Pin Shields - Secure Pin Entry Devices - Patent Pending: WO2008/110759
Secure View Technology Ltd have invented devices that overcome the visibility problems associated with pin entry transactions by securely concealing the entry of any pin numbers or security data thus enabling a safe and secure use that can only be seen by the user.
Electronic ATM cash transactions and retail Chip & Pin transactions are being targeted by potential thieves to record the cardholder's card details by using skimming devices while at the same time in a separate operation cameras are used to view the pin number being entered as a prelude to taking money from their credit card or debit card account usually from another country.
Both the credit card details and the pin number are needed together to steal money from a cardholder's account. New patent pending technology has been developed by Secure View Technology Ltd in England to combat skimming at ATM machines and retail outlets such as petrol stations and supermarkets which has become a major threat worldwide to the financial service industry and is costing in excess of $1 billion per annum.
Secure View Technology PIN-Shields can fit all ATM/Chip & Pin models and is an anti-pin theft device which offers a unique 4 way protection to users thus securing the pin entry and which cannot be achieved by other shielding solutions offered within the industry.
The unique shielding also allows bank or retail security cameras to face pin entry activity to record criminal use on CCTV cameras thus reducing crime while larger backlit buttons can be used for partially sighted persons and likewise larger Braille buttons can be used for disabled blind use.
This applies to any data or ID verification and the innovative devices are ideal solutions for other uses such as identity cards, verified voting, outside kiosks and door entry systems. Eliminates Identity Fraud by using dual card verification with the primary card being a cardholder's ID card.
The concealment is achieved in one method by using Pin Shields that reduces the vision angle seen to the one viewed by the user and this is shown below on a Chip &. Other methods include scroll and tracker-ball systems used in conjunction with Pin-Shields where the pointing device cannot be followed.
