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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2008
Applicant:
Dong-ying Yang, Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Dong-Ying Yang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
International Currency Technologies Corporation, Taipei, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A face panel assembly is disclosed having a mounting flange for detachably fastening to a bill/coin acceptor in an automatic vending machine, a slot for the insertion of a bill/coin into the bill/coin acceptor, and a RFID module, which has a sensor for sensing a RFID stored-value card for enabling the RFID module to fetch stored data from the RFID stored-value card and to transmit the fetched data to the automatic vending machine, and a transmission interface (wired or wireless type) for communication between the RFID module and the automatic vending machine.