Patents Assigned to Pixel Instruments, Inc.
  • Universal credit card apparatus and method
    Patent number: 6308890
    Abstract: The apparatus and method described herein provides for creating multiple spatial patterns, such as magnetic patterns on credit cards. The invention includes storage of information from which patterns may be created, a pattern creation device for creating the spatial patterns, and control whereby the information which is stored is selectively utilized to cause the pattern creation. This allows multiple desired patterns to be simulated, allowing convenient replacement of a number of separate pattern carrying devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Pixel Instruments, Inc.
    Inventor: J. Carl Cooper