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US 10,922,443 B2Granted
System for protecting an input device
AssigneeIngenico Group
InventorsCyril Janot, Alain Soubirane, Didier Georges
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Abstract
A system for protecting an input device. The system includes a pressurizing device and a printed circuit board having a false key. The pressurizing device includes a tube for receiving a flexible pressurizing element. A spacer of a predetermined length is disposed at a bottom of the tube.
Claims9
A system for protecting an electronic user input device, the system comprising:
- a printed circuit board comprising a false key;
- a pressurizing device comprising a tube for receiving a flexible pressurizing element at an open end of the tube, the flexible pressurizing element configured to press on the false key at an extremity;
- and
- a spacer made of rigid material and of predetermined length, spacing the flexible pressurizing element apart from a closed end of the tube;
- wherein when a current through the false key falls below a threshold current, the system is configured to indicate tampering.
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A payment terminal comprising:
- a housing having an inner surface;
- a printed circuit board comprising a false key arranged on the inner surface;
- a pressurizing device in the housing and comprising a tube for receiving a flexible pressurizing element at an open end of the tube, the flexible pressurizing element configured to press on the false key at an extremity;
- and
- a spacer made of rigid material and of predetermined length, spacing the flexible pressurizing element apart from a closed end of the tube;
- wherein when a current through the false key falls below a threshold current, the system is configured to indicate tampering.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.