Universal Smart Card

• US 20080164325A1
• Filed: 12/31/2007
• Published: 07/10/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Matteo Amoroso
• Original Assignee: Matteo Amoroso
• Inventors: Borracci, Fabrizio
• Granted Patent: US 7,946,501 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/492
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0718 the sensor being of the biometric kind, e.g. fingerprint sensors fingerprint sensors in general G06V40/13; biometric access-control systems in general, see G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0723 the record carrier comprising an arrangement for non-contact communication, e.g. wireless communication circuits on transponder cards, non-contact smart cards or RFIDs
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07703 the interface being visual
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/204 comprising interface for record bearing medium or carrier for electronic funds transfer or payment credit
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/367 involving electronic purses or money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication

Abstract

Universal electronic card, of the smart card or intelligent card type, similar to a form of plastic card, with integrated circuital elements which are integrated in the thickness of the stratified card and with in it at least one microchip, structured integrally with: i—a microprocessor associated to a memory; ii—an interchangeable flat battery within the card-thickness able to power-supply the said microprocessor and the said memory; iii—at least one data transmission device connected to the said microprocessor and/or to the said memory; iv—one fingerprint reader device integrated in it and to the processor system to read the imprint of the user, checking its authenticity before allowing the access at its various functions.

Claims

1. A smart card working method wherein the smart card has the form of plastic card, with integrated circuital elements which are integrated in the thickness of the stratified card and with in it at least one microchip, of the type having at least the following components:

i—

a microprocessor associated to a static memory;

ii—

an interchangeable flat battery within the card-thickness able to power-supply said microprocessor and said memory;

iii—

at least one data transmission device connected to said microprocessor and/or to said memory, and further having;

iv—

a fingerprint reader means, said fingerprint reader means being connected to the processor system to read the imprint of the user, checking its authenticity before allowing the access to its various functions.

v—

at least one antenna connected to the said data transmission device is further provided in it.

vi—

said data transmission device is a Bluetooth module.

vii—

said data transmission device is a WIFI module with transceiver and Baseband.

viii—

said microprocessor is integrated with the said memory by a microcontroller.

ix—

a screen with ON/OFF and/or programming control.

x—

said screen is a LCD liquid crystal display,

characterised for the following operation mode;

a) start happens when the energy source is connected to the circuit;

b) at this time the card is off, thus it does not consume energy;

c) the activation can be carried out through a programming key or by transmission key;

d) when the programming key is activated, the card comes into programming modality, which means that the received data are stored in the memory;

e) when the reception and the storing are completed, the card will stop automatically;

f) otherwise when one presses a transmission key, the data contained in the memory start to be transmitted;

g) at the end of the transmission the card goes OFF for saving energy and returns to the initial state.