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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181873 | Information reading apparatus and information reading method A portable information reading apparatus includes: a first antenna which has a loop or spiral like shape and is provided in a plate-like manner on one surface of an outer shape; a second antenna which is provided in a plate-like manner on a side face of the one surf... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181874 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating capture of magnetic credit card data on a hand held device A computer implemented method for processing data stored on a magnetic stripe of a user medium performed by a hand-held computer system includes displaying an alignment GUI on a display of the computer system, wherein the GUI includes a visual alignment mark on the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167204 | Wireless damage location sensing system A wireless damage location sensing system uses a geometric-patterned wireless sensor that resonates in the presence of a time-varying magnetic field to generate a harmonic response that will experience a change when the sensor experiences a change in its geometric p... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167205 | Card reader with first operation part and second operation part A card reader may include a first card operation part having a first reproducing and recording part, a first feeding passage, and a first card pressing mechanism structured to press the card toward a first card feeding reference face, and a second card operation par... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162217 | Magnetic card reader A magnetic head is held by a side wall through a head fixing fitting so as to freely advance into and retreat from a card sliding groove. First and second head urging levers are swingably supported through a pin. In a standby state, the magnetic head is away from th... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141779 | Sensor and markers for speed feedback in a hand-operated document reader/imager A hand-operated document processor includes a base for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized, and a manually operated moving magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem. The subsystem includes a MICR read head.... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132727 | Card reader A carrying roller for a card reader including: a rubber outer peripheral member, which is roughly cylindrical, and forms the outer peripheral side of the carrying roller; and a retention member, which has an outer peripheral surface that abuts the inner peripheral s... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8104683 | Hand-operated document reader/imager with document retention device including manually-powered anti-skew methodology A hand-operated document processor includes a base including a perforated bed for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized. The base defines a chamber under the perforated bed. A manually operated moving magnetic ink char... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8091784 | Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records An automated banking machine operates to carry out financial transfers responsive to data read form data bearing records. The machine includes a card reader that operates to read data from user cards. The card data corresponds to financial accounts. The automated ba... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083143 | Semi-automatic inertial wheel device in a hand-operated document reader/imager A hand-operated document processor includes a base for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized. A manually operated moving magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem includes a MICR read head and is attached to ... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8070064 | Hand-operated document reader/imager with speed limiting device providing document retention A hand-operated document processor includes a base for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized. A manually operated moving magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem includes a MICR read head and is attached to ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8042739 | Wireless tamper detection sensor and sensing system A wireless tamper detection sensor is defined by a perforated electrical conductor. The conductor is shaped to form a geometric pattern between first and second ends thereof such that the conductor defines an open-circuit that can store and transfer electrical and m... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8028911 | Semi-automatic spring/cylinder mechanism in a hand-operated document reader/imager A hand-operated document processor has a base for receiving a document containing magnetic ink character data to be read and recognized. A manually operated moving magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) subsystem includes a MICR read head and is attached to the b... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7997488 | Magnetic card reader system There is provided a magnetic card reader system in which a magnetic head and a computer can determine mutual validity and unauthorized duplication of the magnetic card can be prevented. In a magnetic card reader system 10, a computer 13 and a microproc... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7967203 | Authenticating a document with a magnetic stripe Methods, systems, and apparatus for efficiently authenticating a document (e.g. a credit card) having a magnetic stripe are provided. The magnetic field at different points of the magnetic stripe are measured, e.g., by a checkout scanner to create a magnetic signatu... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7954714 | Inline coatings process for xerographically prepared MICR checks A process of MICR and non-MICR electrostatic magnetic imaging of two independent electrostatic latent images including (a) forming a first electrostatic latent image in a MICR printing apparatus; (b) developing the first electrostatic latent image by contacting the ... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938328 | Secure magnetic stripe reader Magnetic stripe readers are disclosed that are configured to extract information from magnetic media and encrypt part of the extracted information. Embodiments of magnetic stripe readers include measures to resist tampering and inputs to receive unencrypted informat... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7934653 | Reinforcing device for slot card reader A device for strengthening a card reader including a slot at least partly delimited by a base and two lateral walls and extending along a longitudinal direction, the slot being intended to receive a card moving along the longitudinal direction while bearing on the b... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7918394 | Card reader device for a cell phone and method of use A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card is disclosed in which the card reader device comprises a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7905404 | Smartcard and method of producing smartcards The invention relates to a smartcard (1) comprising: a first section (4) enclosing a contactless microcircuit (2). In order to improve the security of the smart card against forgery said smartcard comprises: a compensation section (7) of ... