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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Nidec Instruments Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Munemasa Momose, Nagano, JP;
Yasuhiro Kitazawa, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC INSTRUMENTS CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A card reader includes an IC contact block in electrical contact with a communication terminal of an IC card, and a plurality of sensors which are optical sensors provided in a conveyance path. When the IC card is positioned relative to the IC contact block, the card reader executes a first conveyance step for conveying the IC card inserted into an insertion opening to a farthest side of the conveyance path and a second conveyance step for reversing a conveyance direction after the first conveyance step, then further conveying the IC card by a predetermined distance when the first sensor detects an end portion of the IC card on an insertion opening side, and stopping conveying the IC card.
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