Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Ryota Minami

Kenya Yasutomi

Takeshi Goto

Bunzo Goto

Tadayuki Takanashi

Akihito Shimode

Takayuki Takahashi

Takayuki Konishi

Seiichi Watanabe

Naoki Yamamoto

Kyohei Kida

Shunjiro Takemori

Nobuyuki Gotou

A payment terminal includes a magnetic card reader slot having a magnetic head, an IC card reader slot configured to be front of a user, and a first board with a touch area for a contactless payment arranged diagonally upward toward the user. The magnetic card reader slot is arranged toward the user obliquely upward with respect to a direction parallel to the plane. The magnetic card reader slot and the IC card reader slot are arranged, so that a swipe direction of the magnetic card into the magnetic card reader slot and an insertion direction of an IC card into the IC card reader slot are substantially perpendicular to each other. The magnetic card reader slot, the IC card reader slot, and the first board are arranged in this order from the plane in a height direction.

Payment terminal

Magnetic readers that read magnetic data which is recorded on a magnetic card and a flexible cable that transfers each of the signals from the magnetic readers to a signal processing circuit side are included, branch portions that are branched off from a main body of the flexible cable and are connected to the magnetic readers, respectively, are provided in the flexible cable, the branch portions have first and second main-body portion side end portions, respectively, that extend in parallel to each other along a card sliding passage, and the main-body portion has a branch portion side end portion that intersects the card sliding passage and extends.

Magnetic card reader and transaction terminal device having the same

A light guiding device used for a reader/writer device for a noncontact communication medium is provided with a light guide plate having a transparent main body part which can transmit light inputted from an LED and a protruding part protruding from a part of an end surface of the transparent main body part. A diffusely reflecting part is provided on a lower surface side of the transparent main body part, and a first light emitting part is provided on an upper surface side of the transparent main body part. Reflecting parts are provided on an upper surface side and a lower surface side of the protruding part, and second light emitting part is provided at a leading end. of the protruding part. When the first light emitting part is covered by the noncontact communication medium, the second light emitting part can check a light emitting state.

Light guiding device, reader/writer device for noncontact communication medium, and electronic apparatus

A light guiding device can be used for a reader/writer device () for a noncontact communication medium. The light guiding device includes a light guide plate () which includes: a transparent main body part () which can transmit light inputted from an LED (); and a protruding part () which is provided so as to protrude from a part of an end surface of the transparent main body part (). A diffusely reflecting part () is provided on a lower surface side of the transparent main body part (), and a first light emitting part () is provided on an upper surface side of the transparent main body part (). Reflecting parts () are provided on an upper surface side and a lower surface side of the protruding part (), and a second light emitting part () is provided at a leading end of the protruding part (). In the case where the first light emitting part () is covered by the noncontact communication medium, the second light emitting part () makes it possible to check a light emitting state. Accordingly, the light guiding device is provided, in which the light emitting state of the light emitting part can be easily checked.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Ryota Minami