Registers inventions 06/06

20060138209 - Management of data capture systems: The operating condition of data capture systems, such as electro-optical readers, RFID readers, and imagers, is monitored and reported to a host which preferably modifies the operating condition when the latter is outside a preestablished setting....

20060138210 - Paper based mailing and shipping user interface: Systems and methods for providing paper based user interfaces to machines are described. In one example, a business machine receives user input from a digital pen and paper system and determines if such input is authorized. In another example, a business machine processes a batch of prewritten user inputs from...

20060138211 - System and method of utilizing a machine readable medical marking for managing surgical procedures: The method and system include marking a surgery site (e.g., location of surgical incision) or a site of other medical action with a machine-readable medical marking (e.g., bar code or a dot pattern), which may be used in conjunction with (1) a scanner for reading the machine-readable medical marking and...

20060138212 - Wireless authentication system: This invention depicts a wireless authentication system in which an object's authenticity can be quickly obtained using a cell phone or any wireless web enable device....

20060138213 - Control unit of a cash transaction machine and multi channel connecting device: Disclosed is a control unit of a cash transaction machine with various kinds of connection ports or data storage devices arranged at a front face of the control unit, and a multi channel connecting device. In the control unit of the cash transaction machine, main connection ports and data storage...

20060138214 - Financial transaction card: A secured method of storing personal credit card information that may be used for Internet purchasing or debit exchanges on the Internet or networked computers and also for over-the-counter purchases for businesses that have computer equipment but lack credit card readers or credit card imprint machines. Credit card information is...

20060138217 - Smart card handling system: A smart card handling system is for handling a plurality of smart cards. It includes an infeed mechanism, a discharge mechanism, a rotary drum, an indexing mechanism, a motor and a control system. The rotary drum has a plurality of evenly spaced smart card read modules. The drum is mechanically...

20060138216 - Smart phone with a scan and identification: A smart phone with a scan and identification function is disclosed. The smart phone includes a phone body, a scanning module, a phone processing module and a text identification module. The phone body has a display module disposed thereon. The scanning module is disposed in the phone body, and has...

20060138215 - System for operating a prepaid reloadable debit card having ancillary services: Disclosed is a system for operating a prepaid reloadable debit card. The system includes providing ancillary services associated with the prepaid reloadable debit card. The prepaid reloadable debit card is primarily directed to the “unbanked” population and may provide a means for remittance to immigrants for transferring funds to family...

20060138221 - Apparatus and method for authenticating products: A computer readable medium including executable instructions to analyze radio frequency (RF) tag information includes executable instruction to access cross-enterprise RF tag information, identify a product transition based upon the cross-enterprise RF tag information, and define a new product path based upon the product transition, where the new product path...

20060138219 - Handset shopping tool and method thereof: A system and method for facilitating shopping which can be used to allow a shopper to perform price comparison for a product. Product information can be entered and transmitted to a server, along with location information. Based on the shopper's location, the system and method can advantageously provide the shopper...

20060138218 - Product matching shopping contest: A retail contest consisting of a product database (30) containing the items for sale in a store, a designated winning-list of items (40) containing items selected from the product database (30) and an electronic cash register or computer with product identification means (20) that can identify the items (10) a...

20060138220 - Self-checkout system: A system and method for providing a self-checkout system. The self-checkout system includes a processor and a first device coupled to the processor, where the first device identifies an item. The self-checkout system also includes a first receptacle coupled to the first device. The first receptacle receives the item after...

20060138223 - Shipping information acquisition device and usage: A shipping information acquisition device may include a system that positively identifies the receiver of a package, a system that acquires information associated with delivery of a package, a system that acquires information associated with the receipt of a package from a sender, and/or other information. Information associated with the...

20060138222 - Wireless auto insurance verification system: A Windows based software application designed and written to be used in conjunction with wireless, portable, internet ready barcode/RF handheld scanners capable of checking the status of an automobiles' insurance coverage by reading a prefixed inspection sticker located on the inside of the windshield. States will have immediate knowledge if...

20060138225 - Laser locating and tracking system for externally activated tags: A system for identification and tracking of a tag distributed in a room is presented. A laser base station is configured to scan laser beams through a portion of a room. A tag is configured to be reactive to incident laser beams scanned from the laser base station to provide...

20060138224 - Service providing system, portable terminal and control computer program product: A service providing system provides a portable terminal having a wireless communication function with a service effective only in a specific area. The service providing system includes an entrance gate installed at an entrance of the specific area. The entrance gate includes specific area service notifying unit configured to notify...

20060138226 - Precinct voting system: An electronic voting system includes a controller and one or more voting stations. The voting stations each have a liquid crystal display that is electronically configurable to present voters with ballot information. A mobile ballot box includes memory storage that is used to transport electronic ballot data to and from...

20060138227 - Xml printer system: An XML processing system for use in a barcode printer apparatus includes a computer system operatively coupled to the barcode printer apparatus. The computer system further includes an XML processor configured to receive, parse, and process an XML input data stream and obtain schema identified in the XML data stream...

20060138229 - Printer having rfid read/write function: A printer having a feed unit to feed a label or tag containing an RFID tag, a print unit to print on the surface of the label or tag, an RFID read/write unit to read/write the RFID tag. The printer has a control unit to control the RFID read/write unit...

20060138228 - Recording writing movements: The writing motion of a hand, pen or stylus is reported via a digital communications link, such reporting taking the form of packets of digital data, such packets containing position information, such packets also containing real-time information. Apparatus is described for recording the movement of a stylus during handwriting, for...

20060138230 - Systems and methods for power reduction in systems having removable media devices: In some embodiments, if a card in a card reader has not been accessed in a first specified amount of time, the card may be powered down. The card may be powered back up if an attempt is made to access the card. In some embodiments, if a memory card...

