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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carsten Von Der Lippe, Paderborn, DE;
Lutz Neubauer, Wünnenberg-Leiberg, DE;
Assignee:
Wincor Nixdorf GmbH & Co. KG, Paderborn, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 ;
Abstract
To determine the position of a chip card ( ) in the card cage of a card reader the invention provides for the presence of the chip contact surface ( ) to be detected in the four possible positions in which the chip ( ) of the card ( ) inserted into the card reader can be situated. To this end a sensor ( ) for detecting the chip card surface ( ) and linked to an evaluation unit ( ) is arranged opposite each of the possible positions.