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Retrieval device for authentication information, system and method for secure authentication

US10715517B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Hans Aschauer · Eferding, AT
Steffen Fries · Baldham, DE
Markus Heintel · Munich, DE
Wolfgang Klasen · Ottobrunn, DE
Axel Pfau · Ettingen, CH
Franz Sperl · Oberviechtach, DE
Georg Trummer · Amberg, DE
Johannes Zwanzger · Neubiberg, DE
Rainer Falk · Poing, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 18, 2019
Grant date	Jul 14, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 18, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2107
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A retrieval device for secure retrieval of optical information for a first device from a light source of a second device includes, a housing made from at least one material which is opaque for the light emitted from the light source. The housing is arranged to contain the light from at least a part of the light source. The retrieval device includes an attachment adapted to detachably attach the housing to the second device, a light receiver arranged to receive optical information from the light source, said light receiver located inside the housing, and a connector arranged to transfer an optical and/or electrical signal from the light receiver to the first device.

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