20060138231 - Method and apparatus for recording and utilizing unknown signals of remote control devices: The invention provides a method and apparatus for using a remote control device such as car key that generates unknown coded signal with other appliances, such as building's door, garage door or parking barriers, by demodulating and detecting time durations, sequence and other data pertaining the envelope of the unknown...

20060138232 - Combined barcode scanner and radio frequency identification reader with field interpretation array: A combined barcode scanner and radio frequency identification reader includes a microprocessor control unit, an RFID module, a barcode scanner module, a host interface, and user interface(s). The microprocessor control unit utilizes a Field Interpretation Array to parse data into discrete fields that can be input into a host as...

20060138233 - Code reader: A method for reading a code, which code comprises code elements and the first part of the code elements is substantially conductive and the conductivity of the second part is substantially different from that of the first part, in which method the reader couples to the code in a capacitive...

20060138234 - Methods and apparatus for improving direct part mark scanner performance: Methods and apparatus for improving direct part mark dataform decoding using a scanner comprising a processing unit, an optical module and an imaging sensor with an extended dynamic range. The scanner captures data to obtain an extended dynamic range image for analysis. In one embodiment, the sensor is sensitive to...

20060138235 - Optical encoder: An optical encoder is disclosed, in particular, which has a light sensing element with light-sensing cells arranged in a matrix. The light sensing element repeatedly detects the same reflective light beam by different rows of light-sensing cells to increase the precision of feedback control. Furthermore, since the light sensing element...

20060138236 - System and method for controlling the distribution of data translation components to portable data collection devices: A system (10) includes a data collection device (12) for reading a machine readable data storage medium (38) and generating formatted data in accordance with data manipulation commands of a rules file (43). A protected rule file creation system: i) generates the rule file (43); ii) encrypts the rule file...

20060138237 - System and method for improved statistical bar code reading for electronic devices having a camera: A system and method for statistical bar code reading for electronic devices having a camera. After a bar code is captured by the camera, a one-dimensional wave form is created based upon the captured bar code. A feature vector is created from the one-dimensional wave form, and the feature vector...

20060138238 - Methods of driving a scanning beam device to achieve high frame rates: The present invention provides methods and systems for scanning an illumination spot over a target area. The present invention removes stored energy from a scanning element to stop the scanning element from vibrating and to substantially return the scanning element to its starting position so as to enable high frame...

20060138239 - Light beam scanning display: A light beam scanning display for displaying an image on a drawing screen by modulating laser beams from three primary color light sources, the three primary color light sources being arranged in close vicinity to each other, based on image data respectively and then scanning the laser beams, the light...

20060138240 - Methods and apparatus for swipe or presentation image scanning: Methods and apparatus for swipe image scanning comprising a scan stand and an imaging scanner. An exemplary scan stand comprises an illumination module and a receiving structure to receive the imaging scanner. Other embodiments further comprise a scan module, an illumination module, a processing unit, a detection component and memory....

20060138241 - Card reader and abnormality coping method for card reader: A card reader includes a shutter provided at a card insertion port, a shutter opening and closing detection device for detecting the shutter being opened and a control device for taking the card shaped medium into the inside of the card reader. In a waiting state where the shutter is...

20060138243 - Id document structure with pattern coating providing variable security features: A security feature for an identification document and method for making it provide layers of security, including, for example, tamper evidence, optically variable effects, and personalized information that links the security information to the document and its bearer. The feature is made by printing a first material representing first information...

20060138242 - Location identification of machine-readable data embedded in data carriers: The invention provides location identification of machine-readable data on data carriers. The invention is able to provide identification of the location of the machine-readable data without the need to provide a separate visual symbol or logo within the data carrier. As such, the present invention provides location indication without having...

20060138244 - Contactless ic card: A contactless integrated circuit (IC) card (11) is comprised of the following: a first antenna coil (102) and a second antenna coil (103) for generating an electromotive force by receiving electromagnetic waves from a reader/writer; a first electromotive force measuring unit (311) and a second electromotive force measuring unit (312)...

20060138245 - Novel combo memory design and technology for multiple-function java card, sim-card, bio-passport and bio-id card applications: A combination volatile and nonvolatile memory integrated circuit has at least one volatile memory array placed on the substrate and multiple nonvolatile memory arrays. The volatile and nonvolatile memory arrays have address space associated with each other such that each array may be addressed with common addressing signals. The combination...

20060131374 - Calculator with wrist rest: A calculator with a retractable and extendable padded area to support the user's wrist. The padded area is mounted atop a sliding surface such that the padded area and sliding surface may be extended from a hollow compartment space in the calculator housing located below the operative electronics. When use...

20060131375 - Anti-tracking system to ensure consumer privacy: A system, method and computer program product for enabling a user to detect nearby RFID tags and identify nearby RFID readers to enhance user privacy. A portable RFID reader scans for nearby tags, and a universal RFID tag detects nearby readers. The invention can alert the user of nearby RFID...

20060131376 - Marking system and method: A marking system and method for a well site sample is provided. The system includes a container for collecting the well site sample, a marker applied to the container and a scanner adapted to read the marker. Data may be uploaded to and/or downloaded from the marker....

20060131378 - Method for enhancing mail piece processing system: A method for processing mail pieces having information thereon includes scanning the mail piece information and storing scanned mail piece information. Stored information is accessed when a scanned mail piece information is incomplete to obtain previously stored complete mail piece information. The previously stored complete mail piece information is employed...

20060131377 - Stand-alone proxy rfid read/write unit for print label encoding: A proxy RFID read/write unit is used in conjunction with a non-RFID enabled network printer to add a capability to a local area network (LAN) to encode RFID transponders that are either embedded in print media or separate from the print media. The proxy RFID read/write unit is adapted perform...

