System and method for card quality assurance
AssigneeMastercard International Incorporated
InventorSimon Edward Philips
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Abstract
A system and method for payment card quality assurance is provided. The system and method use a grid or similar graphic to optically accentuate card surface deformations in test cards. The grid enables a generic test that checks the quality across the whole card surface. Process card monitors with the grid pattern can be used to qualify card-manufacturing processes.
Claims12
A method for payment card quality assurance, the method comprising:
- fabricating a payment card comprising a surface grid pattern which optically accentuates surface fabrication defects;
- and
- inspecting the fabricated card surface to detect surface fabrication defects accentuated by the surface grid pattern.
A process monitor card for qualifying a payment card manufacturing process, the process monitor card comprising a surface grid pattern or graphic that optically accentuates surface fabrication defects.
A method for qualifying a payment card manufacturing process, the method comprising;
- fabricating a process monitor card by the payment card manufacturing process, wherein the fabricated process monitor card comprises a surface grid pattern that optically accentuates surface fabrication defects;
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- inspecting the fabricated card surface to determine compliance with payment card product specifications,
- wherein the inspecting comprises detecting surface fabrication defects accentuated by the surface grid pattern.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.