Abstract: A transaction card includes a card body that may comprise a card body comprising a ceramic material, the card body including a primary surface and a first mating surface. A card backer comprises a metallic material and includes a secondary surface and a second mating surface. A portion of the first mating surface and a portion of the second mating surface are coupled together.

Abstract: The present invention provides a radio frequency identification and sensing device comprising an antenna module, a RFID sensing module, and battery module. The antenna module has a first flexible substrate having an antenna circuit formed thereon. The RFID sensing module comprises a second flexible substrate, a RFID chip, a sensor formed on the second flexible substrate and a memory module formed on the second flexible substrate, wherein the sensor is utilized to detecting an environmental status for generating a plurality of sensing data, and the memory module is utilized to store the plurality of sensing data. The RFID chip is utilized to transfer the plurality of data to a reading device. The battery module is utilized to provide electrical power for operating the RFID sensing module.

Abstract: A cryptographic system that can prevent encryption and decryption processes from being inefficient as an encryption key is updated is provided. The cryptographic system includes: a first encryption unit for encrypting original data in a first encryption method using a main key to generate first encrypted data; a second encryption unit for encrypting the first encrypted data in a second encryption method using a sub key to generate second encrypted data; a database for storing the second encrypted data generated; a key update unit for updating the current version of the main key to a new version of the main key and updating the current version of the sub key to a new version of the sub key; and a data update unit for converting the second encrypted data encrypted with the current version of the sub key into a state encrypted with the new version of the sub key.

Abstract: A method and system a system for activating a wireless service includes a subscriber identity module (SIM) card having a first surface, the SIM card including a subscriber identity module (SIM), and an activation code stored with the SIM card. The activation code is linked to the SIM. A wireless device configured to receive the SIM, where the SIM is configured to be utilized in the wireless device, the wireless device including: a memory that stores an operating system of the wireless device and a wireless service activation application, a processor that processes a function of the wireless device, a display that displays information to a user, the wireless service activation application is configured to capture the activation code that authorizes the wireless device on a wireless network and authorizes a predetermined amount of wireless service for the wireless device associated with said SIM.

Abstract: Disclosed are a semiconductor fingerprint identification sensor and a method for manufacturing the same. The semiconductor fingerprint identification sensor includes: a sensing area, a control area and an interface area; the sensing area, the control area and the interface area are communicated with one another; a fingerprint information sensed in the sensing area is sent to the control area, and is output through the interface area after being processed in the control area; the sensing area includes an insulation layer, an wiring layer, a substrate layer and a protective layer which are stacked in a sequence, the wiring layer is embedded between the insulation layer and the substrate layer, a sensor array is disposed on a side of the substrate layer being in contact with the protective layer, a via hole corresponding to the sensor array is disposed on the substrate layer, the sensor array is electrically connected with a sensing lead circuit of the wiring layer through the via hole.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a carrier tape housing electronic components with seal materials includes preparing a tape-shaped main body with housing holes including bottom surfaces along a longitudinal direction, providing chip-shaped electronic components respectively into the housing holes, affixing a tape-shaped seal material having an adhesive layer on one principal surface to the tape-shaped main body such that the adhesive layer covers the housing holes and adheres to the electronic components, and forming cuts in the tape-shaped seal material to separate portions defining and functioning as the seal materials including portions at least partially overlapping with the respective housing holes in a planar view from the other portions.

Abstract: Fluid-suspended microcomponent management systems and methods are provided. The method provides a first reservoir containing a first solution and a magnetic collection head. A plurality of magnetically polarized microcomponents is suspended in the first solution, where each microcomponent has a maximum cross-section of 150 micrometers (?m) and a maximum mass of 1 microgram. A magnetic field is induced in the collection head and the microcomponents are exposed to the magnetic field. A plurality of microcomponents becomes fixed in position on a collection surface in response to the magnetic field. In one aspect, the step of exposing the microcomponents to the magnetic field includes immersing the collection head in the first reservoir. As a result, the plurality of microcomponents is collected on a surface of the collection head. Alternatively, the step of fixing the plurality of microcomponents in position includes fixing the microcomponents in position on the collection surface sidewall.