20060131382 - Apparatus, system, and method for selecting, pricing, and displaying a non-standardized product: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for receiving input specified by a consumer, determining a unique product derived from the input, determining a price associated with the unique product, and displaying a visual representation of the unique product and the determined price. The apparatus, system, and method enable the...

20060131381 - Method of and system for prediction of the state of health of an apparatus: A method is describe of predicting the probable future condition of one or more components within an apparatus comprising a plurality of sensors arranged to monitor the operation of components of the apparatus and a control means arranged to receive said information from said plurality of sensors. The method comprises...

20060131380 - Method of determining the cause of an error state in an apparatus: A method is described for determining the cause of an error state for one or more components within an apparatus. The apparatus comprises a plurality of sensors arranged to monitor the operation of components of the apparatus and a control means arranged to receive said information from said plurality of...

20060131379 - Physical distribution management system and method for customized products: A physical distribution system comprises a tag writer device provided in a manufacturing facility for manufacturing common products to be supplied to a plurality of destinations, that writes related information concerning a product into a wireless tag included in the product, and a distribution facility system provided at a distribution...

20060131383 - Real time data from server: Data is obtained from one or more data sources. The data sources may be real time data sources and non-real time data sources. Calculations may be performed on the data before delivering the data to one or more applications. A direct connection may be established between a first computing device...

20060131387 - Cash payment for remote transactions: Methods coordinate payment for a remote transaction with a first party. An identification of the first party is received at a host system. Acknowledgment of receipt of a cash payment from a second party is received. The cash payment is associated with the identification of the first party. A money...

20060131385 - Conditional transaction notification and implied approval system: A method and a corresponding system are described for providing conditional notification of transaction requests. The method includes receiving a transaction request which contains information regarding an account requesting a transaction and determining if the transaction request satisfies at least one condition for providing a notification of the transaction request....

20060131384 - Point of sale devices for converting promissory transactions into debit transactions: Systems and methods are provided for using a point of sale device to obtain authorization from a customer to convert the customer's promissory transaction to a direct debit transaction. In an embodiment, the point-of-sale device prints an authorization form for the customer's signature....

20060131386 - Transfer transaction system and method: A transfer transaction method whereby a terminal transmits inputted transfer information to a personal digital assistant (PDA) by a communicating device, the PDA which received the transfer information transmits the transfer information to an automatic transaction apparatus by a wireless communicating device. An automatic transaction apparatus performs a transfer transaction...

20060131389 - Data card authentication system and method: The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for authenticating a data card. The method for authenticating a data card having data storage comprises the steps capturing an image of the data card and comparing the image with a predetermined image to authenticate the data card. Alternatively, the method...

20060131390 - Method and system for providing transaction notification and mobile reply authorization: A system and a corresponding method are described for providing a notification of a pending transaction request and obtaining an authorization from a cardholder. The system maintains a database of account records, each of the account records including a phone number of a mobile device assigned to receive authorization request...

20060131388 - Method at the production of an identity card or similar, and an arrangement at the production of such a card: The present invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for producing an ID document (9) or a like document in which a photograph (2) shall be included in the ID-document and in which the photograph (2) is produced in a digital form and transferred (7) for direct copying...

20060131391 - Method for effecting ticket-based transactions using a wristband: A process for effecting ticket-based transactions includes attaching a band to a definite object. The band for carrying out the process has a plurality of removable tickets with each ticket bearing band-specific indicia usable in effecting a transaction. During the process, the band is associated with the definite object in...

20060131393 - Multi-role transaction card: Transaction cards, transaction card systems, and methods for operating the same are provided. A transaction card has a display, a non-volatile memory having a plurality of transaction data sets each set having data for one of a plurality of transaction partners with whom a consumer holding the transaction card can...

20060131397 - Protected content distribution system: A rights management system, method and device for managing use of items having usage rights associated therewith by enforcement of the usage rights with repositories, including a client device adapted to request an item and receive the item and a usage right associated with the item and specifying a permitted...

20060131396 - Selectable multi-purpose card: A selectable, multi-purpose card comprising a plurality of features stored in memory means operatively mounted on the card and selection means for allowing a user to select a feature in a few simple steps, preferably in a single step. In one embodiment the card includes a plurality of magnetic strips...

20060131395 - System and method for checkless cash advance settlement: A checkless cash advance settlement system and method are provided, including the following steps: (1) a customer initiates a Debit or Credit POS transaction via one of several possible systems, e.g., Kiosk, ATM or wireless device; (2) the customer receives authorization or denial from the selected system; (3) if authorized,...

20060131394 - Transaction card assemblies and methods: Transaction card assemblies, systems and methods of making are provided. One such assembly includes a card carrier having a card integrally formed within. The card peripherally engages the card carrier and is adapted to be removed from the card carrier. An encodable strip is disposed on the card. The strip...

20060131398 - Transaction card assemblies and methods: Transaction card assemblies, systems and methods of making are provided. One such assembly includes a card carrier having a card integrally formed within. The card peripherally engages the card carrier and is adapted to be removed from the card carrier. An encodable strip is disposed on the card. The strip...

20060131392 - Transaction card system and approach: A deferred-type payment approach facilitates transaction card management and processing. According to an example embodiment, a user's transaction card purchases are authorized against a purchase limit associated with a consideration-bearing (e.g., interest-bearing) account. The purchases are tracked and, at the end of a billing cycle, provided to the user via...

20060131400 - Entering/leaving management system: An entering/leaving management system includes a mobile terminal and a managing server. The mobile terminal and a room IC card are carried to a room when using the room, and a start key of the mobile terminal is depressed, so that an IC card reading unit reads room identifier information...

