Registers inventions 07/09

20090188971 - Method for securing an article and system for using such a method: A method for securing an article includes the following steps according to which a contactless electronic chip is customized using a management code, this management code possibly being read by means of an appropriate contactless reader of the chip, and said chip is positioned in said article, together with a... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090188970 - Method of reading at least one bar code and system for reading a bar code: A method of reading at least one bar code carried by a substrate, the method including: a) generating, especially in an automatic manner, when presenting the bar code to a system for reading the bar code, at least one authentication cue related to an intrinsic physical characteristic of the substrate... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090188972 - Receipt printing processing method, receipt printing processing system, and printer: When a customer places a special order that changes the content of a product, a receipt printing processing system also produces a special order seal when the sales receipt is printed. The receipt printing processing system has a receipt printer and a label printer that is in communication with the... Agent: Epson Research And Development Inc Intellectual Property Dept

20090188973 - Self-service terminal: A self-service terminal comprising a plurality of devices is described. The devices comprise: a racking handle for moving that device from an operational position to a maintenance position; a primary visual identifier (such as a bright color) associated with the racking handle, where the primary visual identifier is common for... Agent: Michael Chan Ncr Corporation

20090188974 - System and method for independent verification of circulating bank notes: A system and method for independently verifying a bank note processor's handling of circulating bank notes. Independent detectors are provided along the transport path of a bank note processing device. Also provided is at least one independent memory storage device for logging data from the independent detectors. As the note... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20090188975 - System for processing financial transactions in a self-service library terminal: A library terminal permits a user to execute a loan transaction without assistance. The library terminal (i) provides a visible scan line from a bar code reader indicating the correct positioning of the bar code on a circulating item, (ii) leads a user through a loan transaction, (iii) provides an... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

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20090188977 - Optimized smart card driver performance: By splitting a smart card driver into multiple components, with one component residing on the mobile communication device and another component residing on the smart card reader, the smart card reader driver component is enabled to do more than merely relay communication between the mobile communication device and the smart... Agent: Ridout & Maybee LLP

20090188978 - Bar code reader or imager using controlled deformation of flexible optics: A flexible optic or optical system is deformed using a non-overlapping iris or any of several deformable ring or polygon shapes. In some examples, the deformation of the flexible optic is controlled by one or more actuators comprising a shape memory material. The flexible optic may be used in, e.g.... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090188979 - Laser scanner with synthesizable higher scan rate: A method for receiving a first input signal including an analog bar pattern at a first scan rate and generating a first output signal including digital bar patterns at a second scan rate. A device having a digitizer receiving an analog bar pattern at a first scan rate and outputting,... Agent: Motorola, Inc.

20090188980 - Multiple plane scanning system for data reading applications: An optical system and method for data reading. In one system, a scanner 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 as a rotating polygon... Agent: Datalogic - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20090188981 - Datacode reading apparatus: Moving image data output from an image sensing device is input. An image display output unit processes the moving image data and displays it on the display screen of a display as a real-time moving image. A decode processing notification unit displays the moving image data output from the image... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090188982 - Cheat preventing omr cardcheat preventing omr card: A cheat preventing optical mark recognition (OMR) card capable of preventing cheating of examinees by configuring a marking part thereof such that marks formed on the marking part are not easily recognized from angles other than a right angle, that is, a front of the card. The cheat preventing OMR... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090188983 - Prepaid payment device admission ticketing: A prepaid payment device is used to by a consumer as a ticket to a future performance event as well as to conduct a transaction with a merchant. The consumer operates a user interface of a kiosk to select admission to the future performance event and a monetary amount to... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090184160 - Envelope and system for returning lost items: An apparatus and system for returning an object which has been lost to its proper owner. A protective shipping container is sent to a person who has found a lost object (“finder”) at the address specified by the finder. Upon receiving the shipping container, the finder inserts the found object... Agent: William C. Milks, Iii

