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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 02, 1999
Jacek Kowalski, Aix en Provence, FR;
Bruno Charrat, Aix en Provence, FR;
Jacek Kowalski, Aix en Provence, FR;
Bruno Charrat, Aix en Provence, FR;
Inside Technologies, Saint Clement les Places, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to a chip card reader () comprising a central processing unit () comprising means (MP2, MEM2, PG20, 23) for emitting and receiving, on a communication bus (), binary messages with a first format determined by a communication protocol for contact chip card, a card receiving device () comprising a contact card connector () connected to the central processing unit () by means of the communication bus (), and a read head () for contactless chip card () comprising a serial interface (). According to the invention, the serial interface () of the contactless read head () is directly connected at least to a data wire (I/O) of the communication bus, and the contactless read head () is arranged in a hardware and/or software way so that it does not respond to a contact chip card activation command and responds to a specific activation command (ACTIV) different from a contact chip card activation command.