Abstract: An anonymized biometric representation of a target individual is used in a computer based security system. The system receives a record of a target individual containing a weakened biometric representation of a detailed biometric signal of the target individual. The weakened biometric representation is designed to identify a plurality of individuals including the target individual when compared to detailed biometric signals corresponding to the plurality of individuals. The system obtains a detailed input biometric signal from a screening candidate individual. The system determines whether the detailed biometric signal of the screening candidate matches the weakened biometric representation included in the record for the target individual.

Abstract: A wireless IC device includes an element body including first and second principal surfaces, an RFIC element buried in the element body, and an antenna coil disposed in the element body. The antenna coil includes a first wiring pattern provided on the second principal surface, a first metal pin reaching the first principal surface and the second principal surface, a second metal pin reaching the first principal surface and the second principal surface, and a second wiring pattern provided on the first principal surface. Terminal surfaces of the first input/output terminal and the second input/output terminal of the RFIC element face the second principal surface of the element body and are spaced away from the antenna coil while being connected to the first wiring pattern through first and second conductors extending from the second principal surface of the element body in a direction of the first primary surface.

Abstract: Modification of the execution of a platform-independent first method of an application within an integrated circuit card having a first non-volatile memory, a second rewritable non-volatile memory, a virtual machine and a processor unit, wherein said platform-independent first method includes a first operations sequence and a second operations sequence.

Abstract: A medical device includes a hybrid circuitry assembly and a core circuitry support structure. The core circuitry support structure includes a frame defining a cavity configured to receive at least a portion of the hybrid circuitry assembly. An outer surface of the frame is shaped to correspond to an inside surface of a core assembly housing configured to enclose the hybrid circuitry assembly and the core circuitry support structure.

Abstract: Apparatus and method related to projections and/or computing devices are described. Projections may be made from multiple computing devices to create a presentation. Various other embodiments are described.

Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device which may provide a multi-feeding antenna operating in multiple frequency bands by reducing performance degradation, and can contribute to slimness by implementing at least a portion of the patterns in a printed circuit board.

Abstract: One embodiment describes a chip arrangement having a chip carrier; a chip which is arranged in or on the chip carrier; a light sensor arrangement; a transparent layer which covers the light sensor arrangement, the light sensor arrangement being set up to determine a light pattern of light received by the light sensor arrangement from outside the chip arrangement through the transparent layer; and a test circuit which is set up to check whether the light pattern matches a reference light pattern and to output a signal on the basis of the result of the check.

Abstract: Systems implementing copy-on-write (COW) as described herein may reduce the number of persist barriers executed within a transaction. For instance, a system may eliminate some, most or all persist barriers related to memory allocation/deallocation in COW transactions. A COW implementation may introduce an extra level of indirection between a persistent type instance and the real data type it encloses. A persistent type may include pointers to old and new versions of the enclosed type's instances. Before modifying an object, a transaction may modify a copy-on-write persistent object and create a new copy of the payload. The modified object may be added to a list of objects written to by the transaction. The transaction may be committed by issuing persist barriers in the commit operation.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for securing an information handling system. A method for securing an information handling system may include securing the information handling system in an enclosure with a locking mechanism of a bezel; receiving a request to unlock the bezel at a baseboard management controller (BMC), the BMC communicatively coupled to the bezel; retrieving a first artifact stored in a trusted platform module (TPM) in response to the request; attempting to authorize the request using the first artifact; and unlocking the locking mechanism if the request is authorized.

Abstract: A radio frequency identification tag including a stretchable substrate (105) and an antenna (110) having a plurality of substantially concentric loops (140) disposed on the substrate is described. A radius of curvature of the antenna along at least 90% of each loop of the antenna may be greater than about 0.1 mm and less than about 5 mm. The antenna includes a first terminal (124) disposed within an innermost loop (145) of the antenna and a second terminal (126) disposed outside an outermost loop (147) of the antenna (110). The first terminal (124) is in electrical communication with a first end (120) of the antenna and the second terminal (126) is in electrical communication with a second end (122) of the antenna. The radio frequency identification tag may include an electrode making electrical connections with the first and second terminals.

