Title :
New technologies in credit card authentication
Author :
De Bruyne, Pieter
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Commun. Technol., ETH Zentrum-KT, Zurich, Switzerland
Abstract :
A description is presented of a card for accessing information indirectly using only a bar code. An intelligent card reader is required to retrieve information regarding the cardholder. Magnetic stripe memories are sufficiently large to hold name, number, and about 50 b of reference information for signature verification. Signature verification using dynamic features has been realized with a higher accuracy than that achieved by visual inspection. It appears that a battery-powered single chip microprocessor card reader, and piezoelectric pad for recording the signature dynamics can be combined into a low cost unit. This unit could replace the present roller-printing device. The large number of these units which are required will reduce their cost
Keywords :
bank data processing; computerised pattern recognition; credit transactions; security of data; authentication; bar code; credit card; intelligent card reader; signature dynamics; signature verification; Authentication; Communications technology; Companies; Costs; Credit cards; Handwriting recognition; Inspection; Law; Legal factors; Marketing and sales;
Conference_Titel :
Security Technology, 1990. Crime Countermeasures, Proceedings. IEEE 1990 International Carnahan Conference on
Conference_Location :
Lexington, KY
DOI :
10.1109/CCST.1990.111375
