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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2013
Applicants:
James H. Workley, Imperial, PA (US);
Geoffrey D. Shippee, Edgeworth, PA (US);
Kevin David Bruner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Inventors:
James H. Workley, Imperial, PA (US);
Geoffrey D. Shippee, Edgeworth, PA (US);
Kevin David Bruner, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Dynamics Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A powered card may include a plurality of types of sensors used to detect a read-head of a card reader. Detection of a read-head may include comparing characteristics of a detection event to characteristics of an expected detection event and/or a sequence of expected detection events. An inductive read-head sensor may include a coil of a dynamic magnetic stripe communication device.