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US 2008/0185435 A1Published application
Card reader with manipulation detection
OwnerJuergen Hoptinventor
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Abstract
In accordance with the invention, in a card reader for data exchange with a card that stores data, exposed electrical contacts of the card reader, via which the exchanged data is transmitted in an uncoded fashion, are covered by a cap, and a switch covered by the cap is triggered by removing the cap.
Claims10
Card reader apparatus for data exchange with a card that stores data, the apparatus comprising:
- exposed card reader electrical contacts for transmitting the exchanged data in an uncoded fashion;
- a cap covering the controls;
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- a switch covered by the cap, the switch being triggered by removing the cap.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.