Abstract: In a wireless communication device, radiation conductors including a first and second end portions are reformed on an upper surface of a radiation conductor base material. First and second terminal electrodes are provided at a same or substantially the same interval as the first and second end portions, on a lower surface of a RFIC element. A seal includes an adhesive surface larger than a principal surface of the RFIC element. The RFIC element is arranged on the upper surface of the radiation conductor substrate so that each of the first and second terminal electrodes comes into contact with the first and second end portions. The seal is pasted to the radiation conductor substrate so as to cover the RFIC element.

Abstract: A RFID security structure for a document contains: a RFID antenna and a RFID chip. The RFID antenna is made of conductive inks printed on the document, and the RFID chip is attached on and is electrically connected with the RFID antenna. When the covering layer is removed from the document, the RFID antenna is broken. Accordingly, a portion of the RFID antenna attaches on the covering layer, and the other portion of the PRID antenna remains on the RFID security document or the substrate, hence the RFID security document is not tampered or is not imitated.

Abstract: A semiconductor device in which a circuit and a power storage element are efficiently placed is provided. The semiconductor device includes a first transistor, a second transistor, and an electric double-layer capacitor. The first transistor, the second transistor, and the electric double-layer capacitor are provided over one substrate. A band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the second transistor is wider than a band gap of a semiconductor constituting a channel region of the first transistor. The electric double-layer capacitor includes a solid electrolyte.

Abstract: In order to provide a document of value or security document 1000 having an electronic circuit 1270 with increased mechanical stability, in particular to bending load, it is proposed to form the document of value or security document 1000 from at least two document layers 1100, 1200, 1300, 1400 arranged in a stack and connected to one another by means of a joining process, wherein the stack is formed by a supporting structure layer 1100 and a circuit carrier layer 1230 carrying the electronic circuit 1270. The supporting structure layer 1100 is formed from a fiber composite material.

Abstract: A payment card (e.g., credit and/or debit card) is provided with a magnetic emulator operable of communicating information to a magnetic stripe reader. Information used in validating a financial transaction is encrypted based on time such that a validating server requires receipt of the appropriate encrypted information for a period of time to validate a transaction for that period of time. Such dynamic information may be communicated using such an emulator such that a card may be swiped through a magnetic stripe reader—yet communicate different information based on time. An emulator may receive information as well as communicate information to a variety of receivers (e.g., an RFID receiver).

Abstract: An insert for a chip card includes a body provided with a cavity in which is inserted an electronic module provided with a microelectronic chip connected to an inductive or capacitive coupling. The body has a stack of layers at least a first layer of which comprises a first booster antenna and a second layer of which comprises a second booster antenna, the various booster antennas being coupled together inductively and/or capacitively, and at least one of the booster antennas being coupled inductively and/or capacitively with the coupling of the module. The body furthermore comprises at least one metal plate disposed between two layers of ferrite, the first and second booster antennae and the metallic plate being arranged in such a way that at least one of the two booster antennas and the electronic module remain coupled together inductively and/or capacitively, despite the presence of the metal plate.

Abstract: Coupling frames comprising a conductive (metal) surface with a slit (S) or non-conductive stripe (NCS) extending from an outer edge to an inner position thereof, and overlapping a transponder device. A coupling frame with slit for coupling with an inductive or capacitive device (inductor or capacitor) may be used at any ISM frequency band to concentrate surface current around the slit. The coupling frame can be tuned to operate at a frequency of interested by introducing a resistive, inductive or capacitive element. The resonance frequency of the coupling frame can be matched to that of the transponder chip module to achieve optimum performance. Coupling frames with or without a transponder device may be integrated, overlapping, stacked or placed adjacent to one another to enhance system performance. Multiple coupling frames may be electrically isolated from one another by the application of a dielectric coating such Diamond Like Carbon (DLC).

Abstract: An inspection system inspects gaming chips each having a color or a display indicating a value on an outer surface in a state where the gaming chips are stored in a case in which a maximum number of gaming chips to be stored is limited, and a radio tag storing gaming chip information is embedded in each gaming chip. The gaming chips are stored in the case capable of containing a row of gaming chips stacked in a thickness direction, and the inspection system includes a reading device that reads the radio tag of the gaming chip in the case and acquires gaming chip information of the gaming chip and a determining unit that compares the gaming chip information with a maximum number of gaming chips storable in the case and determines an abnormality of the gaming chip in the case when the number of gaming chips obtained from the gaming chip information is different from a maximum number of storable gaming chips.

