Abstract: A card-type electronic device capable of suppressing a rise in the temperature of signal lines for high-speed communication requiring impedance control while ensuring sufficient thermal connection and electrical connection. A connector is fixed to a substrate on which electronic components that generate heat are mounted, and includes electrical contacts electrically connected to an external apparatus and a thermal contact thermally connected to the external apparatus. A cutout is formed in the substrate between a portion to which the thermal contact is fixed and a portion to which the electrical contacts are fixed.

Abstract: A method and a system for changing operator display data on a display unit/electronic label located on a carrier in a Surface Mount Technology (SMT) system performing the steps of providing a carrier in the form of a bin or trolley configured to carry a plurality of bin load units, wherein said carrier comprises a display unit/electronic label; receiving or retrieving input data related to said carrier and an ongoing or upcoming SMT job; presenting display data on said display unit/electronic label based on said received input data; and scanning at least one barcode associated with or arranged on said carrier.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a phosphor plate and a lighting device including the phosphor plate, the phosphor plate according to an embodiment of the present invention has a light incident region on which light generated from a light source is incident and a light emitting region which converts a wavelength of the incident light and then outputs the light, wherein a ratio of a diameter of the light incident region and a diameter of the light emitting region ranges from 1:3 to 1:9.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for conducting a checkless cash access settlement are provided. In one embodiment, a cash advance method includes the following: a customer initiates a cash access transaction via a cash access system; the customer receives authorization or denial; the customer provides identification and the financial card to a cashier or attendant; the cashier or attendant validates the customer's identity, retrieves the transaction information, and completes the cash advance application; the application prints a non-negotiable instrument, such as a transaction receipt; the customer signs the receipt confirming the transaction with a physical receipt or electronic capture.

Abstract: A vehicle pulls up to a fuel pump and a customer within the vehicle utilizes interfaces available within the vehicle to initiate a fuel transaction within the vehicle and to activate the fuel pump for dispensing fuel. The customer then exits the vehicle dispenses fuel and returns to the vehicle without interacting with the existing fuel pump interface and when the customer re-inserts the pump hose into a holster of the fuel pump, the fuel transaction is completed on behalf of the customer.

Abstract: Systems and methods for detecting counterfeit magnetic stripes are provided. A method can include detecting magnetic flux transitions encoded on a magnetic stripe and the variation in distances between clocking flux transitions. The distance between variations in clocking flux transitions is greater in counterfeit cards than in legitimate cards. The variations in distances can be compared with known values of legitimate cards to detect the presence of a counterfeit magnetic stripe.

Abstract: A barcode reader may perform image processing functions to generate distinct image data records from the frame of image data of a barcode, select an image data record from the distinct image data records and decode the selected image data record. Each image data record may be generated by applying a distinct image processing function to the frame of image data. The barcode reader may capture multiple frames of image data in sequence based on image capture parameters. At least one of the multiple frames of image data may be captured with a distinct parameter value. The image capture parameters may include an exposure setting, a gain setting, a resolution setting, and/or an illumination setting.

Abstract: Disclosed is a two-dimensional code having improved design characteristics, for which any image can be added. The disclosed two-dimensional code divides data displayed in binary code into cells, arranges same as a pattern in a two-dimensional matrix, and has a position detection pattern. The two-dimensional code has embedded design information that indicates the existence of design areas wherein any design can be arranged and, if a design area exists, the position of the design area.

Abstract: An exemplary method of decoding a barcode uses a barcode template of known fixed fields in the barcode to enhance error correction in decoding of the barcode. A barcode having encoded data is scanned with an exemplary electronic device including a barcode scanner, a memory, and a barcode template stored in the memory. The barcode template includes fixed data fields and variable data fields. The barcode's encoded data are sampled into a codeword array, and a barcode template that matches the format of the scanned barcode is selected. Typically, error correction is then performed on the codeword array, and the error-corrected codeword array is then outputted.

Abstract: A method for reading a graphical indicator is provided. The method includes the following steps. An indicator image including a plurality of graphical micro-units is obtained. According to a portion of the graphical micro-units, a first header part and a first content data part belonging to a first image indicator are obtained. According to another portion of the graphical micro-units, a second header part and a second content data part belonging to a second image indicator are obtained. The graphical micro-units of the first content data part are further used to obtain the indicator data. When a portion of the graphical micro-units in the first content data part is lost, the complete graphical micro-units can be obtained by recovering the lost graphical micro-units of the first content data part according to the graphical micro-units belonging to the first and the second content data parts captured in the indicator image.

Abstract: A registered provider device encrypts provider input related to a transaction between the provider device and one of many registered user devices to create an encrypted one-time-use provider code (the encryption is performed using an encryption key produced, in part, using a uniquely sequenced number generated by a sequencer maintained by the provider device). Similarly, the user device encrypts user input to create an encrypted one-time-use user code using an encryption key produced, in part, using a uniquely sequenced number generated by a user sequencer maintained by the user device. The provider and user devices independently transmit their different encrypted one-time-use codes to an intermediate entity, which decrypts the encrypted codes. This decryption is performed using one-time-use encryption keys produced using sequencers maintained by the intermediate entity, and this decryption generates an authorization request.

