CARD READING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

A card reading system (Fig. 1b) includes a receiving arrangement (152) configured to sequentially receive cards from an upstream process and positi on the cards to be read and a card reader/writer (154) that comprises a first reader configured to read card information from cards a first time and a second reader configured to read card information from cards a second time, wherein the second reader is positioned such that the information is read by the second reader after the information is read by the first reader. The car d reading system also includes a processor (158) that compares the card information as read by the first reader to the card information as read by t he second reader and rejects the card if the card information is inconsistent.< /SDOAB>