Abstract: The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for detecting ATM skimmers based upon radio frequency (RF) signal. In one aspect, the disclosed embodiments include a system for detecting ATM skimmers including a memory storing instructions and one or more processors that execute the instructions to perform one or more operations for detecting ATM skimmers. The operations may include, for example, receiving radio frequency (RF) signal data corresponding to one or more RF signals detected by an antenna located within communication range of the ATM. The operations may also include determining one or more unidentified RF signals of the detected ATM RF signals that differ from one or more baseline RF signals.

Abstract: The problem to solve is how to extend the operating range of small stackable RFID tags when they are placed in an undesirable orientation. Disclosed is an RFID tag that operates in two modes whereby in a first mode the tag has a short range and in a second mode the tag has a long range. The tag is converted from the first mode short range device into the second mode long range device by placing it close to a coupling device. That is in the second mode the tag becomes a two part RFID tag system (1400) capable of communicating with an interrogator antenna (1407).

Abstract: The purpose is to provide an antenna device ensuring good communication performance using a magnetic shielding effect, even when an antenna is arranged at back surface cover side of an electronic apparatus, and an electronic apparatus incorporating this antenna device. An antenna device incorporated in an electronic apparatus and communicating with an external apparatus via an electromagnetic field signal, including: an antenna coil inductively coupled to the external apparatus and arranged by winding around a conducting wire such that conducting wires opposing in width direction via an opening will be close to each other; a thermal diffusion sheet opposing to the external apparatus and arranged inside of a housing of the electronic apparatus; and a conductive sheet overlapped with a part of the antenna coil and the thermal diffusion sheet.

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: An antenna device includes a power feed coil to be connected to a RFIC and a coil antenna that couples with the power feed coil. The power feed coil includes a first power feed coil and a second power feed coil connected to the first power feed coil. The second power feed coil includes a coil opening with a planar or substantially planar shape. The coil antenna includes a coil opening with a planar or substantially planar shape along a plane identical, parallel, or substantially parallel to that of the coil opening of the second power feed coil. The center of gravity of the coil antenna is located within the coil opening of the second power feed coil when viewed in plan view. A winding axis direction of the first power feed coil crosses or intersects with a winding axis direction of the coil antenna. The first power feed coil and the second power feed coil magnetically couple with the coil antenna.

Abstract: The RFID tag comprises an antenna (11) connected to a wireless communication device (18). The antenna comprises a conductive planar surface and a slot (14) extending at least in a part of said conductive planar surface, the slot (14) forming a non-conductive area of the antenna and defining a first part (12) and a second part (13) of the antenna. The wireless communication device comprises two contact pads (16, 17) being electrically connected respectively each to one of the first and second part of the antenna. The slot comprises a closed end formed by a further conductive part connecting said first and second parts the antenna and further comprises at least one conductive bridge (19-19??, 20, 21-21?) connecting said first and second parts of the antenna, the conductive bridge allowing to tune the resonance frequency of the tag by varying the length of the electrical path between the pads from the wireless communication device in the antenna.

Abstract: This disclosure includes a method for manufacturing a portable data carrier, an inlay for a data carrier, and a data carrier. A data carrier body has a gap for a chip and a chip is incorporated into the gap. In a subsequent step a cover layer is laid on the data carrier body, and the data carrier body and the cover layer are laminated. After the incorporation of the chip and before the lamination, a stabilizing agent is applied into the gap of the core layer, which remains soft or flexible during the lamination and cures or is activated (e.g. by means of UV radiation) only after the lamination, in order for mechanical tensions to be avoided.

Abstract: A strip-type substrate includes a foil having a number of substrate units for producing chip card modules. The substrate has an inner face for at least partial direct or indirect contacting of a semiconductor chip and an outer face lying opposite the inner face. The foil includes of steel, in particular high-grade steel, and a first layer of nickel or a nickel alloy on at least some sections of the outer face.

