Card reader device
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorMichael Taylor
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Abstract
A card reader device has a card entrance for receiving a card, such as an ATM card, a card enclosure in registration with the card entrance and defining an area in which the card is read, and a shutter for controlling access to the card enclosure from the card entrance. The card reader device also has a read head located in the card entrance for reading data from the card, and a controller for controlling the operation of the card reader device. The controller is operable to: (i) open the shutter in response to reading data from the card, and (ii) disable the read head when the shutter is opened.
Claims12
A card reader device comprising:
- a card entrance for receiving a card;
- a card enclosure in registration with the card entrance and defining an area in which the card is read;
- a shutter for controlling access to the card enclosure from the card entrance;
- a read head located in the card entrance for reading data from the card;
- and
- a controller operable to:
- (i) open the shutter in response to reading data from the card, and (ii) disable the read head when the shutter is open.
A method of operating a card reader device to reduce fraud, the method comprising:
- receiving a card;
- sensing the presence of data on the card;
- opening a card transport path in response to sensing data;
- and
- disabling the read head when the card transport path is opened.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.