A card processing device may include a card reader and a printer. The printer may include an ink ribbon cartridge; a thermal head; and a cover member. The ink ribbon cartridge may include a supply roll and a take-up roll. The thermal head may heat the ink ribbon and transfer ink to the card. The card reader may be on a front side of the thermal head, and a part of the card reader may be on a lower side of the supply roll or the take-up roll. The cover member may pivot between a closed position and open position. A conveyance path may be provided inside the card reader and the printer. A part of the conveyance path inside the card reader may be a first conveyance path. The card reader may include an upper frame. The upper frame may pivot between a closed position and open position.

A card reading transaction system includes a transaction control device, an intermediate server, a smart card server, an internet dongle, and a card reader. The transaction control device transmits a transaction message according to a transaction type and a transaction amount. The intermediate server generates a transaction request message according to the transaction message. The smart card server generates a transaction confirmation message according to the transaction request message. The intermediate server generates a first card reader operation message according to the transaction confirmation message, and converts a transmission format of the first card reader operation message to generate a second card reader operation message. The internet dongle converts a transmission format of the second card reader operation message received through the internet to generate a third card reader operation message for the card reader to debit or credit the transaction amount.

Systems and methods are provided for communicating information between card readers and mobile devices. The systems and methods include providing a physical communication connection from a card reader to a mobile device. With the mobile device, determining whether successful physical connection to the card reader has been established and determining whether a wireless connection has been established with the card reader. If a wireless communication connection has not been established with the card reader, establishing a wireless communication connection with the card reader and continuously monitoring whether the physical communication connection and the wireless communication connection with the card reader continues and communicating information between the card reader and the mobile device using both the connections as long as either continues. Further, only the wireless communication connection or the physical communication connection between the mobile device and the card device is utilized when the other communication connection is not available.

An IC card has an IC chip, a rechargeable battery that supplies electrical power to the IC chip, a card main body that houses the IC chip and the rechargeable battery, and charging terminals for charging the rechargeable battery. The charging terminals include a positive terminal arranged on one of the front surface and the rear surface of the card main body, and a negative terminal arranged on the other one.

Devices and methods for recharging an embedded battery in a smart card, including a control method implemented by a smart card (CD1) including a rechargeable battery (8). The control method may include operations for processing a transaction (TR1) with a terminal (T); receiving during this transaction a predetermined transaction command requiring a processing time, by the smart card, long enough to allow a recharging of the battery to at least a first predetermined threshold charge level; and, upon detection (S32) of this transaction command, triggering the recharging of the battery (8) by using a power supply delivered by the terminal (T) to reach at least the first predetermined threshold charge level.

Disclosures of the present invention describe a card reader device, which consists of a card reader unit, a human machine unit and a physical keyboard. The human machine unit is configured to show a first virtual keyboard comprising a plurality of first virtual buttons for a normal user to input a password thereon. Besides, the physical keyboard comprises a plurality of physical buttons formed with an embossed braille thereon. According to particular design of the present invention, a plurality of the second virtual buttons are showed on the human machine unit, such that the plurality of physical buttons correspond to the plurality of second virtual buttons, respectively. Consequently, a blind user or a visually impaired user is facilitated so as to be capable of completing a password input of the card reader unit through the physical keyboard.

An information management system includes a gaming machine and an information processing device configured to communicate with the gaming machine, wherein the information processing device manages gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine to which an information card is used as time series information associated with information card identification information based upon the information card identification information of the information card not associated with personal information and the gaming machine identification information unique to the gaming machine transmitted from the gaming machine.

A method for control of a card reader is provided. A control unit of a card reader performs an IC contact holding step for continuously energizing a solenoid to press an IC contact block against a card, and a holding voltage lowering step in which a state in which the IC contact block is pressed against the card is kept by performing chopper control of repeatedly turning on and off energization to the solenoid. The control unit performs the chopper control with a duty cycle being lowered stepwise. A duty cycle one stage before a duty cycle that is first determined to be a duty cycle in which the IC contact block is not held in a spring contact position (that is, a sensor is turned off) is stored in a storage unit. Thereafter, chopper control is performed by using the duty cycle stored in the storage unit.

A shim detection device is selectively interfaced to a portion of a chip card reader that is integrated into a terminal. The shim detection device is configured to detect when a shimmer is inserted into the chip card reader during a card transaction at the terminal and take an automated action in response thereto.

A battery-powered device with an opening for receiving a smartcard; inside the opening there being at least one electrical contact which can be used to receive power from a power supply. There is also provided a power supply for one or more of the battery-powered devices, the power supply having one or more paddles each of which is configured to enter the smartcard opening of the battery powered device and supply power from a power input, to the electrical contact(s) located inside the opening.