PLASTIC CARD PRINTING SYSTEMS WITH TEMPERATURE AND PIXEL DENSITY COMPENSATION

    公开(公告)号:US20220126610A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17452665

    申请日:2021-10-28

    发明人: Ethan Yanna

    IPC分类号: B41J13/12 B41J2/325 B41J2/365

    摘要: Thermal printing on plastic cards where the energization of each individually energizable heating element of a thermal printhead is adjusted based on a temperature of the thermal printhead and a density of the pixel to be printed. For each pixel, the printhead temperature and the pixel density of a pixel to be printed are used to adjust the strobe pulse length that energizes the heating element to print that pixel. By compensating for both printhead temperature and pixel density, a tighter tolerance of the resulting printed densities is achieved.

    CARD PRINTING MECHANISM WITH CARD RETURN PATH

    公开(公告)号:US20220121899A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-21

    申请号:US17646548

    申请日:2021-12-30

    摘要: Card processing mechanisms and methods whereby after a card has been processed on one surface thereof at a card processing station such as, but not limited to, a card printing mechanism, the card can be recirculated back upstream of the card processing station along a return card travel path that is separate from the primary card travel path through the card processing station where the card can then be reintroduced back into the primary card travel path and transported through the card processing station a second time. As the card is being returned along the return card travel path, the card can be flipped over so that when the card is transported back through the card processing station, the opposite surface of the card can be processed.

    PRINT RIBBON RESIDUAL IMAGE SCRAMBLING TECHNIQUES USING METADATA

    公开(公告)号:US20220105733A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-07

    申请号:US17489136

    申请日:2021-09-29

    IPC分类号: B41J3/28 B41J2/32

    摘要: Techniques for scrambling residual images left behind on print ribbons due to printing on plastic cards or passports. A string of characters to be printed onto a plastic card is divided into character subsets. Metadata is assigned to each character subset, with the metadata defining the print sequence and location on the plastic card of each character subset. The character subsets are then printed on the plastic card in the sequence and the locations determined by the metadata. The sequence of characters in a residual image left on the print ribbon after printing of the character string differs from the sequence of the characters in the character string printed on the plastic card or passport.

    Collapsible ribbon supply cartridge

    公开(公告)号:US11285750B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US16577402

    申请日:2019-09-20

    IPC分类号: B41J33/24 B41M5/00 B41J32/00

    摘要: A ribbon supply cartridge for use in a card personalization machine. The ribbon supply cartridge is manually adjustable by a user before installation into the card personalization machine from a first, collapsed (or pre-use) configuration to a second, extended or open (or use) configuration. When the ribbon supply cartridge is adjusted from the first configuration to the second configuration, a distance between the supply and take-up is increased. The first, collapsed configuration may be useful for packaging or shipping the ribbon supply cartridge whereby the collapsed configuration reduces the size of the packaging or shipping box containing the ribbon supply cartridge. When the ribbon supply cartridge is to be used, the user can manually adjust the ribbon supply cartridge to the open configuration and then install the ribbon supply cartridge in the card personalization machine.

    Inkjet printing on plastic cards
    25.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11241894B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-08

    申请号:US17029625

    申请日:2020-09-23

    IPC分类号: B41J11/00 B41J3/407

    摘要: Inkjet printing on a plastic card using a radiation curable ink is described herein. After the ink is applied to the card surface (i.e. the printed surface), radiation, such as UV radiation, is directed onto a non-printed surface of the card (for example, a perimeter side edge surface and/or a surface of the plastic card opposite the printed surface the radiation curable ink is applied to) in order to at least partially cure any of the applied ink that may have flowed onto or that may otherwise be disposed on the non-printed surface. This prevents contamination of a drive mechanism used to transport the plastic card via the perimeter side edge surfaces or via the opposite surface prior to full curing of the ink applied to the printed surface.

    CRYPTOGRAPHIC OBJECT MANAGEMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE REMOTE SITES

    公开(公告)号:US20210342456A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-04

    申请号:US17337078

    申请日:2021-06-02

    IPC分类号: G06F21/60 H04L9/08

    摘要: A cryptographic object management system is provided that includes physically separated first and second object management sites. The first and second object management sites each respectively include HSMs, a HSM server connected to each of the HSMs, and a persistent layer connected to the HSM server. The HSM servers respectively manage operation of each of the HSMs. The HSM server of the first object management site includes an object manager module that manages and controls the cryptographic object management system. The persistent layers respectively store cryptographic objects for use by the HSMs. Each of the HSMs respectively performs crypto-processing on one or more of the cryptographic objects.

    PRINTER IDENTITY AND SECURITY
    28.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210064767A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-04

    申请号:US17096564

    申请日:2020-11-12

    摘要: A system and method for establishing a secure identity for a printing device at the time of manufacturing is provided. The method includes obtaining a first private key for use with a first operation of the printing device and obtaining a second private key for use with a second operation of the printing device. The method also includes loading the first private key into a secure memory portion of the printing device during manufacturing of the printing device, and loading the second private key into the secure memory portion of the printing device during manufacturing of the printing device.

    ACCOUNT AND PAYMENT PROCESSING PLATFORM
    29.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240303631A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-12

    申请号:US18599979

    申请日:2024-03-08

    IPC分类号: G06Q20/34

    CPC分类号: G06Q20/3563

    摘要: An account and payment processing platform is provided. The platform exposes standardized APIs to financial institutions and application providers, and manages third-party system integrations. Individual financial institutions or application providers are mapped to corresponding core banking or switch network systems, and the mapping may be reconfigured without requiring redevelopment by those application providers or financial institutions to accommodate a new integration that might otherwise be required.