ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,047, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Synchrony Bank (Stamford, Conn.).
"Systems and methods for reading flat cards" was invented by Brian Yang (Stamford, Conn.) and Michael Storiale (Stamford, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods that enable scanning of any type of card regardless of the shape and design of a given card and/or a font, a shape and a format with which characters such as numbers, letters and symbols are printed on the cards including cards with non-embossed characters printed thereon. In one example, a method includes scanning a card, the card including at lea...