MUMBAI, India, Sept. 28 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514022767 A) filed by Hitachi Channel Solutions, Corp. on March 13, 2025, for Card Reader.
Inventor includes Takeshi Kageyama.
The application for the patent was published on September 25, 2026, under issue no. 39/2026.
Abstract: There is an issue that a reliable detection is difficult in some cases depending on factors such as the material, attachment location, or size of the skimmer. Further, there is a possibility that, to ensure reliable detection of a skimming device over an extensive area inside the card reader, it is necessary to install a large number of sensors, which may lead to increased manufacturing cost. A card reader for reading magnetic information while feeding, through a feed path, a card inserted into the card reader, includes: an oscillator configured to emit an ultrasonic wave to the feed path; and a receiver configured to receive the ultrasonic wave emitted from the oscillator. The card reader is configured to detect an object present in the feed path by comparing a first received waveform and a second received waveform with each other, the first received waveform being a waveform received at the receiver, the second received waveform being a previously acquired waveform under normal condition received at the receiver.
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