US Patent Issued to BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING on July 7 for "Data input device comprising means for detecting a spy device, and corresponding detection method and computer program" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,793, issued on July 7, was assigned to BANKS AND ACQUIRERS INTERNATIONAL HOLDING (Suresnes, France).

"Data input device comprising means for detecting a spy device, and corresponding detection method and computer program" was invented by Maxime Goulon (Chatuzange-le-Goubet, France), Gregory Michiel (Chabeuil, France) and Dominique Testu (Saint-Peray, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data input device including a keypad. The data input device includes at least one proximity sensor positioned within a housing formed in an element of the device forming a projection in the vicinity of the keypad, the proximity sensor being oriented...