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7896248 | Card reader device and method of use A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card is disclosed in which the card reader device comprises a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for ... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891568 | Media processing device and magnetic head applicable to it A media processing device may include a frame with a transport passage in which information recording media are transported and a magnetic head for processing magnetic information signals on the information recording media. The magnetic head may be embedded in the f... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7891567 | Identification tag, object adapted to be identified, and related methods, devices, and systems Disclosed is an object (200) such as a credit card, bank note, document, label, etc which carries an identification layer (103) which contains readable information. The identification layer can include randomly distributed conductive/magnetizable parti... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7886976 | Electromagnetic field induced MSR swipes detection A payment terminal including a magnetic card reader, a decoder receiving analog signals from the magnetic card reader and providing a digital data output to utilization circuitry and data integrity assurance circuitry operative to eliminate spurious data due to Elec... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7878397 | Enhanced security magnetic card reader especially useful in point of sale devices A magnetic card reader including a magnetic head, located in a non-secured region, at least one signal path including at least first and second electrical conductors extending from the magnetic head in the non-secured region to a secured region, circuitry located wi... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7866556 | Electromagnetic field induced MSR swipes detection A payment terminal including a magnetic card reader, a decoder receiving analog signals from the magnetic card reader and providing a digital data output to utilization circuitry and data integrity assurance circuitry operative to eliminate spurious data due to Elec... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7837110 | Magnetic stripe reader having digital peak detector A point of sale terminal includes a microcontroller integrated circuit. In one aspect, a regulator within the IC receives power from a supply voltage terminal and/or a battery terminal. If the regulator does not receive adequate power from either terminal, then ener... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7819322 | Portable consumer device verification system A method for verifying a portable consumer device. The method includes receiving an authorization request message associated with a transaction conducted using a portable consumer device. The portable consumer device includes a portable consumer device fingerprint. ... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7810729 | Card reader device for a cell phone and method of use A card reader device for reading a card having data stored on a magnetic stripe incorporated into the card is disclosed in which the card reader device comprises a read head for passing a magnetic stripe of a card by to read data stored on a magnetic stripe and for ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7810728 | MICR reader A MICR reading head is operable to read a MICR character printed on a medium fed in a first direction. A sensor is operable to detect an end portion in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction of the medium. The MICR reading head is movable to a prede... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7784691 | Security functionality for magnetic card readers and point of sales devices A magnetic card reader including a magnetic head, located in a non-secured region, at least one signal path extending from the magnetic head in the non-secured region to a secured region, signal processing circuitry located within the secured region, an obscuring si... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7780083 | Device for identifying metallic foreign components The invention describes a device (10) and a method for protecting a self-service terminal against fraudulent installation of spying-out apparatuses for spying-out information, which device and method are based on the detection of metallic components of the sp... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7770793 | Printing apparatus and printing method A printer 1 has transportation paths for conveying media in two directions, that of a first transportation path P1 and that of a second transportation path P2 (or third transportation path P3) perpendicular to the first transportation pat... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7766236 | Method for reading data using multi-format magnetic head A method for reading data using a magnetic head having a first array of elements associated with a first data format, and a second array of elements associated with a second data format, the elements being selected from a group consisting of readers, writers, and co... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7757953 | Secure magnetic stripe reader Magnetic stripe readers that are configured to extract information from magnetic media and encrypt part of the extracted information are provided. Embodiments of magnetic stripe readers include measures to resist tampering and inputs to receive unencrypted informati... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7753275 | Magnetic card reader, especially for point of sale terminals A point of sale device including a housing, a magnetic card reader disposed in the housing, the magnetic card reader including at least first and second heads, a flexible circuit board electrically coupled to the first and second heads and a unitary resilient head m... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7748625 | Magnetic ink character reading apparatus A magnetic ink character reading apparatus has a magnetic detection unit for detecting magnetic ink characters on the check and generating magnetic detection signals, a noise data generator for generating magnetic noise data by accumulating magnetic detection signal... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7740173 | Transparently securing transactional data A secure magnetic stripe card stripe reader (MSR) module and software system capable of encrypting the magnetic stripe data to CPI, SDP and CISP standards for use in point of sale (POS) and other applications requiring data security using non secure networks and com... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7726565 | Insertable and removable magnetic stripe reader head protection device An insertable and removable reader head protection device for a magnetic stripe reader is provided including a thin, non-ferromagnetic insertable panel that is disposed between the reader head and the magnetic stripe card, as the magnetic stripe card is inserted and... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7703676 | Encrypting the output of a card reader in a card authentication system Systems and methods for encrypting the output of a card reader in a card authentication system are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reading a data card having an intrinsic magnetic characteristic and recorded data on the data card u... | 04/27/2010 |
