Patent ID: 6802452
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
An improved card scanner for imaging and decoding indicia on a side surface of a card, comprising:means to communicate electrical power to components of said card scanner; means to maintain a card bearing indicia on least one side surface, in a defined path into and out of said card scanner; said defined path having a beginning point and a termination point; means to capture an electric image of said indicia as said card travels in said defined path; means to trigger said means to capture electronic images to capture a first image of said indicia, when said card translates in said defined path from said beginning point toward said termination point; means to detect said card reaching said termination point; means to decode said first image when said card reaches said termination point and determine if said first image is in a complete state or an incomplete state; means to communicate said image in said complete state to a remote computing device, means to trigger said means to capture an electronic image to capture a second image of said indicia, as said card travels in said defined path from said termination point to removal at said beginning point, should said means to decode said electronic image determine said first image is in said incomplete state when said card reaches said termination point; and said means to decode said electronic image additionally capable of assembling said complete image from said first image and said second image.