US 11,704,530 B2
Physical card with embossed characters for improved security
Jennifer Chu, San Francisco, CA (US); Alexander Golovanov, Lafayette, CA (US); and Jonatan Yucra Rodriguez, Allentown, PA (US)
Assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Aug. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/401,351.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052459 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/077 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/0772 (2013.01) [G06K 19/06196 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A physical card comprising:
a substantially planar body bounded by a continuous peripheral edge, the body comprising a front surface, a back surface, and one or more side surfaces, the front surface comprising:
a background formed primarily in a first color; and
a plurality of embossed characters each having one or more front surfaces aligned substantially in parallel relative to the background and one or more second side surfaces extending from the background at a lower edge to the front surface at an upper edge, wherein the one or more front surfaces of at least a first embossed character of the plurality of embossed characters are formed primarily in a second color different from the first color and the one or more second side surfaces of at least the first embossed character are formed primarily in the first color to limit a viewing angle of the plurality of embossed characters,
wherein the one or more front surfaces form one or more characters, the one or more second side surfaces protrude beyond the one or more front surfaces, and the one or more front surfaces are visible from a first angle and obscured from a second angle that is different from the first angle.