ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,619,965, issued on May 5, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).
"Combined shutter and user interface pin entry" was invented by Ian M. Denny (Perth, Great Britain) and Andrew Robert Grant (Dunblane, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Examples of a system and method for transacting media at a self-service terminal (SST), are generally described. A method may include receiving a PIN on a user interface component of a media interface aperture cover. The method may include causing the media interface aperture cover to retract to dispense or receive media through a media interface aperture."
The patent was filed on Dec. 27, 202...