20060131399 - System, method and apparatus for use in a transportation system: A fare payment system including a proximity card; an antenna to read and write information onto the card, preferably a Mifare antenna; a processor connected to the antenna; a validator or POS processor, where the processor is entirely independent from the validator or POS processor; and one or more SAM...

20060131402 - Enhanced purchase verification for self checkout system: A method and system for enabling reliable verification of items being purchased using a self checkout system. The self checkout system is equipped with a verification mark dispenser and verification mark detectors that respectively dispenses a mark on an item as the item is being scanned for purchasing and then...

20060131403 - Location determining system with rotating laser beam and bar code reflectors: A method and system for providing accurate location of a consumer service device (CSD) in a retail establishment via light modulated by a reflector with a location code. A plurality of location code reflectors (LCRs) are hung from the ceiling of the retail establishment. Each LCR is placed at a...

20060131401 - Virtual shopping environment: A shopping environment process includes determining when a shopper is in proximity to an item by detecting a wireless transmission from a shopper device associated with the shopper. A purchase price of the item is determined based in part on the identity of the shopper. A graphical interface of a...

20060131405 - Method and system for tracking items in a shipping facility: A system for tracking items includes a turntable to receive a pallet containing articles having RFID devices, a transceiver disposed adjacent to the turntable to transmit and receive a signal from the RFID devices, and a wrap dispenser to wrap the articles with wrap as the turntable rotates. A method...

20060131404 - Process for auditing an alcohol beverage inventory: Generally, the invention is a system and process that allows the bar owners to inventory the bar in a fraction of the time using conventional methods, and accounting for inventory to the hundredth of an ounce. This precise digital analysis compares the amount of product recorded through the Point Of...

20060131406 - System and method of data entry utilizing a scanning printer: A system and method for data input into a data processing system. The data processing system includes a host computer and a multi-function terminal that includes a non-planer document-guidance track, only one scanner for retrieving data from a document and sending the data to a host computer for processing, and...

20060131407 - Optical disk, an optical disk barcode forming method, an optical disk reproduction apparatus, a marking forming apparatus, a method of forming a laser marking on an optical disk, and a method of manufacturing an optical disk: Disclosed is an optical disk barcode forming method wherein, as information to be barcoded, position information for piracy prevention, which is a form of ID, is coded as a barcode and is recorded by laser trimming on a reflective film in a PCA area of an optical disk. When playing...

20060131408 - Automated teller machine: A Self Service Terminal (SST) has a fascia and a plurality of sensors, each sensor being arranged to detect a signal from a user token when said token is brought into proximity of said sensor. Each sensor is associated with a specific SST service, the SST being arranged to provide...

20060131410 - Adaptor for magnetic stripe card reader: An adaptor allows a magnetic stripe card reader to receive information from other media such as wireless proximity chip cards while maintaining the ability to receive a magnetic stripe card. In accordance with one embodiment, the adaptor includes a simulacrum structure of sufficiently narrow width to fit substantially permanently within...

20060131409 - Apparatus for mounting an msr to a display system at multiple locations: A magnetic stripe reader (MSR) is configured to be attached to a display system. The MSR has a housing for at least partially enclosing an electronic unit which reads and decodes a magnetic stripe on a transaction card. An arm member extends from the housing. A mount plate is attachable...

20060131413 - Contact-type data communication apparatus, transmission and reception apparatus, and transmission and reception method: A contact-type data communication apparatus, transmission and reception apparatus, and transmission and reception method. The transmission and reception apparatus for transmitting and receiving a command to and from a non-contact-type data communication apparatus and a contact-type data communication apparatus includes a transmission path for transmitting an electrical signal, to which...

20060131414 - Mimo wireless communication system and wireless communication apparatuses: A MIMO wireless communication system and wireless communication apparatuses are disclosed that increase the practically usable communication channel capacity in the Shannon channel capacity that determines the ratio of maximum signal transmission speed to frequency. Each wireless communication apparatus includes antenna units that transmit and receive radio frequency signals, and...

20060131411 - Sensor head of a code reader: A sensor head of a code reader for reading an at least partly conductive code, which said sensor head comprises a reading electrode, whose tip is arranged to couple to the code in a capacitive manner, as well as a measuring electronics. The measuring electronics is arranged to input signal...

20060131412 - User authentication for contact-less sytems: A validation phase is performed at an RFID reader, in order to ascertain which of a plurality of potential candidates for authentication, are actual candidates for authentication. Once a candidate has been successfully validated, an authentication phase is initiated with a host computer, to determine whether the information presented by...

20060131415 - Device controller for an emulator: A handheld computing device is utilized to control operations of an emulator, which is operating on an emulation system. The handheld computing device may be the device being emulated by the emulator or an electronic device emulating the device being emulated. The handheld computing device is communicatively coupled to the...

20060131416 - Scanner with vertical plate force detection and compensation: Described is a multi-optic scanner that can detect and/or measure weight placed on its vertical plate. In one embodiment, a portion of the vertical plate is positioned under a portion of a horizontal plate so that a force exerted on the vertical plate is transferred, whole or in part, to...

20060131417 - Barcode formed on a material: A barcode on a material includes at least one line having a length and a width. The line may be formed by markings on the material, and the markings may form a first row and a second row. The first row may be adjacent to the second row. The markings...

20060131418 - Hand held machine vision method and apparatus: A method and system for use with a portable device including a processor, at least some embodiments of the method including the steps of providing an identification tag on at least one item that includes item identifying information, obtaining item identifying information from the identification tag via the portable device,...

