Liquid impervious smart card reader
AssigneeElo Touch Solutions, Inc.
InventorJeffrey Haller
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Abstract
Some embodiments include a smart card reader system that includes a card reader cavity that is impervious to liquid. The card reader cavity includes a secure card reader (SCR) holder bonded to a printed circuit board (PCB), to provide a liquid barrier between the SCR holder and the PCB. The PCB includes an SCR spring contact connector. The card reader cavity can receive a smart card including an integrated circuit (IC), where the IC is coupled to the SCR spring contact connector. A processor coupled to the SCR spring contact connector, can receive an input regarding a transaction using data of the smart card, and execute the transaction. In some embodiments a roller system seals the card reader cavity when the smart card reader system is not in use.
Claims18
A smart card reader system comprising:
- a card reader cavity, comprising:
- a rod with a roller in a home position that seals the card reader cavity;
- a secure card reader (SCR) holder bonded to a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the PCB comprises an SCR spring contact connector;
- wherein the card reader cavity is configured to receive a smart card including an integrated circuit (IC), wherein the IC is coupled to the SCR spring contact connector, wherein the receiving comprises a motion of the rod from the home position, wherein the motion is constrained by parallel guide slots of parallel guide plates, wherein the parallel guide slots are straight, and wherein a retraction angle, θ, comprises an angle between a retraction direction and a direction of an insertion of the smart card;
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- a processor coupled to the SCR spring contact connector, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive an input regarding a transaction using data of the smart card;
- and
- based on the input, execute the transaction.
A smart card reader system comprising:
- a card reader cavity, comprising:
- a rod with a roller in a home position that seals the card reader cavity, wherein the card reader cavity is configured to receive a smart card, wherein the smart card being inserted into the card reader cavity moves the rod from the home position according to a retraction direction based on a retraction angle, θ, and wherein the retraction angle, θ, comprises an angle between a direction of a displacement vector and a direction of an insertion of the smart card;
- a secure card reader (SCR) holder bonded to a printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the PCB comprises an SCR spring contact connector, and wherein the smart card comprises an integrated circuit (IC), the smart card is positioned where the IC is coupled to the SCR spring contact connector;
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- a processor coupled to the SCR spring contact connector, wherein the processor is configured to:
- receive an input regarding a transaction using data of the smart card;
- and
- based on the input, execute the transaction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.