ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,349, issued on May 27, was assigned to WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Paderborn, Germany).
"ATM having privacy panels" was invented by Andrea Carozzi (Delbrueck, Germany) and Peter Golueke (Paderborn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated transaction machine (ATM) can include at least one user interface, at least one computing device, at least one privacy panel, and at least one lighting element. The computing device can be arranged in communication with the user interface. The privacy panel can be disposed on a side of the user interface. The privacy panel can be configured to have a variable opacity. The computing...