Payment Terminal Housing Angles for Card Reader Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing electronic payment devices have limited functionality and do not fully leverage advances in digital technology, primarily focusing on transaction validation rather than providing comprehensive transaction security and convenience.
Innovation Solution
A payment terminal with a housing design that includes a contactless card reader, magnetic stripe card reader, and a main circuit board with a processor, memory, and communication capabilities, featuring a flexible connector for contactless payment functionality, a virtual keyboard, and additional features like a camera, light sensor, and accelerometer, enabling advanced transaction management and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a payment terminal integrates multiple card reading functionalities (contactless, magnetic stripe, contact chip) and advanced digital features (camera, light sensor, accelerometer, virtual keyboard), then transaction security and convenience are enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates multiple card reading functionalities (contactless reader, magnetic stripe reader, contact chip reader) and digital features (camera, light sensor, accelerometer, virtual keyboard) into a single payment terminal device. This merging of previously separate functions into one unified device enhances transaction security through multiple verification methods while improving user convenience, though it inherently increases device complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The payment terminal is designed with universal multi-functionality to support various payment methods (contactless cards, magnetic stripe cards, contact chip cards) and additional features (camera for event recording, light sensor for ambient light detection, accelerometer for orientation detection, virtual keyboard for secure input). This multi-functional design allows the single device to perform diverse transaction-related tasks, enhancing both security and convenience
2Ease of operation
If the housing design includes extensions forming angles between 30° and 50° to receive contactless and contact card readers, then card reading functionality is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The housing design specifies angle parameters (θ1 and θ2 between 30° and 50°) for the extensions that receive the card readers. By defining specific angular parameter ranges rather than fixed values, the design accommodates manufacturing tolerances while ensuring proper functionality. This parameter-based approach balances ease of card insertion with practical manufacturing capabilities
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AI summary
The invention relates to a payment terminal with a housing comprising a flat upper face with an extension at one end forming an angle θ2 of between 30 and 50° with the flat face in order to receive a contactless reading device for contactlessly reading and communicating with contactless payment means, the other end of the flat face comprising a magnetic-strip card reader and receiving a contact-based chip card reader in a slot situated above the magnetic-strip card reader and forming an angle θ1 of between 30 and 50° with the flat face, said terminal comprising a main circuit card comprising at least one controller, at least one memory for storing data and/or programs, said controller comprising at least one processor for executing said programs when it receives instructions from the memory of the controller so as to control at least one display device displaying a virtual keyboard, means for communication through the Internet or through Wi-Fi, and a contact-based or contactless card-reading functionality, the terminal being characterized in that said card comprises, at one end, a connector for a contact-based card, oriented at an angle θ1 of between 30 and 50° with the flat surface of the card and, at the other end, a flexible connector for connecting a wired antenna for a contactless payment means reading functionity at an angle θ2 of between 30 and 50° with the flat surface of the card.