METODO DE MONITORIZACAO DE UM PROCESSO DE OPERACAO DE UM APARELHO E DISPOSITIVO DE AUTO-SERVICO MONITORIZADO POR MEIO DESTE METODO

摘要

The invention relates to a method for monitoring an equipment operation procedure and to a self-service device monitored using this method. An optical pattern recognition method is used to detect the hand posture which is characteristic of an equipment operation procedure alone or else together with an object to be handled when using equipment, and to compare said hand posture with a prescribed pattern.