Identification card reading apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorOsamu Okuda
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Abstract
A card reading apparatus is used in an identification card system for identifying a card holder utilizing identification information recorded on an identification card. The reading apparatus is arranged to reproduce identification information recorded on the card. A display displays the reproduced identification information. After the card is discharged from the apparatus, the display is arranged to continue to display the reproduced identification information to enable the information to be checked against information printed on the card.
Claims19
A card reading apparatus for use in an identification card system for identifying a card holder utilizing identification information on a card including identification information recorded on a recording area of the card, said apparatus comprising:
- a reproducing apparatus for providing reproduced information by reproducing the identification information recorded on the recording area;
- a display for displaying a representation of the reproduced information, said display having a memory for storing the reproduced information;
- and
- a discharging mechanism for discharging the card outside of said card reading apparatus, wherein after the card is discharged outside of said card reading apparatus, said display continues to display a representation of at least some of the reproduced information.
A card reading apparatus according to any one of the preceding claims in which the card includes a visual image of the card holder.
A method of identifying a cardholder having an identification card on which identification information is recorded, the method comprising the steps of:
- using a card reading apparatus to provide reproduced information by reproducing the identification information recorded on the card;
- displaying a representation of the reproduced information on a display;
- storing the reproduced information using a memory;
- discharging the card outside the card reading apparatus;
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- continuing to display a representation of at least some of the reproduced information on the display after discharge of the card from the reading apparatus, in which the display of a representation of at least some of the reproduced information continues until another card is inserted into the card reading apparatus.
A system for identifying a card holder utilizing identification information on a card including identification information recorded on the recording area of the card, said system comprising:
- a reproducing apparatus for providing reproduced information by reproducing the identification information recorded on the recording area;
- a memory for storing the reproduced information;
- a display for displaying a representation of the reproduced information;
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- a discharging mechanism for discharging the card, wherein after the card is discharged said display continues to display a representation of at least some of the reproduced information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.