Landing lights for multi-purpose configurable voting system
AssigneeHart InterCivic, Inc.
InventorsJames M. Canter, Philip J. Nathan, Edward Patrick Perez, Denton L. Simpson, Drew Eldridge Tinney
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Abstract
A ballot processing device flashes one or more lights of the ballot processing device in a first color when the ballot processing device is ready to receive a ballot. The ballot processing device lights a portion of the one or more lights of the ballot processing device in a second color when the ballot processing device is not ready to receive a ballot.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- sequentially lighting a series of lights of a ballot processing device in a first, repeating sequence along a direction for inserting a ballot into the ballot processing device and in a first color when the ballot processing device is ready to receive a ballot;
- and
- steadily lighting at least one of the lights of the ballot processing device in a second color when the ballot processing device is not ready to receive a ballot.
The method of 2, further comprising sequentially strobing the first rectangular light, the second rectangular light, and the triangular light in a direction towards an input of a scan unit into which ballots are inserted into the ballot processing device when the ballot processing device is ready to receive a ballot.
An electronic voting machine, comprising:
- a ballot processing device;
- and
- a series of lights housed by the ballot processing device,
- wherein the ballot processing device is configured to sequentially light the series of lights in a first, repeating sequence along a direction for inserting a ballot into the ballot processing device and in a first color when the ballot processing device is ready to receive a ballot, and to steadily light at least one of the lights in a second color when the ballot processing device is not ready to receive a ballot.
The electronic voting machine of 9, wherein the ballot processing device is configured to sequentially strobe the first rectangular light, the second rectangular light, and the triangular light in a direction towards an input of a scan unit into which ballots are inserted into the ballot processing device when the ballot processing device is ready to receive a ballot.
A computer readable medium comprising a program containing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, make the one or more processors:
- cause a series of lights of a ballot processing device to sequentially light in a first, repeating sequence along a direction for inserting a ballot into the ballot processing device and in a first color when the ballot processing device is ready to receive a ballot;
- and
- cause at least one of the lights of the ballot processing device to steadily light in a second color when the ballot processing device is not ready to receive a ballot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.