Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186603 | Contactless smart sticker A method for manufacture of a contactless smart card device including mounting at least one antenna and at least one smart card module onto a substrate layer, placing paramagnetic material over at least part of the at least one antenna, and laminating the substrate ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186601 | Non-volatile memory charge pump for radio frequency identification (RFID) system A charge pump is incorporated into circuitry of an RFID tag. The charge pump takes advantage of an antenna voltage phase to eliminate the need for a charge pump clock generator. Placement of the charge pump in the RFID circuitry reduces the number of pump stages and... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186600 | Chip card with simultaneous contact and contact-less operations A chip card receives and processes what-ever combination of contact data and contact-less data is available to allow multiple functionalities for the chip card. A micro-computer of the chip card is adapted to simultaneously receive and process contact data from a co... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186602 | Multi-application contactless smart card A multi-application contactless smart card system and method. The user may select application using selection mechanism located on the smart card or at the contactless reader. The selection means may be connected to the contact I/O pin of the processor of the smart ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8186599 | Collectable gift cards A collectable gift card having a primary monetary value acceptable as legal tender for economic transactions and a secondary value providing a non-cash economic benefit to a consumer enhances the overall value of the card to both merchant and consumer. The primary v... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181880 | Combi-card and method for making the same The present invention relates to a combi-card which can be used in a contact-type or noncontact-type fashion and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, this invention relates to a combi-card and a method for making the same, in which an inlay layer ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181882 | Semiconductor device The semiconductor device includes an antenna 101, a rectifier circuit 102, a first protection circuit 107, and a second protection circuit 108. The antenna 101 generates AC voltage. The rectifier circuit 102 rectifies the AC... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181881 | Stretchable wristband with RFID chip The present invention is an article of apparel, such as a wristband, that includes an radio frequency identification (RFID) device. The wristband is at least partially formed from an elastomeric material that allows the wristband to stretch while being drawn over th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8177138 | Radio IC device A radio IC device that is highly efficient in transmitting signals from a radio IC to a radiation pattern includes a radio IC chip arranged to processes radio signals, an auxiliary electrode pattern that is connected to the radio IC chip and includes a loop-shaped e... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177137 | Sensor device having non-contact charge function and containers having the same A first base having a first antenna receiving electromagnetic waves and a second base having a sensor portion are separated. An antenna is provided over each of the first base and the second base such that the antennas are electromagnetically coupled. The first ante... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172151 | Secure use of externally stored data A smart card reader is adapted to extract and store authentication data from a response APDU received from a smart card before generating a filtered response APDU, wherein the filtered response APDU does not include the authentication data. Beneficially, when the sm... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172149 | Wireless frequency tag and method for manufacturing wireless frequency tag A wireless frequency tag includes a loop-shaped antenna pattern that is electrically connected to a chip connecting section, and a conducting member that electrically couples a part of the antenna pattern. ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172150 | Integrated circuit card The invention relates to an integrated circuit card (1) comprising: an input/output block (4) for receiving external command data from an interface device (2); a central processing unit (CPU) (3) in signal communication with the input/out... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167213 | System and method of tagging an ordnance A method and system for attaching a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag to an ordnance is provided. By tailoring the packaged tag and electronics to accommodate existing ordnance body cavities the integrity of the bomb casing is maintained. Likewise, fin assem... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167212 | Radio frequency identification system and data reading method A system and method for reading an RFID data tag comprising a plurality of diffractive elements being indicative of machine-readable data carried by the tag are provided. The diffractive elements have such shape that the dimension of the diffractive elements along o... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8162231 | Noncontact IC tag label and method of manufacturing the same This invention provides a thin type of noncontact IC tag label that allows materials costs to be reduced without using an antenna-supporting base film. The noncontact IC tag label includes an electroconductive layer of a required antenna pattern shape, an IC chip mo... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162227 | Intelligent controller system and method for smart card memory modules A storage device contains a smart-card device and a memory device, both of which are accessed though a controller. The storage device may be used in the same manner as a conventional smart-card device, or it may be used to store a relatively large amount of data in ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162228 | RFID tag printer and printer Data is transferred from an operating device to a printer for printing with a simple operation. It is determined whether or not a printer ID received by a RFID tag for a printer of a printer via radio communication from a mobile terminal matches a printer ID of the ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162230 | Method and circuit for providing RF isolation of a power source from an antenna and an RFID device employing such a circuit An RFID device including: electronic circuitry suitable for an RFID device comprising a radio frequency section; an antenna; a battery which provides the device with power; and at ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162229 | Method and apparatus for dynamic, on-demand creation of financial transaction cards having nonuniform data storage formats A system and technique is disclosed for manufacturing a plurality of financial transaction cards substantially simultaneously even though their respective parameters, including the format of data in a readable/writable medium thereon, may vary from card to card. A s... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8157179 | Document having an integrated contactless resonator electronic device A support (10) provided with at least first (12) and second (14) parts capable of displacing relative to one another along a selected axis of displacement (16), and a contactless electronic device (1) mounted in the first part (... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157180 | Integrated circuit device with multiple communication modes and operating method thereof An integrated circuit device having multiple communication modes is provided. The integrated circuit device includes a transceiver coupled to first and second data lines. The integrated circuit device further includes a voltage control circuit. The voltage control c... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157181 | Wireless transaction fobs and methods of using the same The invention relates to transaction tokens (“fobs”) having wireless functionality and methods of using the same. More specifically, fobs having radio frequency functionality such that information, such as payment information, identification information, or othe... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157182 | Vacuum handling device The invention relates to a vacuum handling device (46) for fixing or transporting work pieces (44) comprising a plurality of components, wherein at least one of the components is provided with an RFID tag (10) and the RFID tag is provided with a... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157178 | Manufacturing system to produce contactless devices with switches A contactless device comprises circuitry storing information, a switch having a first position and a second position, and a fusible link. When the fusible link is intact, wireless reading and writing of the information is enabled regardless of the position of the sw... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152074 | Method for preparing by a smart card issuer an anonymous smart card and resulting structure A multi-application smart card may be personalized by receiving a smart card request, preparing an anonymous smart card having multiple user applications that are disabled for uses requiring a link to an identified user and enabled for uses not requiring a link to a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146832 | Answer to reset (ATR) pushing A wireless-enabled smart card reader receives an Answer to Reset (ATR) from a smart card and transmits the ATR using a wireless communication link to a computing device without waiting for an ATR request from the computing device. The computing device may cache the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146831 | Personalisation of portable data supports For personalizing a portable data carrier (1), a selection device (8) of the data carrier (1) analyzes commands (23) which the data carrier (1) receives from a personalization device (20) within the framework of a personaliz... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146830 | RFID tag and method of fabricating an RFID tag An RFID tag (1, 1′) comprises at least one antenna (2, 2′) and electronic tag components (4) cooperating with the antenna, wherein the antenna (2, 2′) and the electronic tag components (4) are positioned on a common substrate... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141786 | Thin smart card module having strap on carrier A Smart Card module with flip-assembled chip (101) on a metallic strap (112) adhering to an insulating substrate (111). Chip (101) is in the gap (122) of a metal carrier (120), strap (112) conductively attached to the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141787 | Contactless communication device The invention relates to a device comprising a first inductive antenna and a plurality of chips, each comprising an integrated circuit and a second inductive antenna used to power and communicate with said integrated circuit. According to the invention, one chip amo... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8136735 | ID label, ID card, and ID tag As a non-contact ID label, ID tag and the like being widespread, it is required to manufacture a considerable quantity of ID labels at quite a low cost. An ID label attached to a product is, for example, required to be manufactured at 1 to several yens each, or pref... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136736 | Slim electronic device with detector for unintentional activation The device of the present invention, having at least one activation button, is further equipped with a sensor adapted to detect conditions under which unintentional triggering of the activation button is likely. The sensor is operatively coupled with the activation ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136737 | System comprised of a chip and a substrate and method of assembling such a system A system comprises a chip (71) and a substrate (78). The chip (71) comprises a circuitry and a mounting surface (83) with first and second contacts (73, 74, 75, 76). The substrate (78) comprises a surface (90) with fi... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8132735 | Recording medium and apparatus for holding the same An apparatus for holding a recording medium that contains an engagement member backwards with respect to an insert direction thereof has a main body containing an insert portion through which the recording medium is inserted on one end thereof and an eject portion o... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127997 | Method for mounting an electronic component on a substrate This invention proposes a manufacturing process for a transponder in the form of a card or a label able to resist to flexions or twisting without interrupting the connections of the electronic components. The process of assembling at least one electronic component i... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128000 | Method, system and apparatus for manufacturing a radio frequency identification device A method, system and apparatus for manufacturing radio frequency identification (RFID) devices. An RFID device can be formed with a substrate, a conductor and a laminate or coating. The RFID device can be such that an antenna can be formed on the conductor and the l... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128001 | RFID label, method for producing the RFID label, device for producing the RFID label, sheet member (tag sheet) used for the RFID label, and cartridge attached to the device for producing the RFID label A method for producing a RFID label comprises conveying a first label base material which is transparent from a first holding portion holding the first label base material, forming an image on a surface of the first label base material, conveying a second label base... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128002 | Smart card communication routing A computerized device has an open communication session with a smart card via a smart card reader. The smart card reader and the computerized device cooperate to enable another computerized device to communicate with the smart card over the open communication sessio... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127998 | Semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided, which includes an antenna, a first circuit (a boosting circuit), a second circuit (a reference voltage supply circuit), and a third circuit (a voltage comparison circuit). The first circuit is electrically connected to the antenna... | 03/06/2012 |
