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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2009
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2005
Applicants:
Patrick Smets, Nijlen, BE;
Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van DE Velde, Leuven, BE;
Duncan Garrett, London, GB;
Inventors:
Patrick Smets, Nijlen, BE;
Eddy Lodewijk Hortensia Van De Velde, Leuven, BE;
Duncan Garrett, London, GB;
Assignee:
MasterCard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
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.