Method and device for determining the position of a chip card in a card reader
AssigneeWincor Nixdorf GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsCarsten Von Der Lippe, Lutz Neubauer
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Abstract
To determine the position of a chip card (14) in the card cage of a card reader the invention provides for the presence of the chip contact surface (18) to be detected in the four possible positions in which the chip (16) of the card (14) inserted into the card reader can be situated. To this end a sensor (20) for detecting the chip card surface (18) and linked to an evaluation unit (28) is arranged opposite each of the possible positions.
Claims17
A method for determining an orientation of a chip card (14) in a card receiver (12) of a card reader (10), wherein a chip contact surface (18) is arranged eccentrically on the card (14), characterized in that at four possible positions (18.1-18.4) which the chip card contact surface (18) of a card (14) inserted into the card receiver (12) can be located, the presence of the chip contact surface (18) is determined.
An apparatus for determining a position of a chip card (14) in a card receiver (12) of a card reader (10), wherein a chip contact surface (18) is arranged eccentrically on the card (14), characterized in that opposite each of the possible four positions (18.1-18.4) which the chip contact surface (18) of a card (14) inserted into the card reader (10) to a test position can be located is a sensor (20, 32, 36) for determining the chip contact surface (18) and connected with an evaluation unit (28).
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