20060131419 - Low profile illumination for direct part mark readers: An industrial reader is provided with an image formation system that is particularly adapted to read bar codes and two-dimensional symbols marked directly on objects. The image formation system includes illumination sources and illumination transmissive components that produce a combination of bright field and dark field illumination....

20060131420 - Multi-level hierarchical radio-frequency communication system: Portable measuring devices which communicate by low power transceivers through a communication controller with a printer device collect weight and size data on articles to be shipped. The collected weight and size data are combined with origin and destination data, and labels are printed bearing pertinent shipping and routing information...

20060131421 - Document stacker apparatus and method of stacking documents: A document is cupped at a first time to stiffen and straighten the document before the document is stacked in the interior chamber of a document stacker. The cupped document is cupped at a second time which is different from the first time to maintain the document stiff and straight...

20060131422 - Collimating signals: A electrical structure and associated method for collimating a wireless signal between a RFID transceiver and a RFID tag. The electrical structure comprises a RFID tag and an enclosure structure. The enclosure structure comprises a radio frequency opaque material. The RFID tag is located within the enclosure structure. The enclosure...

20060131423 - Sterilizer cassette handling system with dual visual code reading: A method for tracking sterilant cassettes within a sterilizer involves reading for the presence of a cassette within a cassette processing area of the sterilizer by reading a first visual code on the cassette with a scanner and with the same scanner reading for the presence of a second visual...

20060131424 - Article comprising an integrated marking tag and a mark-detection device: The invention relates to a marking device (1) comprising an element which is made from a semi-conductor material having patterns (2-4, 12-14) which are hollowed out of the face thereof, the arrangement of said patterns being representative of at least one piece of information. The depth of the patterns (2-4,...

20060131425 - Value document comprising a machine-readable authenticity mark: The invention relates to a value document having a machine-readable authenticity mark. According to the invention the authenticity mark comprises a luminescent marking substance and a marking substance absorbing in the infrared spectral range....

20060131430 - Card-shaped memory device incorporating ic card function: A card-shaped memory device includes first to third chips which are stacked together on a first surface of a substrate. The first chip has a control function, the second chip has a memory function, and the third chip has an IC card function. The third chip is located in a...

20060131432 - Method and system for identifying a target: A radio frequency identification device provides a stored identification value to a radio frequency reader. The radio frequency identification device stores the identification value in a logic/memory block, and has an antenna and demodulator circuit connected to the logic/memory block. The antenna is spaced remotely from the logic/memory block, with...

20060131433 - Method of manufacturing a contactless card: A method for producing a contactless card having a support for the functional elements of the card. The support is provided with lower and upper covering layers, and the functional elements borne thereon are formed by means of extrusion, directly in contact with the support....

20060131428 - Power processing interface for passive radio frequency identification system: A power processing interface for a radio frequency identification system is provided. The power processing interface includes a resonance circuit for inducing a first signal transmitted from a terminal as an AC voltage, a first rectifier circuit electrically connected to the resonance circuit for converting the AC voltage into a...

20060131431 - Retractable usb stick: A retractable USB stick comprises: an elongate housing having an open end, a USB stick disposed within the elongate housing, and means for causing the USB stick to project out of and retract back into the housing. The means for causing the USB stick to project may be patterned after...

20060131426 - Rfid tag and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag which exchanges information with an external device in a noncontact manner, in which a paste is used as a material for an antenna, and which is designed to prevent sinking of bumps. A stopper for limiting sinking of bumps of...

20060131427 - Rfid tag and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag which exchanges information with an external device in a noncontact manner, in which a paste is used as a material for an antenna, and which is designed to avoid the problem due to swelling of the paste caused by a...

20060131429 - Smart card: A smart card having a support element, at least one electrically conductive contact-making element in a surface area of the support element, and at least one electrical circuit, which is on and/or in the support element and is coupled to the at least one electrically conductive contact-making element. Microstructures and/or...

20060124722 - Integration of product tag with general information about product: A computer program product, tangibly embodied in an information carrier, for use in a commercial data processing environment using at least one RFID/EPC readers and antennae for data collection. The computer program is able to read and collect tag data as it is read, create integrated product information and to...

20060124721 - Method for data compression and quality checking: Pricing data from a manufacturer is condensed to remove duplicate data and filtered to detect discrepant data. The non-discrepant data is delivered to a retailer and the discrepant data is delivered to the manufacturer for correction. The condensing is done by hashing the data using a key consisting of the...

20060124720 - Method for tracking the size of a multicast audience: The method involves transmitting to receivers receiving a multicast a plurality of requests for feedback (3), each request including a probability parameter (P). Each terminal replies to this (or not) with a corresponding probability (4). One then counts the number (r) of replies to each request (5); determines, from the...

20060124723 - Printing system: A printing system capable of writing RFID data consistent with print information printed on a print-information recoding medium into an RFID chip carried on the print-information recording medium. The printing system includes a printer engine for printing print information, including at least either one of contactlessly readable information and image...

20060124729 - Derivative currency-exchange transactions: Methods are provided for executing a money transfer from a first party to a second party. Customer instructions are received at a host system to stage the money transfer. The instructions include specification of an amount of money to be transferred, specification of a first currency in which the funds...

20060124730 - Method and system for duplicate commercial paper detection: In one embodiment, software for detecting duplicate commercial paper transactions implements a method to identify a check identification code, such as a Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) code, from a commercial paper transaction, with the check identification code comprising a plurality of fields. The software determines a hash value based...

20060124724 - System and method for check fraud detection using signature validation: Systems and methods are provided for validating the authenticity of a signature on a document by providing a document from an account, the document including an actual signature and a machine-readable identifier, wherein the machine-readable identifier contains a string of data representing the integral characteristics of all valid account signatures...

