Laminated Patents (Class 235/488)
  • Publication number: 20120074229
    Abstract: A radio frequency IC device that prevents variations in the value of capacitive coupling between a radio frequency IC element and a radiation electrode and has good signal transmission efficiency includes a radio frequency IC element including input/output electrodes and, a first base including intermediate electrodes that are capacitively coupled to the input/output electrodes and have capacitance values C1a and C1b, respectively, and a second base including radiation electrodes and that are capacitively coupled to the intermediate electrodes and have capacitance values C2a and C2b, respectively. A capacitance C1 obtained by combining C1a and C1b is smaller than a capacitance C2 obtained by combining C2a and C2b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto OSAMURA, Kenji KUBOTA, Noboru KATO
  • Publication number: 20120074228
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a transponder inlay for a document for personal identification may include a cover; an adhesive layer arranged on the cover; a chip arranged on the adhesive layer; an antenna connected to the chip; and a top layer on the adhesive layer, wherein the top layer has a top and a bottom and wherein the bottom of the top layer is connected to the cover by means of the adhesive layer and wherein the antenna is arranged on the top of the top layer such that the antenna is at least to some extent physically separated from the adhesive layer by the top layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Applicant: INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AG
    Inventors: Matthias Gruenauer, Andreas Karl, Andreas Mueller-Hipper, Frank Pueschner, Peter Scherl
  • Patent number: 8136735
    Abstract: As a non-contact ID label, ID tag and the like being widespread, it is required to manufacture a considerable quantity of ID labels at quite a low cost. An ID label attached to a product is, for example, required to be manufactured at 1 to several yens each, or preferably less than one yen. Thus, such a structure and a process are demanded that an ID label can be manufactured in a large quantity at a low cost. A thin film integrated circuit device included in the ID label, the ID card, and the ID tag of the invention each includes a thin film active element such as a thin film transistor (TFT). Therefore, by peeling a substrate on which TFTs are formed for separating elements, the ID label and the like can be manufactured in a large quantity at a low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Arai, Mai Akiba, Yuko Tachimura, Yohei Kanno
  • Patent number: 8132736
    Abstract: The invention relates to a document of value, in particular a credit card, identity card or ticket, and to a transfer film for the production of a document of value. The latter has on one of its surfaces a security element (2), which has a magnetic layer (25) for storing machine-readable information and a reflective, non-magnetizable metal layer (23). The metal layer is arranged above the magnetic layer (25) in relation to the surface of the document of value. The metal layer and the magnetic layer overlap, at least in some regions. The region of the metal layer (23) that overlaps the magnetic layer (25) is subdivided into at least two regions (231) isolated electrically from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Leonhard Kurz Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Heinrich Wild, Ludwig Brehm
  • Publication number: 20120055996
    Abstract: The invention relates to a coin comprising a preferably disk-shaped metal base element (2) and at least one flat insert element (4), which is received in the disk-shaped metal base element (2). Advantageously, the flat insert element (4) is made of a non-conductive material, preferably plastic, and at least one RFID identification device (5) is provided in the flat insert element (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: MUNZE OSTERREICH AG
    Inventors: Soheil Hamedani, Gregor Innitzer
  • Patent number: 8118214
    Abstract: A method and system for generating electronic keys. The method comprises providing a plurality of devices and generating an electronic key for each device of the plurality of devices, wherein the electronic keys are generated substantially simultaneously. According to the system and method disclosed herein, the electronic keys for all of the devices are generated in the same amount of time that is required to generate one electronic key for one device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Andre Rochette, Randall William Mummert
  • Publication number: 20120037708
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to for a card that includes a detachable wireless antenna-based payment device, such as a contactless Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) payment device or the like. The card is configured so as to alleviate or eliminate production problems associated with the adhesive-protecting backing being lifted or otherwise removed during handling of the card by the embossing equipment. In specific embodiments, the detachable wireless communication device is formed vertically along the width of the card, such that the detachment line extends along the width of the card. In such embodiments, by limiting the width of the wireless communication payment device to about one-third of the length of the card, the detachable wireless communication payment device is formed outside of the center region of the card, which is the region handled during the embossing procedure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Lee Irwin, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120037707
