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Apparatus for transferring information between a portable object and a reader

US5847373A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 25, 1997
Grant dateDec 8, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 25, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07B15/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Apparatus for electronically transferring information between an electronic component and a reader. The electronic component is disposed on a substrate of a portable object, which substrate also carries a first antenna connected to the component. The reader includes a second antenna. The electronic information transfer is performed by inductive coupling between the first and second antennas, without electrical contact between the component and the reader. The reader includes a marker device suitable for writing a mark on the substrate in the event of the portable object being placed in the immediate proximity of the reader, and after information transfer is effected.

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