20060124725 - System and method for check fraud detection using signature validation: Systems and methods are provided for validating the authenticity of a signature on a document by providing a document from an account, the document including an actual signature and a machine-readable identifier, wherein the machine-readable identifier contains a string of data representing the integral characteristics of all valid account signatures...

20060124726 - System and method for check fraud detection using signature validation: Systems and methods are provided for validating the authenticity of a signature on a document by providing a document from an account, the document including an actual signature and a machine-readable identifier, wherein the machine-readable identifier contains a string of data representing the integral characteristics of all valid account signatures...

20060124727 - System and method for check fraud detection using signature validation: Systems and methods are provided for validating the authenticity of a signature on a document by providing a document from an account, the document including an actual signature and a machine-readable identifier, wherein the machine-readable identifier contains a string of data representing the integral characteristics of all valid account signatures...

20060124728 - System and method for check fraud detection using signature validation: Systems and methods are provided for validating the authenticity of a signature on a document by providing a document from an account, the document including an actual signature and a machine-readable identifier, wherein the machine-readable identifier contains a string of data representing the integral characteristics of all valid account signatures...

20060124731 - Judgment systems and methods: Judgment systems and methods. The system includes a signal gathering module, an attribute retrieval module, a rule retrieval module, and a rule execution module. The signal gathering module receives identification of at least a first card and a second card, and defines statuses thereof. The attribute retrieval module retrieves attributes...

20060124732 - System and method for dispensing of a receipt reflecting prepaid phone services: A system and method for electronic purchase of prepaid telephone services is provided. An initiating terminal receives input of a customer's request to purchase a specified amount of prepaid telephone services and receives input of the customer's designation of a financial account from which to electronically debit the price of...

20060124733 - System and method for vending products at a vending site: A system for vending products at a vending site includes: (a) display sites displaying products at the vending site; (b) a code reader located at each display site; (c) an initiator associated with each display site; (d) a communication connection between each display site and at least one data collection...

20060124734 - Access control system: At an access control device (1) with a reading device (4) for data carriers (8), on which access authorization and identification details are stored, a camera (7) is envisaged that takes digitized photographs of the users of the access control device (1), which are then stored in a database (9)...

20060124735 - Content data usage apparatus: An electronic musical instrument has a protected storage unit in which a plurality of music content data are preset and stored in an unusable state where a user cannot freely use. A content selection unit is operated by the user to select a desired one of the music content data...

20060124736 - Wireless communications module to be installed on vehicular license plate: A wireless communication module, which is to be installed on a license plate of a vehicle, has a memory device, a wireless communication circuit, a battery and a housing. The memory device stores a vehicle information such as a registration number of the vehicle. The wireless communication circuit performs a...

20060124737 - Method and system for updating rfid tag value of transferred object: A method and system for updating a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag value of a transferred object are provided. The method includes: transferor's RFID reader reading an RFID tag attached to an object being transferred and extracting a first RFID tag value; deciphering an open RFID value through the extracted...

20060124738 - Systems, devices, and methods for managing rfid data: Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a database table comprising a plurality of records, each of the plurality of records comprising an identification of an object, and an identification of a particular location of the object, each particular location of the object automatically determined responsive to automatically generatable, automatically receivable, radio frequency...

20060124739 - Memory card adapter for connecting a miniature card to a standard card connector, along with a method of fabricating same: An adapter, along with a method of fabricating the adapter, for a memory card connector to enable a miniature memory card to be inserted into a larger, standard memory card connector. A two-part housing is provided of a size and shape to simulate a standard memory card. The housing includes...

20060124740 - Magnetic field response measurement acquisition system: Magnetic field response sensors designed as passive inductor-capacitor circuits produce magnetic field responses whose harmonic frequencies correspond to states of physical properties for which the sensors measure. Power to the sensing element is acquired using Faraday induction. A radio frequency antenna produces the time varying magnetic field used for powering...

20060124741 - Method and device for checking authenticity of a security element: The invention relates to a method, in which from two images of a security element, which are recorded with right-handed and left-handed circularly polarizing filters, a differential image is produced, on the basis of which the authenticity of the security element is tested, and an apparatus for carrying out the...

20060124742 - Method of and apparatus for controlling the selection, initiation and execution of computer programs automatically and directly in response to the remote (or proximal) scan of special barcodes or other coded indicia, as by a publication reader scanning su: A technique for automatically controlling a computer by the remote (or proximal or local) scanning of special coded-indicia to execute computer-stored programs directly and automatically in response to computer-translated instructions represented by the scanned coded indicia, such as the presentation of specified supplemental pictorial and other website stored materials to...

20060124743 - Pick-to-light system for replenishing manufacturing kits: An inventory management system and method for replenishing manufacturing kits includes a shelving system, a mobile pick station, a data server, and a network node proxy. The mobile pick station communicates with both the shelving system via the network node proxy, and to the data server via a communications interface....

20060124744 - Location of machine readable codes in compressed representations: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for locating machine readable codes (e.g., bar codes) in compressed representations are described. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining information from a file of a compressed representation of an image and locating a machine-readable code in the compressed representation of the image....

20060124745 - Multiple plane scanning system for data reading applications: An optical system and method for data reading. A preferred system is directed to a scanner which includes a laser diode and a beam splitter for generating first optical beam and a second optical beam, the first optical beam being directed toward one side of a scanning optical element such...

20060124746 - Push-pull type camera module for portable wireless teminal: Disclosed is a push-pull type camera module for a portable wireless terminal in which a hollow outer lens barrel is installed in the portable wireless terminal, a push-pull switch is installed in the outer barrel, an inner barrel is installed in the outer barrel, the inner barrel extending/retracting from/to the...

