Patent · US Expired

Identification card including optically powered electronic circuit

US4742573A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 25, 1985
Grant dateMay 3, 1988
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Expiry dateApr 25, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07C9/28
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A card, such as a credit card or identification card, includes electronic circuitry which permits its identification by an identifying device. More particularly, optical radiation is transmitted from the identifying device to the card to be identified. The radiation is modulated with information by a modulating device included in the card and is retransmitted to the identifying device.

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