Portable mechanical switch for selective deactivation of radio frequency identification circuits

摘要

Systems and methods for providing security for authentication devices—such as electronically readable cards or ID badges with embedded RFID chips or NFC capability—may include an envelope or pocket-like case for carrying an electronically readable card, having an electrically conductive, non-opaque sleeve that can be moved to cover or expose the electronically readable card and that prevents information on the card from being electronically read when covered yet still allows the card to be seen when covered. In one or more embodiments, the sleeve may be a wire mesh that is flexible enough to be compressed to expose the card yet stiff (or rigid) enough to be extended to cover the card and that is transparent enough to allow reading visual information on the surface of the card when covering the card. Protection can be switched off by a mechanical switch that leaves the protection normally on.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a case having an opening for inserting an authentication device and an inside shaped to accept the authentication device, wherein the case allows the authentication device to remain visible when the authentication device is inside the case; a flexible, electrically conductive sheath inside the case; and a sleeve inside the case for holding the authentication device inside the sleeve, wherein: the sheath has a first position and a second position, and is readily moveable between the two positions, and the sheath surrounds the sleeve so that the sheath remains between the case and sleeve when moving between the first position and the second position, wherein:
in the first position, when the authentication device is inside the case, the electrically conductive sheath encloses the authentication device and the authentication device remains visible through the sheath; andin the second position, the sheath does not enclose the authentication device.