20060124748 - Protective container for readable cards: A protective container is provided for a magnetic card, such as a gift card or credit card, which shields the enclosed card from potentially damaging magnetic fields, thereby greatly reducing the possibility that information stored on the card will be erased. A preferred embodiment container having high magnetic permeability is...

20060124747 - Protective envelope for a chip card: A protective envelope for a chip card wherein a fabric sheath with a top flap allows entry of the chip card. An inner Faraday cage, nested within the fabric sheath, made of wire mesh or thin foil prevents electromagnetic fields from penetrating the sheath once the top flap is closed...

20060124749 - Ultra-thin, two-piece, slide-together case for a cd, dvd or other thin laminar item: An ultra-thin, two-piece sheet metal case includes a receptacle and a lid. The receptacle is a generally rectangularly shaped tray-like item having rounded corners, a generally planar bottom panel, and a short perimetric wall extending from and unitary with the bottom panel, with outwardly rolled edges that form a tubular,...

20060124755 - Card-shaped memory device incorporating ic card function, adapter for the same and host device: A card-shaped memory device includes a power supply terminal, an antenna terminal, a control circuit, a power generating circuit, and a switching circuit. The power supply terminal is provided to receive power supplied from a host device. The antenna terminal is connected to a non-contact communication antenna provided at the...

20060124750 - Data carrier and production method: The invention relates to a data carrier with an areal, flexible substrate (12), which at least has one deep embossing (20), wherein an integrated circuit component (14) is disposed. The invention also relates to methods for producing such a data carrier....

20060124751 - Method and system for presence detection of wireless antennae: An antenna, a wireless communication system, and a method for enabling presence detection of antennae are provided. The antenna comprises a memory device that stores specifications of the antenna. These specifications are acquired by a wireless device in the wireless communication system. The wireless device is configured based on the...

20060124756 - Payment card with internally generated virtual account numbers for its magnetic stripe encoder and user display: A payment card comprises an internal virtual account number generator and a user display for online transactions. Offline transactions with merchant card readers are enabled by a magnetic array positioned behind the card's magnetic stripe on the back. The internal virtual account number generator is able to program the magnetic...

20060124754 - Portable electronic apparatus: Upon receiving a read command from an external device, a control element in an IC card determines whether transmission data to be stored in a transmission buffer area is the data that has been read out from a transfer permission area. When determining in the determination that the data is...

20060124757 - Printed sheet products with integral, removable, radio frequency identification elements: Each printed sheet product includes a core of flexible, microvoided polymer sheet material and a planar RFID assembly encoded with a unique electro/magnetic code permanently and integrally joined together with the core. The microvoided sheet material collapses around the core so the sheet product remains planar. Scoring defines one or...

20060124753 - Smart card and method for its production: A smart card having an extended communication distance includes a card body, at least one chip and at least one antenna attached to the chip, wherein the chip and the antenna are embedded in the card body. The smart card is characterized in that the antenna is provided with at...

20060124752 - Wireless module enabled component carrier for parts inventory and tracking: Apparatus, system, and method for wireless module enabled component carrier for parts inventory and tracking are described....

20060113369 - Apparatus and method of communicating with rfid tags: A hand-held RFID scanner has an extendable shaft with a handle for gripping of the RFID scanner. The shaft expands and retracts with a plurality of telescoping segments, either manually or with an electrical mechanism. An RFID antenna/reader is disposed on one end of the shaft. The RFID reader communicates...

20060113373 - Differential radio frequency identification reader: Systems and techniques for reading a radio frequency identification transponder are described. A transmit coil produces a transmit field to power and interrogate the transponder. A reference coil and a receive coil furnish inputs to a differential amplifier, balanced so that the differential amplifier produces a predetermined signal. The receive...

20060113372 - Goods management system, ingredient freezing system, ingredient managing method and program recording medium: An ingredient freezing system which provides accident information about ingredients stored in a refrigerator, the system including, a reading unit which obtains identification information of IC tags attached to the ingredients stored in a refrigerator, an identification information sending unit which sends the identification information obtained by the reading unit,...

20060113371 - Media content preview: A media product comprising an electronic tag, the tag comprising a memory, wherein the memory has data stored thereon representing preview material associated with the content of the product. A suitable tag and device for querying a memory of the tag are also described....

20060113370 - System and method of rfid data tracking: A hand-held RFID scanner has an extendable shaft with a handle for gripping of the RFID scanner. The shaft expands and retracts with a plurality of telescoping segments, either manually or with an electrical mechanism. An RFID antenna/reader is disposed on one end of the shaft. The RFID reader communicates...

20060113375 - Monitoring and controlling of laser operation: A laser monitoring and controlling apparatus is disclosed that includes a laser, a data server and a laser Graphical User Interface (GUI). In an embodiment, the apparatus further includes, an imaging means and means for displaying images from the imaging means on the GUI....

20060113374 - System and method of rfid data tracking in winemaking process: A hand-held RFID scanner has an extendable shaft with a handle for gripping of the RFID scanner. The shaft expands and retracts with a plurality of telescoping segments, either manually or with an electrical mechanism. An RFID antenna/reader is disposed on one end of the shaft. The RFID reader communicates...

20060113376 - Account control method and system that allows only eligible and authorized items to be purchased using the account: The present invention relates to a real time account control method and system that allows only eligible and authorized items to be purchased using the account. The present invention relates particularly to healthcare spending accounts such as flexible spending accounts and health reimbursement arrangements. The method can comprise the steps...

20060113380 - Biometric security system and method: The invention includes biometric security systems and related methods. In a device according to the invention there is an interface plate, a housing and a biometric receiver. The housing and biometric receiver may be mounted to the interface plate, and the interface plate may be secured to a mounting plate....

