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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
May. 05, 1986
Hidekiyo Kushima, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A reader/writer for IC card according to the present invention is for carrying out transfer of information between the IC card by supplying an operating power to the IC card through its connection with the IC card, and it comprises a power supply circuit for supplying an operating power to the IC card, a current limiting circuit connected in series to the power supply circuit, for limiting the current that is supplied from the power supply circuit to the IC card to values below a predetermined value, an abnormality detection circuit for detecting abnormality in the supply of the operating power to the IC card, and a control circuit which supplies a first operating power from the power supply circuit to the portable recording medium via the current limiting circuit, when the IC card is first connected, and controls to supply a second operating power which is larger than the first operating power to the IC card from the power supply circuit, only when the supply of the first operating power is found normal without detection of abnormality by the abnormality detection circuit.
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