Abstract: A container may include a tubular sidewall defining interior and exterior surfaces of the container, and including first and second regions disposed relative to one another along a major axis of the tubular sidewall. The container further may include an identification mark embedded within the tubular sidewall at a plurality of sectors about the tubular sidewall within the first region. Each sector may have a width, and the identification mark is machine readable by a reader viewing any arbitrary one or more of the sectors. An exemplary method for preparing such a container is also provided.

Abstract: An apparatus, method, and system for a flexible approach to lighting design is discussed including temporary lighting designs, target areas with changing requirements, or tamper- and environmentally-resistant ground-mounted lighting fixtures for architectural or aesthetic lighting. Envisioned are fixtures typically comprising multiple compact LED modules mounted in one or more rows in a compact frame, capable of independent adjustment about at least two axes, having a wide range of aiming angles from a common pivotable joint, and preserving a thermal dissipation path regardless of aiming angle.

Abstract: The invention relates to blocking fraudulent gathering of credit card and debit card information during a legitimate payment transaction at a credit/debit card reader. The invention includes the installation, preferably in a non-uniform manner, of blockers onto one or more faces or surfaces of the card reader. Properly installed blockers will tend to prevent the easy installation of a flush mounted skimmer device that is designed to overlay the legitimate card reader at a store or point of sale location such as a gasoline pump.

Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for conducting a checkless cash access settlement are provided. In one embodiment, a cash advance method includes the following: a customer initiates a cash access transaction via a cash access system; the customer receives authorization or denial; the customer provides identification and the financial card to a cashier or attendant; the cashier or attendant validates the customer's identity, retrieves the transaction information, and completes the cash advance application; the application prints a non-negotiable instrument, such as a transaction receipt; the customer signs the receipt confirming the transaction with a physical receipt or electronic capture.

Abstract: A printed code associated with a product is illuminated with light having a first lighting characteristic, and is readable in a default mode of an imaging reader. An electronic code displayed on a mobile communication device is readable in another mode of the reader, with a different second lighting characteristic that is designed to minimize specular reflection from a screen of the device. When the presence of the device in close proximity to the reader is detected, the reader is automatically configured to switch from the default mode to the other mode to enable the electronic code to be read.

Abstract: A method of initiating a banking transaction at a banking terminal is provided. The method includes optically capturing machine readable identification data of the banking terminal by a mobile device of a customer. A terminal identifier of the banking terminal is determined based on the machine readable identification data. Account information and the terminal identifier are transmitted from the mobile device for delivery to a server. The account information is associated with the customer and stored in the mobile device. The method also includes the step of transmitting the account information from the server to the banking terminal using the terminal identifier and receiving a customer transaction request from the customer at the banking terminal.

Abstract: A method for producing a smart card module arrangement includes: arranging a smart card module on a first carrier layer, wherein the first carrier layer is free of a prefabricated smart card module receptacle cutout for receiving the smart card module. The smart card module includes: a substrate; a chip on the substrate; a first mechanical reinforcement structure between the chip and the substrate. The first mechanical reinforcement structure covers at least one part of a surface of the chip. The method further includes applying a second carrier layer to the smart card module, wherein the second carrier layer is free of a prefabricated smart card module receptacle cutout for receiving the smart card module; and at least one of laminating or pressing the first carrier layer with the second carrier layer, such that the smart card module is enclosed by the first carrier layer and the second carrier layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of radio frequency identification, in particular to a rectifier and limiter circuit controlled by switching signals and a passive radio frequency tag comprising the rectifier and limiter circuit. The rectifier and limiter circuit controlled by switching signals provided by the present invention converts DC signals, which are absorbed and rectified by an inductance coil antenna of a passive RFID tag, into high- and low-level signals and inputs the high- and low-level signals into the control input terminals of discharge paths of a rectifier circuit. The discharge paths are controlled to be opened or closed according to the amount of charge. The amplitude limiting control of the circuit voltage is realized by dynamically adjusting the voltage amplitude of a rectifier, thereby meeting the requirements on reliability of over-voltage protection of a semiconductor device on a chip and avoiding saturation of reception at the card reader side.

Abstract: A method for managing the operation of an object capable of contactless communication with a reader magnetically coupled to the object includes a phase for transmission of information from the object to the reader and includes a modulation of the impedance of a load connected across the terminals of the antenna of the object. Prior to the transmission phase, a monitoring phase includes a monitoring of the level of amplitude modulation of a modulated test signal present at the antenna of the object and resulting from a test modulation of the impedance of the load and a capacitive modification of the impedance of the load if this level is lower than a threshold.