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US 2004/0164150 A1Published application
Reader for IC mounted magnetic card
AssigneeToshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorHidekazu Mori
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Abstract
A magnetic card reader has a transfer section in which a magnetic head and an IC card reading section are arranged. A judging means for judging whether or not the card transferred in the transfer section is a cleaning card for cleaning the IC card contact point of the IC card reading section is arranged in the magnetic card reader.
Claims13
A reader for IC mounted magnetic card, comprising:
- a transfer section constructed to transfer a magnetic card or an IC card inserted into the reader for an IC mounted magnetic card through an insertion port;
- a magnetic head for reading the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic card;
- an IC card reading section constructed to be brought into contact with an IC contact point of the IC card so as to read data recorded in the IC;
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- judging means for judging the kind of card as to whether the inserted card is a cleaning card for cleaning the IC card contact point.
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A reader for IC mounted magnetic card, comprising:
- a transfer section constructed to transfer a magnetic card or an IC card;
- a magnetic head for reading the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic card;
- an IC card reading section constructed to be brought into contact with the IC contact point of the IC card so as to read the data recorded in the IC;
- a cleaning card for cleaning an IC contact point of the IC card, said cleaning card being a cleaning card used exclusively for cleaning the IC card and including a magnetic tape storing a discriminator indicating that the inserted cleaning card is a cleaning card for cleaning at least the IC contact point of the IC card;
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- judging means judging, based on the magnetic information read by the magnetic head, that the inserted cleaning card is a cleaning card for cleaning the IC contact point of the IC card.
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A reader for IC mounted magnetic card, comprising:
- a scanner section;
- a transfer section constructed to transfer a magnetic card or an IC card;
- a magnetic head for reading the magnetic information recorded on the magnetic card;
- an IC card reading section constructed to be brought into contact with the IC contact point of the IC card so as to read data recorded in the IC;
- a cleaning card used exclusively for cleaning the IC card and including a magnetic tape;
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- judging means for judging based on the result of detection of the scanner section that the inserted card is a cleaning card for cleaning the IC contact point of the IC card.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.