Patent ID: 6283368
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
A high speed customizing machine comprising a transfer device for transferring portable objects along a predetermined path, each portable object having a contact connector, a contactless connector or both contact and contactless connectors, each said portable object incorporating an integrated circuit having at least one memory, a moving platform having a plurality of hybrid connection devices each comprised of a contact connector and a contactless connector positioned after movement of said platform transversely to the path of the portable objects transferred by the transfer device into confronting relation with the portable objects, each of said hybrid connection devices being connected to a respective electronic card, each electronic card being connected to a computer dedicated to customization and comprising a microprocessor for executing a customization program loaded into a memory of said electronic card for customizing each portable object confronting each hybrid connection device, said customization program recognizing the type of each said portable object as having contact, contactless or both contact and contactless connectors for customization of each said portable object via a bus, said bus being connected to a predetermined connector of said contact or contactless connector of each said hybrid connection device in accordance with the recognized type of connector on the portable object.