Portable electronic device

A tablet-type portable electronic device comprising:

• a plate-shaped housing;
• a touch panel and display unit provided to a front surface of the housing;
• and
• a reading unit that is integrally configured with the housing and performs reading processing of a card related to payment,
• wherein the housing is substantially rectangular in a front view of the portable electronic device,
• wherein the portable electric device includes a contact-type IC reading unit that performs reading processing of a contact-type IC card serving as the card, a magnetic reading unit that performs reading processing of a magnetic card serving as the card, and a non-contact-type IC reading unit that performs reading processing of a non-contact-type IC card serving as the card,
• wherein the contact-type IC reading unit has a contact-type IC sensor that acquires electronic information from an IC chip of the contact-type IC card, and an IC insertion groove provided in the housing for guiding the IC chip of the contact-type IC card to a position of the IC sensor,
• wherein the magnetic reading unit includes a magnetic sensor that acquires magnetic information from a magnetic recording part of the magnetic card, and a magnetic insertion groove provided in the housing for guiding the magnetic recording part of the magnetic card to a position of the magnetic sensor,
• wherein the contact-type IC reading unit and the magnetic reading unit are arranged to a side of one vertical lateral surface along a shorter direction of the housing, as well as opening to an outer side in a longer direction of the housing and being concaved with a bottom to an inner side in the longer direction, and
• wherein the non-contact-type IC reading unit is arranged to a side of the one vertical lateral surface or another vertical lateral surface along the shorter side of the housing, and can read a non-contact-type IC card arranged at the front surface of the housing.