20060113377 - Compact electronic unit with display: An electronic unit for storing and displaying information includes a case, a computer having storage capability for electronically storing information and a processor for generating display signals corresponding to the stored information. A display screen is mounted within the case and connected to the processor for receiving the display signals...

20060113379 - Triggering a proactive session from an applet in a smart card:

20060113378 - User programmable interactive display device and method: A method for transferring data from a user station to a portable electronic display device includes providing one or more data sets, linking the data sets together in a predetermined sequence for accessing the data sets, and providing each data set with one or more data frames. Each data frame...

20060113381 - Batteryless contact fingerprint-enabled smartcard that enables contactless capability: Biometrically-enabled smartcards containing fingerprint sensors, template storage, and authentication processing require electrical power. At current state-of-the-art, biometric electronics are incompatible with radio-frequency-powered cards operating at low power levels. It's been a problem combining these technologies into one thin smartcard without adding batteries and/or recharging regimens. Disclosed is a batteryless, “contact/contactless”...

20060113382 - Information processing terminal with adjustable and foldable support stand: An information kiosk is disclosed. The information kiosk preferably has a touch-screen LCD display for convenient user interface. The information kiosk has an adjustable support stand for supporting the kiosk for convenient viewing by its users. The support stand also has a nested extension leg, which can be pulled out...

20060113383 - System and method for providing optimized shopping list: Method and system for providing an optimized shopping list for grocery items based on preferences such as geographical market, retail grocery brand, dietary requirement of the shopper. Shoppers may retrieve, and update a stored list or generate a new list at a regular time interval, taking the advantage of time-dependent...

20060113384 - Container handling apparatus, container management system, and method of container handling: A container handling apparatus, a container management system, and a method of container handling are provided in which information of a container to be handled is accurately recognized automatically, in order to improve the efficiency of a container handling operation. An RF-ID reader/writer (wireless communication device) is provided in a...

20060113385 - Contactless card reader and information processing system: The present invention provides a contactless card reader and an information processing system utilizes the card reader. The contactless card reader comprises a contactless card interface for communicating with a contactless card by means of radio frequency, a contact card interface coupled to said contactless card interface for communicating with...

20060113386 - Illumination pulsing method for a data reader: Row signals or other typically regular signals generated by an imager during each frame period of the imager are counted to determine when to emit pulses of illumination. Methods in accordance with the preferred embodiments may facilitate synchronization of at least some of the pulses with exposures of the imager,...

20060113387 - Bar code recognition method and system for paper handling equipment: A method and system for reading various codes such as codes imprinted on an item includes a first and a second code reader each scan the code on the item to read the code. The data obtained by the first and the second code reader is merged to reconstruct the...

20060113388 - Image printing method and apparatus which can detect edge of printing medium while reading barcode on printing medium using one sensor: An image printing method and apparatus which can detect the edge of a printing medium on which a barcode is written while reading the barcode using one sensor unit. The apparatus for printing an image on a printing medium on which a barcode is written includes a sensor unit sensing...

20060113389 - Barcode imaging and laser scanning systems having improved visual decoding indication: Barcode imaging and laser scanning systems are disclosed having at least one processor storing barcode decoding algorithms each corresponding to a respective symbology. The at least one processor causes at least one LED and/or a projected laser beam of the barcode imaging system to blink by rapidly turning it off...

20060113390 - Barcode recognition apparatus: After binarization is performed, the adjacency relationship of connection fields is analyzed from a labeled input image on the basis of the characteristics of the structure of a barcode, thereby extracting a barcode field. A unit width, which is to be used as the module width of the barcode, is...

20060113391 - Resin-molded component for signal reader and method for molding thereof: (where, Ar1 is 2,6-naphthalene group, Ar2 is selected from 1,2-phenylene group, 1,3-phenylene group, and, 1,4-phenylene group, Ar3 is selected from 1,3-phenylene group, 1,4-phenylene group, and p,p′-polyphenylene group, and Ar4 is 1,4-phenylene group); 20 to 10% by weight of inorganic hollow sphere (B1); and 25 to 15% by weight of fibrous...

20060113392 - Laser processing robot system and method for controlling the same: A laser processing robot system including a manipulator, a laser processing tool attached to the manipulator, and a control unit for controlling operations of the manipulator and the laser processing tool. The laser processing tool includes a laser scan head with a movable mirror incorporated therein, and a movable support...

20060113393 - Optical scanner: An optical scanner comprises a scanner housing including a scan window, a laser light source, reflected light detector and a Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) mirror array arranged to produce a scan line pattern. The light from the laser source is adjustably focused by the MEMS mirror array so as to enable...

20060113394 - Optical scanner: An optical scanner includes a scanner housing including a scan window, a laser light source, reflected light detector and a mirrored polygon spinner. The spinner is arranged to spin around both a first axis of rotation and a second axis of rotation so as to produce a substantially hemispherical scan...

20060113395 - Smart card holder: The invention relates to a chipcard housing having a first and a second central piece, whereby the first central piece can be displaced by a drive. A locking element is also provided by which a displacement of the second central piece is prevented in a first working position and which...

20060113396 - Implantable device and communication integrated circuit implementable therein: An implantable device and a wireless communication integrated circuit (IC) implementable in the implantable device for communicating with a remote unit, wherein the communication IC is capable of self-initializing, namely initial booting without requiring an external general booting program to force the booting process. Moreover, the implantable device and the...

20060113397 - Pallet tag/label carrier: A pallet tag and label carrier that can be easily and releasably secured to a pallet and which includes product identification indicia, such as a UPC or EAN code, and also includes an electrically-activatable identification tag such as an EAS or RFID tag. The pallet tag and label carrier is...