Patents by Inventor Torsten Wiesinger

Torsten Wiesinger has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10748387
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for reading a magnetic stripe and/or chip card comprising a card reader (16) for reading out data from the magnetic stripe and/or chip card, said card reader having a transport path (14) along which the magnetic stripe and/or chip card is moved when it is inserted into the card reader (16) and/or when it is removed from the card reader (16) and/or is received during the readout of data. Further, the device (10) has an image capturing unit (20) for capturing images of the card reader (16), the card reader (16) being designed such that by means of images captured by the image capturing unit (16) it can be detected whether a skimming module is inserted into the transport path (14) of the card reader (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Wincor Nixdorf International GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Wiesinger, Alexander Drichel, Steffen Priesterjahn, Dieter Schliebe
  • Publication number: 20180040206
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (10) for reading a magnetic stripe and/or chip card comprising a card reader (16) for reading out data from the magnetic stripe and/or chip card, said card reader having a transport path (14) along which the magnetic stripe and/or chip card is moved when it is inserted into the card reader (16) and/or when it is removed from the card reader (16) and/or is received during the readout of data. Further, the device (10) has an image capturing unit (20) for capturing images of the card reader (16), the card reader (16) being designed such that by means of images captured by the image capturing unit (16) it can be detected whether a skimming module is inserted into the transport path (14) of the card reader (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Torsten Wiesinger, Alexander Drichel, Steffen Priesterjahn, Dieter Schliebe
  • Patent number: 9754462
    Abstract: A device (10) for reading a magnetic stripe and/or chip card has a card reader (16) for reading out data from the magnetic stripe and/or chip card, said card reader having a transport path (14) along which the magnetic stripe and/or chip card is moved when it is inserted into the card reader (16) and/or when it is removed from the card reader (16) and/or is received during the readout of data. Further, the device (10) has an image capturing unit (20) for capturing images of the card reader (16). The card reader (16) is designed to use images captured by the image capturing unit (16) to detect whether a skimming module is inserted into the transport path (14) of the card reader (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: WINCOR NIXDORF INTERNATIONAL GMBH
    Inventors: Torsten Wiesinger, Alexander Drichel, Steffen Priesterjahn, Dieter Schliebe
  • Publication number: 20150302707
    Abstract: A device (10) for reading a magnetic stripe and/or chip card has a card reader (16) for reading out data from the magnetic stripe and/or chip card, said card reader having a transport path (14) along which the magnetic stripe and/or chip card is moved when it is inserted into the card reader (16) and/or when it is removed from the card reader (16) and/or is received during the readout of data. Further, the device (10) has an image capturing unit (20) for capturing images of the card reader (16). The card reader (16) is designed to use images captured by the image capturing unit (16) to detect whether a skimming module is inserted into the transport path (14) of the card reader (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Inventors: Torsten Wiesinger, Alexander Drichel, Steffen Priesterjahn, Dieter Schliebe