20090184163 - Bank issued contactless payment card used in transit fare collection: An architecture for a contactless smart card or payment device, where the smart card is intended for use in both commerce transaction payment and transit fare payment (or other venue access) environments. The payment device may function as both an electronic wallet for commerce transactions and as a transit system... Agent: Townsend And Townsend Crew LLP

20090184162 - Handheld device for selling transaction instruments via web-based tools: The present invention generally relates to a system and method for distributing a transaction instrument. The system includes the steps of: offering for sale, in a retail environment, the transaction instrument; selling a selected transaction instrument; communicating with the issuer of the transaction instrument via an internet accessible web site,... Agent: Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. (amex)

20090184161 - Remote control apparatus and communication system: A remote control apparatus for communicating with an electric apparatus by radio communication is provided. The remote control apparatus includes a reader/writer for carrying out reading out and writing of information from and into an information recording medium; a transmission/reception section configured to transfer a signal to and from the... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090184164 - Secure commercial transactions system: A secure financial transactions system. The system generally includes a card that can be used a credit card, ATM card or debit card having a personal identification number (PIN) that can include a panic digit or panic PIN. The panic digit or panic PIN can be used to begin an... Agent: Kaplan Ward & Patel LLC

20090184165 - Integrated tag reader and environment sensor: A combined sensing and reading apparatus. The apparatus includes a tag reader and an environment sensor integrated with the tag reader. A battery maintenance tool that includes a tag reader and an environment sensor integrated with the tag reader is also provided. Examples of a battery maintenance tool include a... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090184167 - Financial transaction token: There is provided a card or token for use in financial transactions. The financial transaction token or card has an onboard energy storage device that enables onboard electronics to operate when the card is not in the proximity of a merchant Point-Of-Service (POS) terminal. In one implementation, the onboard energy... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090184168 - Recyclable plastic cards and methods of making same: A recyclable plastic card and method of manufacturing the same. The plastic card is made from an unfilled or filled polymeric material, such as polypropylene or polyethylene material, that can be readily printed, embossed, thermally imaged, surface printed with a variety of inks and printing methodologies, laminated, and/or polished, such... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090184166 - Thin smart card module having strap on carrier: A Smart Card module with flip-assembled chip (101) on a metallic strap (112) adhering to an insulating substrate (111). Chip (101) is in the gap (122) of a metal carrier (120), strap (112) conductively attached to the carrier. Carrier (120) is designed to practically surround the chip, and has a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20090184169 - Coating composition for producing magnetically induced images: The present invention is related to a coating composition for the production of a magnetically induced image, consisting of volatile components (S) and non-volatile components, the latter consisting of an ink vehicle (I) and magnetically orientable optically variable interference pigment (P), to a process for manufacturing the coating composition, and... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20090184170 - Pcb rotating gift card: A stored value card has a housing including an upper shell and lower shell forming a space between the shells, wherein the housing forms a slot shaped to receive a card. A rotating element has a graphic image imprinted on the disc. The rotating element rotates by electrical motor. The... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20090184171 - Two-dimensional code and its decoding method, and the printing publication using this two-dimensional code: The invention discloses a two-dimensional code and its decoding method and the printing publication for applying the two-dimensional code. The area of the positioning points located at the four corners of the code in the two-dimensional code characters is larger than that of the data points. The code symbol is... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20090179070 - Short depth cash drawer with downstream checkout placement: Embodiments described herein pertain to checkout stands and related components. Checkout stands illustratively include scanners and cash drawers. In some embodiments, cash drawers are located downstream from scanners. In some embodiments, checkout stands include item entering and exiting sides. Scanners are illustratively positioned between an entering side and a cash... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090179071 - Systems and methods for secure voting: Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for conducting an election. In one exemplary embodiment, there is provided a method for ensuring integrity of an electronic ballot. The method can include creating electronic ballots for voters based on votes received from the voters; digitally signing the electronic ballots; storing the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090179072 - Automated label verify systems and methods for dispensing pharmaceuticals: Apparatus and methods for filling a prescription order with plurality of products each containing a pharmaceutical. The apparatus and method verifying a barcode on each of the products and printing and applying a patient label with a verified barcode to each of the products. After the patient label is applied,... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090179073 - Secure id: A secure identification card is created. The secure identification card includes a first identifying item of information. A first covert marker is applied to the secure identification card. The first covert marker is associated with the first identifying item of information such that the secure identification card is recognized as... Agent: Charles Maney Ncr Corporation, Law Dept.

