G06K 7/0069
Including means for detecting correct insertion of the card
Official title: {including means for detecting correct insertion of the card, e.g. end detection switches notifying that the card has been inserted completely and correctly}
G06K7/0069 (Including means for detecting correct insertion of the card) appears on 187 US grants and 131 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in G06K- Granted patents
- 187
- Published applications
- 131
- Assignees
- 106
- Inventors
- 335
- Latest grant
- 16 Jun 2026
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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
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- Card reader foreign object detection17 Sep 2026US 2026/0278313 A1NCR Atleos Corporation
- Internal card reader skimmer disrupter30 Jul 2026US 2026/0222105 A1NCR Atleos Corporation
- Card reader and card pulling-out detection method16 Jul 2026US 2026/0203539 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card positioning method and card reader2 Apr 2026US 2026/0093936 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
- Card reader and method of controlling card reader18 Sep 2025US 2025/0292038 A1Nidec Instruments Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Method and means for using additional cards in a mobile station88US 6,612,498 B1Nokia Mobile Phones Ltd. · 2003
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- Terminal apparatus with removable memory device66US 5,136,146 AVeriFone, Inc. · 1992
- Card connector and production method65US 5,013,255 AITT Composants et Instruments · 1991
- Portable case for an electronic smart card56US 5,402,095 AGemplus Electronics · 1995