    Abstract: The present invention provides a secure identification card 10 having multiple layers, including a layer 20 of holographic images, a layer 30 of ink/images below layer 20, a layer 40 which is a selective white layer below layer 30, a layer 50 of selective metallization below layer 40, a white continuous layer 60 below layer 50, a selective black ink layer 70 below layer 60, and the protective article backing layer 80 below layer 70.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventor: Yoram Curiel
  • Publication number: 20120037709
    Abstract: Dynamic magnetic stripe communications devices are provided as magnetic stripe emulators. A magnetic stripe emulator may include a coil. Drive circuits may be coupled to this coil in order to produce electromagnetic fields from the coil operable to communicate with a magnetic stripe reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Inventors: Bruce S. Cloutier, David N. Lambeth, James H. Workley
  • Patent number: 8113434
    Abstract: Embodiments for electro-optical identification are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Britta Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Fred Charles Thomas, III
  • Publication number: 20120031978
    Abstract: The invention relates to a security document (10) having a carrier substrate (1) and at least one first film element (2) which is fixed to the carrier substrate (1) and shows a first optically variable effect generated by a diffractive first relief structure, wherein the security document (10) furthermore has at least one first printing ink layer (5) which is applied in a region-wise fashion onto the at least one first film element, and at least one second film element (3), and to a method for the production, of the security document (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: OVD KINEGRAM AG
    Inventors: Achim Hansen, Christina Streb
  • Publication number: 20120024959
    Abstract: An RFID inlet by including: a base film; an antenna pattern formed on the base film; an insulation film layer formed on the antenna pattern and having a hole; an IC chip coupled to the antenna pattern inside the hole of the insulation film layer; and an underfill filled between the IC chip, the antenna, and the base film. The height of the IC chip top surface is at a higher level than the top surface of the insulation film layer, the underfill is formed between the IC chip and a wall surface of the hole of the insulation film layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventors: Madoka MINAGAWA, Naoya KANDA, Isao SAKAMA, Shigeru SAGAWA, Daisuke SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20120024960
    Abstract: The inlay (10) for the manufacture of a device (12) comprising a base made up of a multilayer structure within which the inlay (10) is designed to be incorporated, the insert (10) comprising a microcircuit and an antenna connected to the microcircuit. The transponder assembly is combined into a microcircuit module (26) and the substrate includes a cavity (28) dimensioned to completely receive the module (26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: Oberthur Technologies
    Inventors: François LAUNAY, Loïc Le Garrec
  • Publication number: 20120012658
    Abstract: A RFID label that has no wrinkle formed therein when the RFID label is unwound and fed from a roll or when printing is executed thereon by a label printer, and a manufacturing method therefor: The RFID label includes an adhesive paper sheet including a label base material and a first adhesive layer, an RFID inlet formed by disposing an IC and an antenna on one or both sides of a base material. The RFID inlet has a smaller area than that of the adhesive paper sheet. A second adhesive layer is disposed on a side of the RFID inlet that is opposite to that of the adhesive paper sheet, and a separator laminated therein. A gap line across the total thickness of the RFID label differs depending on the disposition of constituent members of the inlet. One or a plurality of cuts, each penetrating the separator, are each formed at a position at which the cut extends over the gap line or each cut is in the vicinity of the gap line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2010
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventor: Kiichi Komiyama
  • Publication number: 20120006900
    Abstract: A laminated multi-layer card that can be imprinted with personal information, the card containing an entrapped security element; the security element containing a pressure sensitive adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Inventor: Peter L. Scheir
  • Publication number: 20120006902
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features. An optically recognizable compound may be associated with a portion of the card for blocking infrared radiation and may comprise an infrared ink having nanocrystalline indium tin oxide particles. Moreover, a portion of the transaction card may include a second optically recognizable compound disposed thereon. The second optically recognizable compound may comprise an infrared phthalocyanine dye, an infrared phosphor, and a quantum dot energy transfer compound. The infrared ink may be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Faenza, JR.
