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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2023
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2022
Idex Biometrics Asa, Oslo, NO;
Keith Ahluwalia, Wiltshire, GB;
Peter Eckehard Kollig, Hampshire, GB;
Anthony Michael Eaton, Hampshire, GB;
Tuck Weng Poon, Hampshire, GB;
Fred G. Benkley, III, Middleton, MA (US);
IDEX Biometrics ASA, Oslo, NO;
Abstract
A device for contactless communication with a terminal, the device comprising: an antenna for receiving a wireless signal emitted by the terminal; an embedded chip configured to generate data for communication to the terminal to perform a first function associated with the device; and a module separate from the chip configured to perform processes as part of a second function associated with the device, the module being connected to the antenna and comprising a power-harvesting unit configured to harvest power from the received wireless signal to power at least the module.