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Smart card with contactless optical interface

US5789733A · kind A · utility

369Cited by
20References
12Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 20, 1996
Grant dateAug 4, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K19/07749
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical smart card (10) including a microchip (14) having information stored thereon, an optical holographic sensor pad (16) capable of detecting and collecting light beams emitted from a remote reader/transmitter (52), a light source (18) capable of emitting dataelectronic information contained on the microchip (14) back to the remote reader/transmitter (52) and electronics (20) connected to the sensor pad (16), the light source (18) and the microchip (14).

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