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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2025
Nidec Instruments Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Munemasa Momose, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
In a card reader, in a card moving step performed when activation of an IC chip fails in a first activation attempt step, a card is transported and stopped within a range where IC contact springs in contact with external connection terminals do not come off the external connection terminals, with an IC contact block positioned in a contactable position where the IC contact springs are allowed to contact the external connection terminals of the card. In such a card reader, in a second activation attempt step after the card moving step, the card is stopped within a range where the card is moved in the card moving step, then to attempt to activate the IC chip.
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