  • Publication number: 20120006894
    Abstract: A printed media product, such as a trading card, that has a substrate and an encoded data element applied to a surface of the substrate containing information. The encoded data element includes first, second, and third data layers with first, second, and third patterns of encoded, colored dots defined by a binary encoding scheme. The dots of the first, second, and third layers are different colors separately resolvable by a scanner with decoding software. The colors of the dots are cyan, yellow, and magenta, and the layers are printed so that the dots overlap. The binary encoding scheme includes a two dimensional run length limited code. The printed media product includes a graphics element that can be interpreted by a human user, and typically, the information encoded in the encoded data element layers is related to the information in the graphics element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Benny J. Pruden, Peter W. LeMasters
  • Publication number: 20120006901
    Abstract: A method for personalizing a presentation instrument for an account holder while the account holder is present is described. The method includes transmitting to a server computer a request to personalize a presentation instrument for an account holder who has a financial account with a financial institution. The request includes the account holder's name and background information indicating a background to be placed onto the presentation instrument. The method further includes receiving, at the server computer from the financial institution, presentation instrument data to be included on the presentation instrument. The presentation instrument data comprises an account number and an expiration date.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: DATACARD CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark R. Behner, Ronald J. Zanotti
  • Publication number: 20110315774
    Abstract: A wireless tag includes a tag-inlet including an antenna pattern formed on a base and an IC chip connected to the antenna pattern on the base, and a flexible member configured to seal the tag-inlet inside the flexible member. In the wireless tag, the tag-inlet is sealed in the flexible member with folded, and the folded tag-inlet has a dielectric spacer formed of the flexible member between the folded tag-inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicants: FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shunji Baba, Shigeru Hashimoto, Tsuyoshi Niwata, Yoshiyasu Sugimura, Satoru Nogami, Teruhisa Ninomiya, Kai Manabu
  • Publication number: 20110315775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing an opaque, transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features, such as a holographic foil, integrated circuit chip, silver magnetic stripe with text on the magnetic stripe, opacity gradient, an invisible optically recognizable compound, a translucent signature field such that the signature on back of the card is visible from the front of the card and an active thru date on the front of the card. The invisible optically recognizable compound is an infrared ink and/or film, which can be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Applicant: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Ellen Lasch, Lisa Webb, Judy Vigiletti, William J. Faenza, JR.
  • Patent number: 8083135
    Abstract: An information card overlay system can include a base card having multiple claims, an overlay card storing an overlay claim, and an overlay module that can be used to apply the overlay card to the base card. A computer-implemented method can include selecting a base card having multiple claims, selecting an overlay card storing an overlay claim, and applying the overlay card to the base card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Novell, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew A. Hodgkinson, James M. Norman
  • Patent number: 8079519
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of making a structure for making a security document and/or a document of value, or for making an article secure, the structure comprising at least one electronic device and at least one at least partially fibrous layer having a window arranged to receive the electronic device, at least in part, the method comprising the following steps: placing at least part of the electronic device in the window in the layer; and then depositing a resin in the window so as to encapsulate the electronic device, at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Arjowiggins Security
    Inventors: Paolo Pepori, Pierre Doublet
  • Patent number: 8074878
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a system and method, and more particularly to a system and method of pre-approving applicants for visa processing using an emerging country's international travel approval control card, i.e. an electronic data card that includes biometric verification means for verifying a biometric identifier stored thereon, used to uniquely identify the card holder to a local foreign embassy as pre-approved for visa application processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: F3M3 Companies, Inc.
