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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2011
Applicant:
Jean-jacques Delorme, Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, FR;
Inventor:
Jean-Jacques Delorme, Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence, FR;
Assignee:
INGENICO GROUP, Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06F 21/75 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/082 (2013.01); G06F 21/75 (2013.01); G06K 7/084 (2013.01);
Abstract
A protection device is provided, which includes a detection circuit for detecting a short-circuit between at least two output branches of a magnetic reading head. Each of the output branches is able to convey a signal read by the reading head on a track of a magnetic card and the detection circuit is able to detect a short-circuit during the reading of at least one track of a magnetic card.