Obfuscation of input data provided to a transaction device
AssigneeCapital One Services, LLC
InventorsJeremy Goodsitt, Austin Walters, Reza Farivar
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Abstract
An example described herein may involve receiving a temperature measurement associated with an input component, wherein the temperature measurement is received from a temperature sensor, and wherein the temperature measurement indicates a temperature of an input element of the input component; determining that the temperature of the input element satisfies a threshold temperature; and causing an infrared element to emit infrared light in association with a position of the input component. While the infrared element is emitting the infrared light, capture information associated with a user interacting with the input component may be obfuscated.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- determining, by a device, that a first temperature measurement satisfies a threshold temperature,
- the first temperature measurement indicating a temperature of an input component associated with the device;
- and
- causing, by the device and based on determining that a thermal signature is present in relation to the input component, an infrared element associated with the device to emit infrared light until at least one of:
- a threshold time period, relative to determining that the first temperature measurement satisfies the threshold temperature, expires, or
- a second temperature measurement indicates that the temperature of the input component does not satisfy the threshold temperature,
- wherein, while the infrared element is emitting the infrared light, capture of information, associated with the input component, is obfuscated.
A device, comprising:
- an input component;
- an infrared element associated with the input component;
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors, communicatively coupled to the one or more memories, to:
- determine that a first temperature measurement satisfies a threshold temperature,
- the first temperature measurement indicating a temperature of the input component;
- and
- cause, and based on determining that a thermal signature is present in relation to the input component, the infrared element to emit infrared light until at least one of:
- a threshold time period, relative to determining that the first temperature measurement satisfies the threshold temperature, expires, or
- a second temperature measurement indicates that the temperature of the input component does not satisfy the threshold temperature,
- wherein, while the infrared element is emitting the infrared light, capture of information, associated with the input component, is obfuscated.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
- one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the one or more processors to:
- determine that a first temperature measurement satisfies a threshold temperature,
- the first temperature measurement indicating a temperature of an input component associated with the device;
- and
- cause, and based on determining that a thermal signature is present in relation to the input component, an infrared element associated with the device to emit infrared light until at least one of:
- a threshold time period, relative to determining that the first temperature measurement satisfies the threshold temperature, expires, or
- a second temperature measurement indicates that the temperature of the input component does not satisfy the threshold temperature,
- wherein, while the infrared element is emitting the infrared light, capture of information, associated with the input component, is obfuscated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.