20090179074 - System and method for distributing mobile gift cards: A system and method for distributing mobile gift cards is described. One embodiment, a computer-server-based method, receives a selection of a merchant with which to associate a mobile gift card, receives an indication of a monetary amount for the mobile gift card, receives an electronic payment for the monetary amount,... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090179075 - System and method for managing electronic data transfer applications: A system and method for managing one or more applications deployed on a mobile electronic device, such as a cellular phone, are disclosed. The system and method enable the user of a mobile electronic device to select one of a plurality of applications deployed on the mobile electronic device for... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090179076 - On-line bar-coded ticket for transient parking, which requires a server connection only at either entrance or exit, but not both: An on-site system for calculating a transient parking fee. The system includes a ticket and a machine-readable storage device. The machine-readable storage device is disposed on, and is machine-readable from, the ticket, contains data necessary to compute the transient parking fee at exit of the transient parking without any further... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esquire

20090179077 - Adapter for contact and contactless smart cards: A portable adapter for using a contact smart card with a contactless smart card reader and a contactless smart card with a contact smart card reader. The adaptor is provided with a casing that is configured to engage a contact smart card or a contactless smart card, and is provided... Agent: Dimock Stratton LLP

20090179078 - In-chassis tv chip with dynamic purse: An IC with a purse is permanently mounted on the main motherboard of a TV and communicates with the main CPU. The purse chip holds electronic funds, and the user can, by means of OSDs, purchase content and services using the funds. The user can replenish the purse from time... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20090173778 - Ballot marking device having attached ballot box: The present invention is generally directed to a ballot marking device adapted to mark a ballot and either return the marked ballot to the voter or automatically deposit the marked ballot into a secure ballot box attached to the marking device. The device includes a presentation device operable to present... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090173777 - System and method for scoring politicians based on an interactive online political system.: The system provides a venue for Internet users to actively participate in the daily legislative process of government and rate individual politician's performance against voting data presented by constituents. The system posts pending legislation, within a political system, to an interactive web site where users vote for or against a... Agent: Jim Ward

20090173779 - Automated label verify systems and methods for dispensing pharmaceuticals: Apparatus and methods for filling a customer order with plurality of products each containing a pharmaceutical. The apparatus and method automatically verify a product barcode on each of the product, print a patient label with a patient barcode for each product, apply the patient labels to at least some of... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20090173780 - Pick release performance using a multi-threaded architecture to distribute the workload across multiple processors: In various embodiments, methods and systems can provide highly efficient order processing suitable for high volume order processing businesses. A batch of orders can be preprocessed to create smaller data sets that group orders for the same item together. The smaller data sets can then be analyzed and processed in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew LLP

20090173781 - Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records: A banking system operates to allocate funds in accounts in response to data bearing records in the form of paper financial checks. A mobile phone has a camera and a programmable memory. The memory stores phone user data, including a bank account number and an electronic signature. The camera can... Agent: Ralph E. Jocke Walker & Jocke Lpa

20090173782 - Dynamic card validation value: As described herein, a card services provider dynamically generates a card verification value (CVV) for a transaction card and sends the dynamically-generated CVV to a cardholder. The card services provider generates the dynamically-generated CVV such that the dynamically-generated CVV is substantially unpredictable based on other dynamically-generated CVVs for the transaction... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090173786 - Coppa-compliant web services: A system and method for providing to a minor access to a network information dissemination activity. Responsive to an interaction by the minor with a webpage of a website, an information dissemination machine determines whether the interaction is a triggering action. Where a triggering action is determined to have occurred,... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090173784 - Method and system for performing a card-present transaction using image capture on a portable device: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a system that processes a financial transaction involving a portable device and a transaction server. During operation, the system obtains transaction data associated with the financial transaction that includes a transaction amount, credit card information, and an image of a credit card. The... Agent: Pvf -- Intuit, Inc. C/o Park, Vaughan & Fleming LLP

