alphabet}
- G07C 9/00563: {using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns}
- G07C 9/32: in combination with an identity check
- G07C 9/37: using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voice recognition
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE

## Abstract

An instruction input unit for supplying operating instructions to a machine is provided. The unit includes a touchpad, an instruction library and a recognizer. The touchpad receives an input pattern from a user and the instruction library stores a multiplicity of operating instruction patterns. Each operating instruction pattern has an operating instruction associated therewith. The recognizer detects which of the multiplicity of operating instructions patterns the input pattern most closely matches and provides the operating instruction associated with the matched operating instruction pattern to the machine. The recognizer includes a handwriting recognizer for recognizing alphanumeric characters.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A credit card authorizer for authorizing the use of a credit card having a memory strip, the memory strip storing at least one identifier pattern, the authorizer comprising:
a touchpad configured for receiving a finger drawn input pattern from a user; and
a recognizer for detecting if said finger drawn input pattern matches one of said at least one identifier pattern and for providing an authorization signal only if a match is detected.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An automatic teller machine having a credit card authorizer according to claim 1.

### Claim 3

A credit card writer for writing information into a memory strip of a credit card, the credit card writer comprising:
a touchpad configured for receiving a finger drawn input pattern from a user;
a credit card imprint for imprinting said finger drawn input pattern into said memory strip of said credit card.