Abstract: A tool identification chip for an unambiguous marking of tools and/or tool holders is proposed, with a plate-like base body which has an adhesive side and a lettering side situated opposite the adhesive side.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus, that includes an operation unit having an operation screen and can be operated from a terminal connected via a network, comprises a transmitting unit for transmitting information related to the operation screen being displayed to the terminal in a case where it is decided that there is a predetermined instruction of a user to the operation unit.

Abstract: A method of interlaying a metal core for a dual-layer electronic metal payment card. The metal core includes a metal layer having one or more openings formed therein (such as to receive a payment module or another electronic component or aesthetic feature). To interlay the metal core, the metal layer is laminated with a heat activated film layer and a release liner, and the laminated structure is subsequently placed on a heating plate. A polymer is applied only to the one or more openings. Using a containment structure placed over the metal core layer and a combination of heat, vacuum pressure, and pressurized inert gas, the method includes adhering and curing the polymer to the heat activated film to complete the lamination process. After curing, excess polymer is removed via a finishing edge (such as a grinder, a sander, a milling machine, or as similar edge).

Abstract: Provided is a card comprising an antenna connected to a chip, the card comprising: A central PVC core made of recycled PVC supporting the antenna; Two recycled PVC layers, a front side PVC layer and a back side PVC layer, each PVC layer being laminated on a side of the central PVC core, the front side PVC layer being laminated on the side of the PVC core supporting the antenna; Two transparent PET layers, a front side PET layer and a back side PET layer, the PET layers being glued on each of the recycled PVC layers, the front side PET layer being metalized by an aluminum foil; and Two PVC transparent overlays glued on each external face of the card.

Abstract: An automatic payment system includes: first and second conveyer stages arranged along a conveying route on which products are moved; a slope disposed between the first and second conveyer stages on the conveying route; at least one first ID sensor facing the first conveyer state to sense IDs attached to the products when the products overlap the first conveyer stage; at least one second ID sensor facing the second conveyer stage to sense IDs attached to the products when the products overlap the second conveyer stage; and a bottom ID sensor facing the conveyer route under the slope.

Abstract: Indicia readers with internal displays are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, an indicia reader includes a housing having a lower portion and an upper portion, the lower portion having a first window positioned in a generally horizontal plane, the top portion having a second window positioned in a generally upright plane. The reader further includes an imaging assembly positioned within the housing, the imaging assembly configured to capture image data associated with an item presented at a product-scanning region of the bi-optic reader. Additionally, the reader includes a user-interface (UI) display positioned within the housing, the UI display configured to present visual data to an operator of the bi-optic reader, wherein the visual data includes data associated with the item presented at the product-scanning region of the bi-optic reader.

Abstract: Smartcard (SC) having a metal card body (MCB) which is a coupling frame (CF) with a slit (S), and a coupling loop antenna/structure (CLA, CLS) connected to termination points (TP) on each side of the slit (S) and coupled with the module antenna (MA) of a transponder chip module (TCM). A portion of the card body (CB) may be metal and another, coplanar portion of the card body may be a synthetic material which may be transparent or translucent. Currents may be collected from the interface between the two portions. The card body (CB) may have two metal layers of different materials, adhesively joined to each other using a thermosetting epoxy that converts from B-stage to C-stage during lamination.

Abstract: A chip card has a flexible inlay including chip card contacts on an upper face of the inlay and which supports an integrated circuit and an antenna, both of which are spaced apart from the contacts. The chip card further includes a top layer with a recess in which the contacts are placed, and a metal layer which is located below the inlay and includes a slit that extends from a peripheral surface of the metal layer to the area of the recess and extends through the entire thickness of the metal layer.

Abstract: A method is for determining a value of an electromagnetic field strength by means of a chip card, having the steps of: providing a chip card having a coil and an integrated circuit; calibrating the chip card by means of different values of an electromagnetic field strength, wherein a power of the integrated circuit is determined in each case for a specific value of the electromagnetic field strength; correlating the different values of the electro-magnetic field strengths with a corresponding power of the integrated circuit in each case; applying an electromagnetic field strength of an unknown value to the chip card; determining a power of the integrated circuit; and determining the value of the electromagnetic field strength corresponding to this power by means of the correlation.