20090173783 - System and method for providing activation and expiration data associated with newly issued financial presentation devices: Apparatus and method for indirectly determining activation status of newly issued financial presentation devices that replace existing financial presentation devices such as credit cards that are about to expire. The apparatus includes a computer device having an account update module that receives an account identifier for an existing credit card,... Agent: Afs/ Visa

20090173785 - Universal credit card apparatus and method: The apparatus and method described herein provides for creating multiple spatial patterns, such as magnetic patterns on credit cards. The invention includes storage of information from which patterns may be created, a pattern creation device for creating the spatial patterns, and control whereby the information which is stored is selectively... Agent: Stevens Law Group

20090173787 - Integrated circuit device, information processing apparatus, memory management method for information storage device, mobile terminal apparatus, semiconductor integrated circuit device, and communication method using mobile terminal apparatus: A memory region on an IC card has a hierarchical structure. Each application allocated on the memory region is registered in a directory, and the memory region is managed in directory units. A personal identification code is set for each application and directory, and the access right is controlled in... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090173788 - system and method for prioritizing visually aimed threats for laser-based countermeasure engagement: The present invention increases the survivability of a helicopter by prioritizing a threat engagement sequence for a laser-based countermeasure system based on the determined relative lethality of each detected visually trained threat (e.g., small arms fire). The system and method defines a plurality of threat effectiveness merit factors, or lethality... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090173789 - Aircraft target display: A method of displaying target engageability information to a pilot of an aircraft in flight including calculating according to instantaneous aircraft position and motion relative to at least one target to be engaged and to characteristics of a weapon, earliest and latest weapon release points between which the weapon is... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090173790 - Encrypting the output of a card reader in a card authentication system: Systems and methods for encrypting the output of a card reader in a card authentication system are provided. In one embodiment, the invention relates to a method for reading a data card having an intrinsic magnetic characteristic and recorded data on the data card using a read head including a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090173791 - System and method for logo identification and verification: A system for automatically identifying a logo or trademark applied to a device and verifying that the logo or trademark is acceptably identifies a compatible device. The system uses an optical imager to capture optical images of the target device and a microcontroller interconnected to the imager for processing the... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20090173792 - Consumer-computer-readable product label apparatus and method: A user-computer-readable medium provides all or part of a product labeling system for engaging purchasers. Executables, data, or both are recorded in the medium embodied in a tag or other product labeling structure, in order to deliver to a consumer or purchaser engaging presentations of products, information, or registration templates.... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20090173794 - Electronic circuit for a responder which is not initialised when the supply voltage is switched on: The electronic circuit is intended to form with an antenna a responder that operates without resetting to zero when the power supply of the electronic circuit is switched on (without POR). To increase efficiency and reduce the costs of testing a plurality of such integrated circuits in a wafer, means... Agent: Griffin & Szipl, PC

20090173793 - Ic module, ic inlet, and ic mounted body: An IC module including: an insulating substrate; antenna connection terminals provided on one surface of the insulating substrate; and a laminated body in which an IC chip and a mica capacitor are laminated, wherein the laminated body and the antenna connection terminals are mounted on the same surface side of... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090173795 - Card type information device and method for manufacturing same: Card type information device includes wiring board having a wiring pattern with an electronic component mounted on a first face of wiring board and an antenna connecting electrode, antenna board having antenna pattern with antenna terminal electrodes formed on a first face of antenna board, magnetic material placed between wiring... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20090173796 - Optically readable tag: Embodiments related to the identification of objects via optically readable tags. One disclosed embodiment comprises an optically readable tag having a data region comprising a two-dimensional array of optically contrasting data features, one or more orientation features located on the tag outside of the data region, and a tracking feature... Agent: Microsoft Corporation

