IC card case and IC card unit
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorHiroki Takao
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Abstract
An IC card case storing an IC card in a case body which has an opening part formed on one side plate thereof and a fingerprint sensor set up on an internal side of other side plate thereof in a manner of facing inside the opening part, the case body includes: a case side control controlling the fingerprint sensor and performing communications with the IC card; and a power source supplying power to the case side control, wherein the case body is constituted such that when storing the IC card inside the case body, the IC card covers over the fingerprint sensor facing the opening part.
Claims7
An IC card case storing an IC card in a case body which has an opening part formed on one side plate thereof and a fingerprint sensor set up on an internal side of other side plate thereof in a manner of facing inside the opening part, the case body comprising:
- a case side control controlling the fingerprint sensor and carrying out communications with the IC card;
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- a power source supplying power to the case side control, wherein the case body is constituted such that when storing the IC card inside the case body, the IC card covers over the fingerprint sensor facing the opening part.
An IC card unit having an IC card and an IC card case storing the IC card in the case body, the IC card case comprising:
- an opening part provided on one side plate of the case body;
- a fingerprint sensor provided on an inner side of other side plate of the case body in a manner of facing inside the opening part;
- a case side control controlling the fingerprint sensor and carrying out communications with the IC card;
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- a card side control converting the IC card from a inactive status to an active status through communications with the case side control, wherein the case body is constituted such that when the IC card is stored inside the case body, the IC card is in a manner of covering above the fingerprint sensor facing inside the opening part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.