    Inventor: Isaac Sayo Daniel
  • Publication number: 20110297749
    Abstract: Direct application symbol mark which consists of information elements which are formed in needle-impact marking on the surface of the part being marked in the form of conical depressions and which are filled with paint, characterized in that an adhesively fixed film with the recorded optical information with perforated openings which coincide with the depressions is located overhead on this surface, and the paint which is used for filling is fluorescent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: LLC FLUORESCENT INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Alexey V. LEZHNEV, Dmitry V. PEBALK, Michail U. KVASHA, Kirill I. DONETSKY, Galina N. DOROZHKINA, Iosif E. DISKIN
  • Publication number: 20110290892
    Abstract: A contactless integrated circuit (IC) label has an IC chip and is capable of exchanging data with an external reading device without contact. The contactless IC label includes: a transparent label base material; an optical variable device formed on a lower surface of the label base material; a conductive layer bonded to and formed on a lower surface of the optical variable device, and configured to function as an antenna of the IC chip; a connecting layer electrically connected to the IC chip; an insulating layer formed between the conductive layer and the connecting layer, and configured to electrically couple the conductive layer and the connecting layer; and an impedance adjusting unit formed on at least the connecting layer of the conductive layer and the connecting layer, and configured to adjust impedances of the conductive layer and the IC chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicants: Hitachi, Ltd., Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tatsurou Ozawa, Hidemi Nakajima, Kozue Furuichi, Hidehiko Kando, Shin Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20110290891
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an RFID tag having capacitive load, including: an antenna unit, a capacitive load and an RFID device. The antenna unit includes two metal sheets and a conductive substrate, and the metal sheets are disposed at a corresponding position above the conductive substrate and electrically connected to the conductive substrate. The capacitive load is electrically connected to the metal sheets. The RFID device feeds the antenna unit by electrically connecting to the metal sheets or coupling. This dramatically decreases the operating frequency, so the imaginary part of impedance is higher with the same size of the antenna unit, thereby reducing the size of the RFID tag. As a result, the weight is reduced, the manufacture process is simplified and the subsequent structure can be easily adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: CHINA STEEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: SUNG-LIN CHEN, YI-AN WU
  • Patent number: 8066190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing a transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features. An optically recognizable compound may be associated with a portion of the card for blocking infrared radiation and may comprise an infrared ink having nanocrystalline indium tin oxide particles. Moreover, a portion of the transaction card may include a second optically recognizable compound disposed thereon. The second optically recognizable compound may comprise an infrared phthalocyanine dye, an infrared phosphor, and a quantum dot energy transfer compound. The infrared ink may be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventor: William J. Faenza, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8066191
    Abstract: Laminated cards with user interfaces are provided. The user interfaces can have enhanced tactile feel. In one embodiment, a card may be constructed to have a dual-layer user interface. In another embodiment, a card may be constructed to include a support structure. In yet another embodiment, a card may include a relatively soft material that covers at least a portion of the user interface. In yet another embodiment, a card may include a user interface that is fluidically coupled to a bladder. In a further embodiment, a card can include any combination of a user interface, which may be a dual-layer user interface, a support structure, a soft material that at least partially covers a user interface, and a bladder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2011
    Assignee: Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce S. Cloutier, James H. Workley, William T. Shepherd
  • Publication number: 20110289023
    Abstract: A retail item display includes an RFID processor, a display driving mechanism, at least one power source, and an electronic display. The RFID processor can include an antenna and an RFID processor. The display driving mechanism can include a microcontroller and a display driver or similar device. The electronic display comprises a display medium sandwiched between two electrodes. The RFID device is in communication with the display driving mechanism to display updated product information on the electronic display according to instructions from an external RFID activator. In one embodiment, the retail item display includes an electronic display that can be activated or deactivated. In another embodiment, the retail item display includes at least one customizable portion and at least one non-customizable portion. Methods to reduce the number of electrical connections between the display driving mechanism and the electronic display are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian J. FORSTER, Michael G. GINN, Ming Kun SHI, Sriram Venkatasanthanam
  • Patent number: 8061618