20090173797 - Two part code: A graphically representable, machine readable code having first and second parts wherein the first part may be associated with data and a second part may be associated with the first part, such that a relationship between the parts, or lack thereof may be discerned by reading both parts of the... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090166404 - Intelligent mpo-to-mpo patch panels having connectivity tracking capabilities and related methods: Patch panels are provided that include a mounting frame and a plurality of MPO-to-MPO couplers that are mounted on the mounting frame. Each MPO-to-MPO coupler includes a first connector port that is accessible from the front side of the patch panel and a second connector port that is accessible from... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090166403 - Secure parcel delivery in the absence of the intended recipient: Systems and methods are disclosed for securely delivering a parcel when the intended recipient is not present to take physical possession of the parcel. Parcel delivery companies assign a unique tracking number to each parcel. The tracking number is enabled as an access code which, when input by a delivery... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090166405 - Systems and methods for validating rfid tag data prior to writing into rfid tag: The present invention is generally directed to systems and methods for validating RFID tag data prior to encoding the data onto an RFID tag, utilizing at least one computing device separate from an RFID encoder. An embodiment of the present invention describes a method of receiving RFID tag data at... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090166406 - Instant funds availability notification and fraud detection: Various aspects are directed to systems and processes for providing instant funds availability notification and/or real-time fraud detection in connection with a check image deposit, such as a check deposit at an image automated teller machine (ATM). The customer may, for instance, receive the notification on an ATM display and/or... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd Attorneys For Client Number 007131

20090166409 - Method for enhancing document security and device for implementing said method: The present invention relates to a method of enhancing document security for documents of the type each comprising a print medium on which is printed personalizing information, this printed medium being laminated between two laminates that are at least partially transparent, this method rendering any forging of these documents by... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20090166407 - Methods and apparatus for use in association with security parameter: In accordance with some embodiments, a method comprises transmitting at least one signal, via a wireless interface, from an identification token issued to an account holder to a communication device issued to the account holder; receiving at least one signal from the communication device via the wireless interface; and resetting... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090166408 - Methods and apparatus for use in docking: In accordance with some embodiments, apparatus comprises a body defining: a first seat to receive a first device having a wireless communication interface; and a second seat to receive a second device having a wireless communication interface; a first wireless communication interface supported by the body to communicate with the... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090166410 - Multifunction attendance checking system: This invention relates to a multifunction attendance checking system comprising a card reader for card-making, said system using the information acquired from an existed card of a user by the card reader for card-making as the user's identification information and using the existed card as a timecard of the user,... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090166413 - entrance guard system using arbitrary card: This invention relates an entrance guard system using arbitrary card comprising one or more card readers for entrance guard controlling, one or more entrance guard controllers, a CPU and one or more guest information input devices, wherein each of the guest information input device includes a guest information reader, a... Agent: Ying Chen Chen Yoshimura LLP

20090166412 - Automatic integrated sensing and access control: An access control system for sensing exposure to items of interest for a person associated with a unique identifier of a fare card or ticket is disclosed. The access control system includes the unique identifier, an exposure detector and a processor. The unique identifier associated with the person that is... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090166411 - Hybrid multi-sensor biometric identification device: An improved fingerprint sensing device is provided with multiple sensing apparatus, two or more of which operating on different sensing principles. For example, a capacitive sensor may be integrally formed with an optical sensor on a single substrate. Ideally, the multiple sensing apparatus are disposed such that they may sense... Agent: JasIPConsulting

