Patent · US Active

Contactless payment card reader with a frusto-conical operating volume

US7520435B2 · kind B2 · utility

0Cited by
20References
11Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJul 15, 2005
Grant dateApr 21, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 4, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07F7/1008
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A contactless payment card reader has a frusto-conical operating volume. The frusto-conical shaped operating volume has defined magnetic field strengths for powering and communicating with proximity payment cards. The reader can serve as a reference reader, which is representative of product readers deployed in contactless payment card systems, to test product contactless payment cards under conditions that simulate field use of the cards.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.