    Abstract: Multi-layer cards with aesthetic and/or functional features, e.g. banking, access, or identification cards, having a bearing layer that includes an effects layer disposed directly between two core layers are disclosed herein. Among other potential benefits, the layered structure of the bearing layer reduces overall manufacturing costs, as compared to methods known in the art, by facilitating a balanced card construction while minimizing the number of layers formed from relatively expensive materials, avoiding direct imaging of the effects layer and minimizing waste associated therewith, as well as providing for reliable incorporation of the effects layer into the multi-layered structure with minimal expenditure of resources and reduced possibility of waste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Oberthur Card Systems SA
    Inventor: Barry Mosteller
  • Publication number: 20110278361
    Abstract: A data carrier configuration includes a card-like carrier having a recess and an electronic data carrier in the form of an IC card which is removably mounted in the recess. The data carrier has an arrangement for fastening on an object. Methods for the production of such a configuration include making the carrier rigid and the IC card flexible, so that introduction of the data carrier into the recess and removal of same from the recess are possible via unrolling of the electronic data carrier. The fastening arrangement is in the form of a self-adhesive layer, which is covered by a removable protective layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2010
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Inventors: Hans Heusmann, Albert Ojster
  • Patent number: 8056816
    Abstract: A method for personalizing a presentation instrument for an account holder while the account holder is present is described. The method includes transmitting to a server computer a request to personalize a presentation instrument for an account holder who has a financial account with a financial institution. The request includes the account holder's name and background information indicating a background to be placed onto the presentation instrument. The method further includes receiving, at the server computer from the financial institution, presentation instrument data to be included on the presentation instrument. The presentation instrument data comprises an account number and an expiration date.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: DataCard Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Behner, Ronald J. Zanotti
  • Patent number: 8056815
    Abstract: An RFID transponder comprises an electronic assembly and an antenna assembly. The electronic assembly is a multi-layer film body having one or more electrically conducting functional layers and one or more electrically semiconducting functional layers. The antenna assembly has one or more electrically conducting functional layers, of which one is an antenna coil. In a first region and a second region of the body a respective one of the one or more electrically conducting functional layers forms respective first and second capacitor plates. In addition, in the first region and the second region of the body a respective one of the one or more electrically conducting functional layers of the antenna assembly is formed as a third and a fourth capacitor plate so that the electronic assembly and the antenna assembly are electrically coupled by capacitors formed respectively by the first and third and by the second and fourth capacitor plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Ullmann, Markus Böhm
  • Publication number: 20110272467
    Abstract: A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. Such a magnetic emulator may comprise non-magnetostrictive material such that the magnetic emulator may be fabricated in a wide variety of fabrication processes. Additionally, magnets may be added to amplify the signal of a magnetic emulator. In doing so, a magnetic emulator may provide a large amount of signal while consuming a reduced amount of electrical energy when compared to a magnetic emulator that does not include the presence of one or more magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mullen, David Lambeth, Bruce Cloutier
  • Publication number: 20110272466
    Abstract: A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) or other device (e.g., mobile telephone) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to communicate data to a magnetic stripe read-head. Such a magnetic emulator may comprise non-magnetostrictive material such that the magnetic emulator may be fabricated in a wide variety of fabrication processes. Additionally, magnets may be added to amplify the signal of a magnetic emulator. In doing so, a magnetic emulator may provide a large amount of signal while consuming a reduced amount of electrical energy when compared to a magnetic emulator that does not include the presence of one or more magnets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mullen, David Lambeth, Bruce Cloutier
  • Publication number: 20110272464
    Abstract: A laminated structure for an E-document, comprising a first support layer defining at least two flat flaps connected by at least one fold line, the first flap supporting an antenna and a microcircuit device enabling contactless data exchange, the second flap supporting an electromagnetic interference element arranged in relation to the microcircuit device so as to be able to oppose contactless reading and/or writing of the microcircuit device in at least one folded configuration of the structure, the structure having at least one heat-activated or pressure-sensitive adhesive layer making it possible to receive the microcircuit device and/or the antenna and/or the electromagnetic interference element at least in part in its thickness, and/or the flaps having at least one layer of an adhesive and/or a fibrous layer and/or a polymer layer having a different thickness for each of the flaps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: ARJOWIGGINS SECURITY