20090166414 - Commodity sales processing system: A commodity sales processing system in which when a handy terminal receives membership number data that is sent from a membership card reader in the case of a valid membership card, the handy terminal transmits an optical signal (lock release signal), and a customer cradle receives the lock release signal... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090166416 - Inventory system and process: An inventory system for determining receipt of components of an article, the components having identification labels (400) of a set of labels (300) attached thereto, the system being adapted to generate inventory data identifying receipt of said components on the basis of the remaining identification labels (602) of said set... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090166415 - Proximity-based inventory management system using rfid tags to aid in dispensing and restocking inventory: An apparatus is provided that includes a processor configured to operate a software application, which is configured to receive selection of a number of discrete groups into which to divide a plurality of identified products. The products are located at respective storage locations in a collection of storage locations. The... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090166417 - System and method for independently auditing a paper record of votes cast on a voting machine: A system for independently auditing a paper record of votes cast on a voting machine includes an automated reading device and a computing device. The automated reading device comprises a transport mechanism operable to move the paper record across a paper transport area, and a reader operable to read at... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20090166418 - Layered two-dimensional code, creation method thereof, and read method: The present invention provides a layered two-dimensional code which can be considerably improved in the data capacity thereof without increasing the area thereof by integrating a plurality of two-dimensional codes by a predetermined correlation and expressing it as one two-dimensional code, a method of creating the layered two-dimensional code, and... Agent: Hedman & Costigan P.C.

20090166420 - Methods and apparatus for personalizing merchant device for receiving contactless payments: A method includes receiving a contactless smart card. The method further includes bringing the contactless smart card into proximity with a merchant device so as to transfer information from the contactless smart card to the merchant device. The transferred information enables the merchant device to receive contactless payments.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090166421 - Rfid reader / card combination to convert a contact smartcard reader to contactless: An interface conversion reader (ICR) to convert a contact smartcard reader to a contactless smartcard reader. The ICR may have a rectangular card body format for insertion into a slot provided in a conventional contact smartcard reader, with a portion of said card body protruding out of the reader after... Agent: Gerald E. Linden C/o Stauffer

20090166419 - Systems, methods, and computer program products for mitigating signal noise at a wireless smart device reader: Systems, methods, and computer program products for mitigating signal noise at a wireless smart device reader are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method (performed at a wireless smart device reader) that includes receiving a signal from a wireless smart device and checking for... Agent: Jenkins, Wilson, Taylor & Hunt, P. A.

20090166423 - Dual mode smart card and smart card controller: A dual mode smart card controller, a dual mode smart card, and a wireless communication device incorporating one or more of the same are provided. The dual mode smart card controller includes a first controller adapted for supporting communications with a first smart card protocol, and a second controller adapted... Agent: Motorola Inc

20090166422 - Methods and systems for encoding a magnetic stripe: Methods and apparatus for encoding information on a magnetic stripe of a transaction card are disclosed. According to one aspect, a transaction card includes a first surface and a second surface that substantially opposes the first surface. The second surface has a magnetic stripe. A first representation of a first... Agent: Technology & Innovation Law Group, PC

20090166424 - Method and apparatus using aiming pattern for machine vision training: A method and apparatus for use with a camera that includes a field of view (FOV), the method for selecting a portion of the field of view for analysis and comprising the steps of placing at least a portion of a first object within the field of view of the... Agent: Cognex Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20090166425 - Bar code processing apparatus, sorting apparatus and bar code processing method: A bar code reader performs a double-printing detecting process to determine whether or not a plurality of bar codes are overprinted based on an image containing a bar code read by a scanner. The bar code reader determines that the recognition result of the bar code is ineffective information when... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090166426 - Imaging reader with adaptive focusing for electro-optically reading symbols: An imaging assembly in an imaging reader for electro-optically reading indicia includes a solid-state imager having an array of image sensors, and a focus control element, such as a liquid imaging lens, having a variable transfer function characteristics for capturing, optically modifying and directing return light from the indicia over... Agent: Kirschstein, Israel, Schiffmiller & Pieroni, P.C.

