ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,373, issued on March 18, was assigned to NCR Atleos Corp. (Atlanta).
"Card reader foreign object detection" was invented by Shannon Louise McGrath (Perth, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A card reader includes a movable upper surface platform with a lower surface platform including one or more sensors. When there is no card transaction in progress, the upper surface platform moves toward the lower surface platform and locks in place making contact with the lower surface platform. The one or more sensor indicate whether the two surfaces are in contact with one another. When the two surfaces are not in contact with one an...