Card reading arrangement including robotic card handling responsive to card sensing

US7438222B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Diebold Self-Service Systems, Division of Diebold, Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Patrick C. Green · North Canton, US
• Mark D. Smith · Panama City, US
• Natarajan Ramachandran · Uniontown, US
• Daniel J. Delaney · Pinckney, US
• David A. Barker · Walnut Creek, US
• Franklin M. Theriault · Canton, US
• Elizabeth Herrera · North Canton, US
• Jeffrey A. Hill · Canton, US
• Mark Douglas · North Canton, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 3, 2007
• Grant date: Oct 21, 2008
• Expiry date: Dec 3, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F19/206
• WIPO field: Control
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A card reader arrangement includes a robotic card handling device to enable reading of a user card during a card-based transaction. A card sensing device is located adjacent a card slot remotely located from a card reader. Responsive to the card sensing device sensing an inserted card, the robotic card handling device operates to grip the card in the slot and move it to a reading position in the card reader. The card reader can also operate in conjunction with a biometric reading device in a process of determining whether the card user is authorized to use the card. The robotic card handling device can also be operated to grip other transaction items.