Abstract: A system and method provide automatic access to applications or data. A portable physical device, referred to herein as a Personal Digital Key or “PDK”, stores one or more profiles in memory, including a biometric profile acquired in a secure trusted process and uniquely associated with a user that is authorized to use and associated with the PDK. The PDK wirelessly transmits identification information including a unique PDK identification number, the biometric profile and a profile over a secure wireless channel to a reader. A computing device is coupled to the reader. An auto login server is coupled to the reader and the computing device and launches one or more applications associated with a user name identified by the received profile.

Abstract: A method for a communication mode, comprises: detecting the type of the communication mode; if the communication mode is a USB interface communication mode, turning off a timer; when an instruction is received, conducting a corresponding operation according to the USB interface communication protocol supported by the device; if the communication mode is not set, then when the timeout identifier is set, setting the communication mode as a serial port communication mode, turning off the timer, resetting the timeout identifier, and executing step S6; if the communication mode is a serial port communication mode, turning off the timer, and executing step S6; step S6: when the instruction is received, conducting a corresponding operation according to the serial port protocol.

Abstract: The present invention includes: a film antenna (10); a cable (20) which is connected to a feed section (14) of the film antenna (10); and a support (30) around which at least part of the film antenna (20) is wound, the support (30) including a holding section for holding the cable (20).

Abstract: A disclosed RF tag includes a substrate and an integrated circuit (IC) package disposed on the substrate. The IC package has an integrated antenna element coupled to circuitry of the IC package. The RF tag also includes an external antenna element of round wire having at least one half turn disposed against two or more surfaces of the IC package. The external antenna element is inductively coupled to the integrated antenna element, and the IC package laterally supports the at least one half turn of the external antenna element.

Abstract: A transaction card construction and a method for making a transaction card are provided for improving card performance. The transaction card construction comprises an inlay component comprising wood and a housing component. The inlay may comprise a wood or wood-containing layer and a backer layer. The backer layer may comprise the same or a different wood or wood-containing layer, or a non-woven fiber material.

Abstract: A security module has an assigned unique electronic identifier. The security module has a communication interface, a non-volatile memory, and a processing unit coupled to the communication interface and the non-volatile memory. One or more unassigned secure domains are formed in the non-volatile memory, and each of the unassigned secure domains has an assigned unique application identifier (AID). Each of the unassigned secure domains is accessible via a respective first security value, and using the respective first security value, each of the unassigned secure domains can be assigned to a service provider before or after the security module is deployed.

Abstract: A coded tag includes a substrate. The coded tag includes a first magnetic material associated with the substrate. The first magnetic material has a first magnetic characteristic and encodes first information. The coded tag includes a second magnetic material associated with the substrate. The second magnetic material encodes second information and has a second magnetic characteristic that is different from the first magnetic characteristic.

Abstract: A portable card with transaction display function includes a card body; a microprocessor arranged on the card body; a contact communication unit, a transaction display mode control unit and a power supply unit having a contactless RF antenna, all arranged on the card body and electrically connected to the microprocessor; a transaction display unit arranged on the card body and electrically connected to the transaction display mode control unit. When making a contactless transaction, approach the card body to a read module and the contactless RF antenna of the power supply unit reads electromagnetic wave from the read module and gets induced electric current to enable the transaction. When making a contact transaction, insert the card body into a card reader for the latter to read the contact communication unit and enable the transaction. During the transaction, the transaction display unit will output a transaction message as a notice.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a radio-frequency (RF) front-end circuit combining functions of rectification and load modulation and a passive RF tag including thereof. The RF front-end circuit includes a first modulation unit arranged at an output of a rectifier circuit and a second modulation unit arranged between a first and a second end of an antenna coil. The first modulation unit and the second modulation unit are configured to change respectively the voltage at the output of the rectifier circuit and voltage at the two ends of the antenna coil by modulating under a strong field environment or a weak field environment, thus adjusting modulation depth of the passive RF tag. The RF front-end circuit also includes a unidirectional conducting unit to prevent loss of charges stored in a capacitor. The present invention solves existing contradiction of design specification requirements between cost and sensitivity of a passive RF tag.

