Abstract: An embodiment device includes a first housing formed of a first radio-transparent material and having an outer perimeter surface including a first outer perimeter portion and a second outer perimeter portion, the outer perimeter surface having one or more recesses, each of the one or more recesses extending from one of the first outer perimeter portion or the second outer perimeter portion into a body of the first housing, a second housing formed of a second radio-transparent material and secured to the first housing, a near field communication (NFC) chip disposed between the first housing and the second housing, a link having a first end and a second end extending into the body of the first housing.

Abstract: A smart screening system for identifying the open or closed state of a component of a vehicle such as an aircraft. The component may be, for example, a cargo restraint mechanism or an uplock. An RFID tag is integral with or attached to the component. A screen mounted on the component blocks signals to and from the tag when the component is in one state and allows signals to and from the tag when the component is in the other state. An interrogator sends signals to the tag, receives signals from the tag, ascertains whether the tag is blocked by the screen, and generates an indicator of whether the component is in the open or closed state. A computer receives the indicator from the interrogator and provides a readout identifying the state of the component. The safety of the vehicle is enhanced.

Abstract: In order to reduces a risk that a user of a baggage check-in machine is infected with a virus or the like, a baggage check-in machine (1) includes: an inner display (11) that displays an image which includes an operation target region and which is related to baggage check-in; an image formation section (30) that causes the image displayed on the inner display (11) to be formed as an aerial image in air around the baggage check-in machine (1); an operation identification section (102) that identifies an operation conducted with respect to a part in the aerial image which corresponds to the operation target region; and a process performance section (105) that carries out, in accordance with the operation which has been identified, a process related to the baggage check-in.

Abstract: A circuit module is provide that includes a substrate including a first surface and a second surface that are opposite to each other, an IC mounted on the first surface of the substrate, a circuit disposed on the first surface and the second surface of the substrate with a conductor pattern obtained by heat curing of conductive paste, and connected between the IC and an external circuit, and a dummy conductor pattern obtained by heat curing of the conductive paste, disposed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface of the substrate, and configured to maintain a balance of the conductive paste on the first surface and the second surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A consumer-operated kiosk can include an inspection area configured to receive a first device from a user. The kiosk can include an imaging device configured to image the first device when the first device is positioned within the inspection area. In some embodiments, the kiosk includes a vending apparatus configured to store a plurality of second electronic devices for purchase. The kiosk can include one or more release mechanisms configured to directly release any one of the second electronic devices from the vending apparatus. The kiosk includes one or more processors operably connected to the inspection area, the imaging device, the vending apparatus, and the one or more release mechanisms.

Abstract: Discussed is a cell tracking device that can include a transfer section configured to transfer a plurality of battery cells; and a reading section arranged on the transfer section and configured to read a marking part including information unique to each of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the reading section comprises a light source that radiates light on the marking part; a first mirror located adjacent to the marking part and illuminating a first image of the marking part; and a second mirror located at a central part of the reading section and illuminating the first image of the marking part illuminated on the first mirror.

Abstract: A transaction card assembly is disclosed, comprising a card body, an EMV chip, visible cardholder information, and a receiving portion disposed on the card body; a weighted card component comprising an attachment portion, the weighted card component being heavier than the card body and wherein, in a first configuration, the weighted card component is coupled to the card body via engagement between the receiving portion and the attachment portion, and in a second configuration, the weighted card component is uncoupled from the card body by disengagement between the attachment portion and the receiving portion, and wherein, in the first configuration, the weighted card component obfuscates the EMV chip and the visible cardholder information.

Abstract: Cards made in accordance with the invention include a specially treated thin decorative layer attached to a thick core layer of metal or ceramic material, where the thin decorative layer is designed to provide selected color(s) and/or selected texture(s) to a surface of the metal cards. Decorative layers for use in practicing the invention include: (a) an anodized metal layer; or (b) a layer of material derived from plant or animal matter (e.g., wood, leather); or (c) an assortment of aggregate binder material (e.g., cement, mortar, epoxies) mixed with laser reactive materials (e.g., finely divided carbon); or (d) a ceramic layer; and (e) a layer of crystal fabric material. The cards may be dual interface smart cards which can be read in a contactless manner and/or via contacts.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an RFID device is disclosed that contains a first conductive structure and a second conductive structure formed from multiple conductive materials configured to move between a first operating condition and a second operating condition when exposed to an event or other stimuli. The second conductive structure is initially operatively coupled to the first conductive structure in the first operating condition. However, after exposure to the event, the first conductive structure is altered to change the behavior of the RFID device. The RFID device is attachable to a substrate, such as a garment or a fabric, and the event may be a single or multiple occurrence event, such as washing, stretching, heating, or exposure of the RFID device to electrical signals.

Abstract: A game token by which a plurality of RFID tags embedded in a plurality of the game tokens stacked each other can be read in a relatively stable manner is provided. A game token is provided with a security part and a receiving part that receives the security part. The security part has a shape with a diameter smaller than the diameter of the receiving part, a structure with a plurality of plastic layers laminated together, an RFID tag, and a visible print layer indicating a type or ID of the game token. The receiving part has a surface. The surface of the receiving part has a recessed portion for receiving the security part, and the depth of the recessed portion is 25% or more of the thickness of the game token.

