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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Suwa-gun, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/08 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/087 (2013.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01); G06K 7/00 (2013.01); G06K 7/0056 (2013.01); G06K 7/0091 (2013.01);
Abstract
A card reader for use with a card may include a data signal circuit pattern structured to transmit at least one of a data signal read from a card and a data signal to be recorded to the card; and a breakage detection circuit pattern structured to detect at least one of its own disconnection and its own short-circuit. The data signal circuit pattern is disposed within a protected region that is a region surrounded from all directions by the breakage detection circuit pattern.