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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Victor Zazzu, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Wenyu Han, Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Victor Zazzu, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Wenyu Han, Princeton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A card adapted to be read by a machine has certain patterns and physical characteristics unique to the card and includes electronic circuitry for storing selected of these characteristics. The machine includes apparatus for; (a) optically sensing selected characteristics of the card; (b) electromagnetically sensing information stored in the card; and (c) comparing optically sensed data with electromagnetically sensed data for validating the card. The machine further includes apparatus for selectively processing and updating the information stored on the card each time it reads the card.