Abstract: Some embodiments include a smart card reader system that includes a card reader cavity that is impervious to liquid. The card reader cavity includes a secure card reader (SCR) holder bonded to a printed circuit board (PCB), to provide a liquid barrier between the SCR holder and the PCB. The PCB includes an SCR spring contact connector. The card reader cavity can receive a smart card including an integrated circuit (IC), where the IC is coupled to the SCR spring contact connector. A processor coupled to the SCR spring contact connector, can receive an input regarding a transaction using data of the smart card, and execute the transaction. In some embodiments a roller system seals the card reader cavity when the smart card reader system is not in use.

Abstract: A method of activating an illumination assembly within a symbology reader is provided, the illumination assembly having a first illumination source and a second illumination source, the symbology reader having an imaging sensor configured to operate at a predetermined framerate where each frame includes an exposure period over which the imaging sensor is active to capture image data and a non-exposure period over which the imaging sensor is not active to capture image data, the method comprising: during a first frame, activating the first illumination source during at least a portion of the respective exposure period and activating the second illumination source over at least a portion of the respective non-exposure period; and during a second frame, activating the second illumination source during at least a portion of the respective exposure period and activating the first illumination source over at least a portion of the respective non-exposure period.

Abstract: Authentication card with integrated cloth. In some aspects, an authentication card for short range wireless communications includes a first card layer comprising a first cutout, a second card layer, and a fabric layer fastened between the first and second card layer, where the fabric layer is exposed through the first cutout. A microchip may be provided on the first card layer, wherein the microchip is coupled with an antenna enabling authentication (e.g., contactless) by employing radio frequency identification (RFID) or near field communication (NFC).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a food management system, a computing apparatus, and a refrigerator capable of dealing with frequent changes in a state of food stored in the refrigerator by tracking a state change of food in the refrigerator, without manual inputs from a user, and capable of expanding a service associated with food management, such as food purchase and capable of improving user convenience and accuracy of food management.

Abstract: To provide a card reader that encrypts information acquired via an IC contact block. A card reader includes: an IC contact block including a contact spring capable of being in contact with an external connection terminal of an IC chip of a card; a flexible printed board to which a spring end of the contact spring is coupled; an encryption circuit mounted on the flexible printed board and electrically connected to the contact spring to encrypt information acquired from the IC chip via the IC contact block; and a resin sealing member that integrally covers the spring end and the encryption circuit.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for routing radio-frequency identification (RFID) location data from an RFID tag reader to a record-keeping unit. A first tagging entry is received from a first record-keeping unit. The information associated with the first tagging entry is stored in a data store. A first set of location data is received, indicating that the RFID tag of the first item has been read by an RFID tag reader. It is algorithmically determined that the received location data corresponds to the first tagging entry received from the first record-keeping unit. The first set of location data is communicated to the first record-keeping unit.

Abstract: An example method for manufacturing a component of a gas turbine engine is provide. The method includes forming a tow of filaments of a fiber material. The method further includes weaving the tow together with other tows to form a sheet of the fiber material. The method further includes forming the component from the sheet of fiber material, the component comprising a designated surface area having a unique pattern created from properties of the fiber material.

Abstract: A marker system includes an enclosure with a controller therewithin. Emitters are electrically interfaced to the controller and include visible wavelength emitters and infrared wavelength emitters. The controller is configured to selectively initiate a flow of electric current though the visible wavelength emitters or through the infrared wavelength emitters causing the visible wavelength emitters or the infrared wavelength emitters to emit light and the light passes through the enclosure. There is at least one infrared detector, each of which is electrically interfaced to the controller and each of which is configured to detect infrared light that enters the enclosure. When the controller receives an electrical signal from any of the at least one infrared detector indicating reception of infrared light, the controller emits a signal to warn of the reception of infrared light (e.g., an audible signal, a vibration, a wireless signal, a wired signal).

Abstract: A coin entering from a depositing port of a coin selector is identified by a denomination while passing through a coin passage. A coin of a predetermined denomination is stored, and a coin of a denomination other than the predetermined denomination is discharged to the outside. Provided is a coin selector including a removal mechanism that suitably removes a coin clogged in a coin passage. The coin selector includes a first pushing portion and a second pushing portion that push a coin in a moving direction of the coin and a direction intersecting with the moving direction in the coin passage from a depositing port for depositing the coin to a dispensing port for discharging the coin. When the coin is clogged, the coin is pushed by a pushing unit to eliminate the coin clogging, and the clogged coin is discharged to the dispensing port.

Abstract: An LED filament comprising: a plurality of LED chips electrically connected with one another; two conductive electrodes, each of the two conductive electrodes being electrically connected to a corresponding LED chip of the LED chips; a light conversion coating coated on the two conductive electrodes, a portion of each of the two conductive electrodes being exposed from the light conversion coating, wherein the light conversion coating comprises a top layer and a base layer, the base layer coats on one side of the LED chips, and the top layer coats on another sides of the LED chips, so that the light conversion coating is coated on at least two sides of the LED chips; and the top layer comprise a wave crest and a wave trough adjacent to the wave crest, and an attaching structure disposed either between the top layer and the base layer, or between the base layer and the conductive electrodes, or between the top layer and the conductive electrodes to enhance fastness between the light conversion coating and the