Protecting private information provided on a transaction card and/or a document with a reflective element
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsJoshua Edwards, Abdelkadar M'Hamed Benkreira, Michael Mossoba
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Abstract
A transaction card includes a card body, where the card body includes a surface with a first surface area. The surface of the card body includes private information that encompasses a second surface area of the surface, and the second surface area is less than the first surface area. The transaction card includes a reflective element that is applied to the surface of the card body, and includes a third surface area. The third surface area is based on the first surface area or the second surface area, and the third surface area enables the reflective element to reflect light away from the private information.
Claims20
A transaction card, comprising a card body, the card body including a surface with a first surface area, the surface of the card body including private information that encompasses a second surface area of the surface, the second surface area being less than the first surface area;
- and a reflective element, the reflective element being applied to the surface of the card body, and the reflective element including a third surface area, the third surface area being based on the first surface area or the second surface area, the third surface area enabling the reflective element to reflect light away from the private information other than a portion of the surface where the reflective element is applied, and the third surface area being at a distance from the second surface area, the distance being calculated based upon one or more of:
- a size of the reflective element, a size of the private information, or the size of the surface, the reflective element enabling a visible image of the reflective element when an image is captured.
A document, comprising:
- a document substrate, the document substrate including a surface with a first surface area, the surface of the document substrate including private information that encompasses a second surface area of the surface, the second surface area being less than the first surface area;
- and a reflective element, the reflective element being applied to the surface of the document substrate or embedded within the document substrate, and the reflective element including a third surface area, the third surface area being based on the first surface area or the second surface area, the third surface area enabling the reflective element to reflect light away from the private information other than a portion of the surface where the reflective element is applied, and the third surface area being at a distance from the second surface area, the distance being calculated based upon one or more of:
- a size of the reflective element, a size of the private information, or the size of the surface, the reflective element enabling a visible image of the reflective element when an image is captured.
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a device, a first surface area of a surface of a substrate, the substrate including a body of a transaction card or paper of a document, and the surface of the substrate including private information that encompasses a second surface area of the surface;
- determining, by the device, the second surface area, the second surface area being less than the first surface area;
- calculating, by the device, a third surface area of a reflective element to be applied to the substrate, the third surface area being calculated based on the first surface area or the second surface area;
- and applying, by the device, the reflective element to the third surface area of the substrate, the reflective element to reflect light away from the private information other than a portion of the substrate where the reflective element is applied, the third surface area being at a distance from the second surface area, the distance being calculated based upon one or more of:
- a size of the reflective element, a size of the private information, or the size of the substrate, and the reflective element enabling a visible image of the reflective element when an image is captured.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.