Abstract: The present invention relates in various aspects to a module for integrating into card body of a smart card, to a smart card, and to a method of implanting a module into a card body of a smart card. In an aspect, a module for integrating into a card body of a smart card comprises a support, a contact portion formed on a first surface of the support, and a solder material formed on the contact portion, wherein a surface of the solder material is at least partially covered by a flux.

Abstract: A card exhibiting multiple linear arrays of sensors are provided to detect a presence and movement of an external object (e.g., a read-head of a magnetic stripe reader). Each sensor of each array of sensors may be independently connected to a dual port of a processor so that the processor may determine a direction in which the card is swiped through a magnetic stripe reader. A portion of sensors of each array of sensors may be shared by a portion of inputs and/or outputs of a single port of a processor. Sensors may be cross-coupled to a single processor port so that forward and reverse directions of a card swipe may nevertheless be detected by a single-port processor of a card.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described related to using flexible circuitry in a payment device. In one embodiment, a payment device comprises a computing device and a memory. The computing device is configured to store a biometric identifier associated with a transaction account. The computing device is configured to at least receive, by the antenna, an interrogation signal from a point of sale (POS) device in order to activate the payment device for a payment transaction. The computing device is configured to determine a scanned fingerprint identifier of a user based at least in part on the interrogation signal activating the payment device and authenticate the scanned fingerprint identifier by matching the scanned fingerprint identifier to the biometric identifier. The transaction account is transmitted to the POS device for processing the payment transaction based at least in part on the authentication of the scanned fingerprint identifier.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for generating at least one security label (110) using at least one printing device (112) is proposed.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are inventions for heating without combustion plant material or volatile compounds or oils in a disposable consumable such as a cartridge or disposable device with power supply. The consumable contains fluid to vaporize. A child resistant cap on the end of the device blocks vaporization fluid flow. Force is required to unblock said fluid flow.

Abstract: A system and method for generating and implementing a barcode is provided, wherein the system includes a data generation device configured to receive data and generate barcode data response to the received data, a barcode generation device, configured to receive the barcode data and generate a barcode responsive to the received barcode data, a display device, configured to display the barcode and a barcode receiving device, configured to receive the barcode and operate in response to the barcode.

Abstract: An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.

Abstract: In various aspects, the present invention relates to a lead frame for integration into a smart card, a card body of a smart card, a smart card, and a method of forming a smart card. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a lead-frame for integration into a smart card is provided comprising a planar lead-frame body portion, at least one contact pad having a planar contact portion, and at least one bridging portion coupled with the planar lead-frame body portion and extending away from the planar lead-frame body towards the at least one contact pad and between the planar contact portion and the planar lead-frame portion, wherein the at least one bridging portion extending out of a plane defined by at least one of the planar lead-frame body portion and the planar contact portion and at least partially in parallel to a substantially normal direction of the planar contact portion.

Abstract: An elector is provided using shared storage to allow a cluster of participant nodes to gracefully convert failed voters to non-voters until there are only two voters. The cluster can then tolerate the failure of either of those two remaining participant nodes. A tiny amount of shared storage is used as a voter without an object store. This results in a cluster with only one running node that is an exclusive leader. An exclusive leader is then the only participant node that is a voter, and the exclusive leader can commit log records without replicating them to any other members of the cluster. When there is an exclusive leader, there is only one remaining node with a current copy of the object store.

Abstract: Disclosed embodiments may include a method for systems and methods for providing mobility-impaired transactional or identify documents processing. The method may include receiving login credentials associated with an account and a request to deposit a check into the account, and identifying, using an image recognition model, a presence of a check in a visual field of the image capture device. Then the method may include obtaining, via the image capture device, a plurality of digital images of a front side of the check, and generating, based on the plurality of digital images of the front side of the check, a composite image of the front side of the check. The method may further include creating a recording of an endorsement gesture and transmitting the composite image of the front side of the check and the recording of the endorsement gesture to a back-end server.

Abstract: The invention is directed to the use of electrolytic bronze deposits as substitutes for the noble metal electroplating of electronic circuits, e.g. for use in electronic payment cards and identity cards. The invention also relates to a novel layer sequence of bronze layers.