Abstract: Methods and systems for determining a temperature of goods in a temperature controlled unit are disclosed. Raw temperature data is received for a first iteration. The raw temperature data indicates an air temperature inside the temperature controlled unit at the first iteration. A property value for a good stored in the temperature controlled unit is obtained. Based on the raw temperature data for the first iteration and the property value for the good, a first adjusted stored goods temperature is determined for the good. The first adjusted stored goods temperature for the good represents a first internal temperature of the good. Additional iterations are performed, where raw temperature data is received for a second iteration. Based on the raw temperature for the second iteration and the property value for the good, a second adjusted stored goods temperature is determined.

Abstract: A transaction card may include a first card component having a first structural feature associated with a first surface, a second card component separate from the first card component and attachable thereto, and having a second structural feature associated with a second surface. The first and second structural features are adapted to engage each other. The card may include a transaction component, and a bracing layer disposed between the first and second card components. One of the first and second card components may include a first locating feature configured to accommodate the transaction component, and the bracing layer may include a second locating feature separate from the first locating feature. Each of the first and second surfaces may be adapted to engage with the bracing layer. The first and second structural features may be configured to interconnect via a tongue and groove connection, a lattice pattern.

Abstract: A transaction card construction and a method for making a transaction card are provided for improving card performance. The transaction card construction comprises an inlay component comprising wood and a housing component. The inlay may comprise a wood or wood-containing layer and a backer layer. The backer layer may comprise the same or a different wood or wood-containing layer, or a non-woven fiber material.

Abstract: A product such as a tire includes a radio frequency identification device (RFID) assembly located along an outer sidewall. The RFID assembly has a thin, flexible, substantially planar, elongated non-conductive rubber, elastomer, or polymer substrate. First and second thin, flexible, elongated, substantially planar first antenna portions formed at least in part of the same conductive rubber, elastomer, or polymer are provided on the substrate. Opposite first and second ends of the first antenna portion have different first and second widths. A chip has opposite first and second ends in operative electrical connection with the first and second antenna portions, respectively, and is located between the outer sidewall and the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to a hard disk drive form factor compatible solid-state storage device enclosure assembly that protects circuit boards contained within the enclosure from environmental disruption, such as mechanical stress, vibration, external electronic disruption, or any combination of these, while allowing for a variable number of circuit boards in the SSD enclosure. In another embodiment, the solid-state storage device enclosure assembly, or a similar circuit board assembly, includes an alignment guide that precludes a circuit board from being misaligned within the enclosure.

Abstract: Various embodiments of RFID switch devices are disclosed herein. Such RFID switch devices advantageously enable manual activation/deactivation of the RF module. The RFID switch device may include a RF module with an integrated circuit adapted to ohmically connect to a substantially coplanar conductive trace pattern, as well as booster antenna for extending the operational range of the RFID device. The operational range of the RFID switch device may be extended when a region of the booster antenna overlaps a region of the conductive trace pattern on the RF module via inductive or capacitive coupling. The RFID switch device may further include a visual indicator displaying a first color if the RFID switch device is in an active state and/or a second color if the RFID switch device is in an inactive state.

Abstract: Various embodiments of RFID switch devices are disclosed herein. Such RFID switch devices advantageously enable manual activation/deactivation of the RF module. The RFID switch device may include a RF module with an integrated circuit adapted to ohmically connect to a substantially coplanar conductive trace pattern, as well as booster antenna for extending the operational range of the RFID device. The operational range of the RFID switch device may be extended when a region of the booster antenna overlaps a region of the conductive trace pattern on the RF module via inductive or capacitive coupling. In some embodiments, all or a portion of the booster antenna may at least partially shield the RF module when the RFID switch device is in an inactive state.

Abstract: An interchangeable tag for attaching to an item for automatically identifying the item, including: a base with a small footprint for attaching to the item at a first end of the base; an identification head with a larger footprint that is attached to the item by the base at a second end of the base; wherein the identification head wirelessly accepts communication queries and transmits identification information related to the item; and wherein the base is attached to the tool by a technological process that requires use of an attachment tool by a skilled user and the identification head is attached to the base after attaching it to the item by a simple process that is performed without requiring an attachment tool.