    Inventors: Sandrine Rancien, Frederic Vicentini, Thibaut Le Loarer, Alban Remy
  • Publication number: 20110272465
    Abstract: A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable to act as a magnetic stripe read-head detector and a data transmitter. A multiple layer flexible PCB may be fabricated to include multiple magnetic emulators. Layers of the flexible PCB may include magnetic shielding in order to reduce interference from the magnetic emulators to particular read-heads on a magnetic stripe reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Mullen, David Lambeth, Bruce Cloutier
  • Publication number: 20110266349
    Abstract: The present invention relates to identification documents and smart cards. In one implementation, we provide a contactless smart identification document comprising a first contact layer, a second contact layer, and a carrier layer. The carrier layer is sandwiched in between the first and second contact layers, and the carrier layer includes least a transceiver and electronic circuitry. At least a portion of the first and second contact layers migrate into the carrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
    Inventors: Daoshen Bi, Robert Jones
  • Publication number: 20110266351
    Abstract: A method is provided for producing an arrangement, which, for example, may be used for further processing into a non-contact chip card or an identification document and which comprises a multi-layer structure, with a first part of an RFID antenna, at least comprising a coil-shaped antenna structure and a connecting structure, being arranged on a carrier layer and the chip being directly mounted on this part of the antenna structure and contacted, with a compensation layer being arranged thereabove, which in the area of the chip comprises an embedding opening and which comprises at least two contacting openings in the intersection area of the first part of the RFID antenna with a bridge structure, which is located on a cover layer, and subsequently the individual layers being connected to each other via lamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: KSW MICROTEC AG
    Inventors: Marco Wagner, Henry Prescher
  • Publication number: 20110266343
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatus of a secure RFID record are described herein. In one aspect, an apparatus of a RFID wristband comprises three layers: the top layer is a wristband, the middle layer is one RFID tag comprising one RFID chip and one tag antenna covering the wide area of the wristband, the bottom layer is made by anti-irritation materials. In another aspect, an apparatus of a RFID wristband comprises three layers: the top layer is a wristband, the middle layer has two RFID tags, each of which comprises one RFID chip and one tag antenna; the bottom layer is made by anti-irritation materials. In another aspect, a RFID system for secure communication comprises: a tag with at least two memory areas for storing an unique identifier and encoded data, respectively; a reader with at least three functions: key search, decoding process and encoding process; the unique identifier is associated with a key while the key is stored on the reader or a server connected to the reader.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: JUN LIU
  • Publication number: 20110266352
    Abstract: An RFID tag and an RFID access card configured to reduce detuning effects from a typical RFID environment. The present invention provides an RFID tag that is specifically configured to reduce the detuning effects caused by initiating communication between an RFID tag and an RFID tag reader in the presence of materials such as metal, liquid, and the human body. In one embodiment, the present invention provides an RFID tag comprising an electronic circuit portion attached to a main antenna body portion, the main antenna body portion having two opposite side portions, which are substantially symmetrical with respect to one another, wherein each side portion extends outwardly to form a generally side-oriented v-shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: ZIH Corp.
    Inventor: Michael Fein
  • Publication number: 20110266350
    Abstract: A multisided card having at least two obverse faces and two reverse faces that are adjacent one another, can be used to print and store relatively insecure information of the obverse faces and to have more sensitive information stored and printed on the adjacent reverse faces. To protect privacy, a caricature or cartoon of an individual can be placed on an obverse face, which image cannot be read by facial recognition techniques but could be recognized by human observers. Many of the features of the card can be utilized in a virtual card that exists in machine memory or cyberspace.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2011
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Inventor: BRYAN P. CHAPMAN
  • Publication number: 20110259964
    Abstract: The present invention provides identification documents with security features. For example, a document may include two or more inks that are designed to cohesively fail upon a de-lamination attack. A resulting failure pattern is preferably difficult to predict. The two or more inks are applied to an identification document including a core and laminate layer. At least one of the inks is characterized such that an adhesive strength of the ink to the core and an adhesive strength of the ink to the laminate layer is each greater than the cohesive strength of the ink itself. Thus, the ink rips apart in a somewhat random-like manner upon a de-lamination attack. The ink can be arranged in interwoven or interlocking patterns or in other desired patterns and locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Jones, Bentley Bloomberg
  • Publication number: 20110253791
