Slotless card reader

Details Slotless card reader Slotless card reader

1994-11-21

1996-05-14

Pitts, Harold

Registers

Coded record sensors

Particular sensor structure

235492, G06K 706

Patent

active

055170110

ABSTRACT:
A portable smart card reader for reading and displaying information stored on a smart card comprising a thin housing having an upper surface and an exposed lower surface, a plurality of electrical contacts on the exposed lower surface, a reader circuit contained within the housing and connected to the electrical contacts and a display on the housing connected to the reader circuit. A smart card can be placed against the contacts and the circuit can read information stored on the smart card and display the information. Since the reader has no slot with a rigid lower portion, the reader is thin and more easily carried.

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patent: 5091618 (1992-02-01), Takahashi
patent: 5231274 (1993-07-01), Reynier
patent: 5272319 (1993-12-01), Rey

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