20090166427 - Authentication/security labels and associated method containing photochromic inks: An authentication label and associated method are disclosed that can be covert most of the time and made to be overt only during times immediately before, during, and/or after reading of the label by a reader. The label contains a photochromic ink.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090166428 - Methods and apparatus for use in association with media: According to some embodiments, a method comprises providing a media including a plurality of coupled pages, the plurality of coupled pages including at least one printed page defined by at least one printed sheet; coupling at least one RF identification token to the at least one printed sheet; and storing... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff & Talwalkar LLC

20090166429 - Articles incorporating electronic signalling devices: An article comprises an electronic signalling device embedded in a foamed plastics material e.g. plastics material, to allow one or more of location, identification, tracking etc. of the article. The embedding provides thermal and mechanical protection and can be used to conceal the device from external view and/or surreptitious removal.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090166430 - Transaction product with electrical plug: A transaction product, which is configured to interface with and receive electrical power from an electrical socket, includes a support member, an electrical circuit and an account identifier. The electrical circuit is coupled to the support member and includes an electrical plug and an electrically driven device electrically coupled with... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090166434 - Antenna device and radio frequency ic device: An antenna device is arranged to transmit or receive a radio frequency communication signal to or from an external device such as a reader/writer, and is arranged such that an antenna resonance circuit including an antenna coil and a capacitor is connected to an additional resonance circuit including an inductor... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20090166431 - Electronic component and manufacturing method thereof: The invention relates to an RFID medium 1 in which an interposer 10 having a semiconductor chip 11 mounted on a sheet-like chip holding member 13 is bonded to a sheet-like base circuit sheet 20. The interposer 10 has the IC chip 11 mounted on a substantially planar surface of... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20090166433 - Transaction card with enclosed chamber: A transaction card includes a chambered member, a cover substrate and an account identifier. The chambered member defines a rear surface, a front surface and a chamber extending from the front surface toward the rear surface. The front surface and the rear surface are sized similarly to each other. The... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090166432 - Transaction product with inflatable article: A transaction product includes a housing, an article and an account identifier. The article is selectively maintained within the housing. Following removal of the article from the housing, the article is configured to self-inflate upon activation of the article by a bearer of the transaction product. The account identifier is... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090166435 - Secure payment card: In a first aspect of the subject invention, a secure payment card is provided, including: a flat body, the flat body having a patterned channel in proximity to a first face of the flat body; an elongated magnetic stripe disposed on the first face of the flat body, the magnetic... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090166441 - Method for automatically rectifying business card presentation angle: A method for automatically rectifying business card presentation angle is described. The method is applicable to a mobile electronic device to automatically rectify a presentation angle of a shot business card image. Firstly, maintain character pixels of the shot business card image, and divide the character pixels into character groups... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090166440 - Method for representing numerical data in a barcode and related electronic device: A method for representing numerical data in a barcode includes corresponding a plurality of gray level values, including a gray level value of maximum reflection rate, a gray level value of minimum reflection rate, and at least one gray level value different from the gray level value of maximum reflection... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090166439 - Preamble data generating method and related apparatus for quick response code: In order to increase the preamble information capacity of the QR code and avoid decoding errors, a method of embedding preamble information into a standard quick response (QR) code symbol is provided to generate a first QR code symbol. The method includes generating a preamble pattern according to a user... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090166438 - Systems and methods for producing and processing time dependent dynamic barcodes in a mail delivery system: Systems and methods for utilizing time-dependent dynamic barcodes in systems including a mail delivery system for manipulating delivery charges and/or sorting and delivery processing preferences are described.... Agent: Pitney Bowes Inc.

20090166437 - Transaction card with movable member: A transaction card includes a base member, an auxiliary member and an account identifier. The base member defines a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface and a slot extending therethrough. The auxiliary member includes a first section and a handle section and is coupled with the base... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090166436 - Transaction product with storage chamber: A transaction product includes a housing and an account identifier. The housing includes a first member, which defines a primary panel and a side wall extending around the primary panel to define a storage chamber, and a second member slidably coupled with the first member. The second member is configured... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.