    Abstract: A polymeric thread includes a transparent polymeric substrate; a first patterned layer with a miniature pattern disposed at a side of the polymeric substrate; and a first florescent layer containing a florescent taggant disposed at a side of the patterned layer that is facing away from the polymeric substrate. An authentication tag utilizing the polymeric thread and a method for making the polymeric thread are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventor: Shu Tuen TANG
  • Publication number: 20110253789
    Abstract: The invention relates to an identification system, comprising an information carrier or a group of such information carriers, which allow a clear association of information. The invention further relates to the use of said information carriers, and to a device for reading said information carriers, wherein the information carriers are associated with a random action of a data processing system by way of the structured information layer thereof or can trigger such action. The invention furthermore relates to information carriers for access control systems, payment systems, ticket systems, and marketing application. According to the invention, overlaps of the information layer can be provided by applying additional layers, which achieve several advantages according to the invention, such as optically rendering the information layer unrecognizable, and resulting increased safety of the information carrier against manipulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Publication date: October 20, 2011
    Inventors: Jan Thiele, Sascha Voigt, Andre Kreutzer, Matthias Foerster
  • Patent number: 8033477
    Abstract: The invention relates to identification documents, and in particular to providing optically variable personalized data to identification documents. In one implementation, we provide an identification document comprising a document layer and a first indicium. The document layer comprises a material capable of being printed by a thermally transferable optically variable ink. The first indicium is printed on the document layer and comprises personalized data and printed to the document layer by a thermally transferred optically variable ink. The first indicium may be printed to the document layer by disposing a thermally transferable optically variable ink in a mass transfer panel of a printer ribbon adapted for use in a dye diffusion thermal transfer printer, and printing the first indicium as part of a mass transfer printing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: L-1 Secure Credentialing, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Jones, Daoshen Bi, Charles F. Duggan, Nelson T. Schneck
  • Patent number: 8033457
    Abstract: A method of creating a single transaction card is disclosed and comprises embossing the single transaction card within a pocket to form embossed characters on a first surface of the single transaction card, filling the pocket with a fill panel to provide a substantially flush surface on a second surface of the single transaction card, wherein a third surface of the fill panel is in uniform, direct contact with an interior of the pocket. Another method is disclosed for machining a face pocket within a single transaction card and disposing a microchip therein. In various embodiments, a single transaction card is comprised of a continuous metal layer, such as, for example, titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Stevan Varga, Lisa Ann Morrill Webb
  • Publication number: 20110239457
    Abstract: Circuit modules including identification codes and a method of managing them are provided. A module substrate includes signal input output terminals and outer ground terminals provided at the peripheral portions of a surface which becomes a mounting surface when the circuit module is completed. An inner-ground-terminal formation area surrounded by the signal input output terminals and the outer ground terminals includes a plurality of inner ground terminals arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. One of the edge portions is a direction identification area. The inner ground terminal is not provided in the direction identification area, and a first identification code having information about the position of the module substrate is provided in the direction identification area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi NISHIKAWA, Taro HIRAI
  • Publication number: 20110240744
    Abstract: An antenna substrate is provided with a conductor layer, a soft magnetic layer, a patch layer, and a dielectric layer. The soft magnetic layer is disposed on the conductor layer. The patch layer includes a plurality of electromagnetic band gap electrodes which are two-dimensionally arranged on the soft magnetic layer. The dielectric layer is disposed on the patch layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Nagahisa FURUTANI
  • Publication number: 20110233281
    Abstract: A disposable race bib timing device is provided including a thin, flexible planar sheet member having a front surface for displaying information, and a rear surface. A pair of RFID timing tags are provided on the rear surface of the flexible planar bib. The RFID timing tags are spaced a distance apart from one another and positioned in parallel in relation to one another. A thermal and moisture resistant layer of material is provided over the exposed outer surface of each RFID tag to prevent moisture and heat from the athlete from coming into contact with the RFID tag and interfering with the ability of the tag to communicate with the antenna of a corresponding timing system. A further waterproof layer of material may be positioned between each RFID tag and the race bib to prevent moisture from soaking through the bib into the RFID tag. A laminate material may be provided to cover the entire surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2010
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel R. Howell