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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. 12, 1991
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoshinori Oogita, Nara, JP;
Sigeaki Masuzawa, Nara, JP;
Assignee:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
34082556 ; 34082533 ; 34082534 ; 235380 ;
Abstract
A key-lock system and method for use in an IC card with a display portion and the like, which is so arranged to render input from a keyboard, to be in an inhibited state by detecting that a plurality of keys for the keyboard were depressed in a predetermined order, and also to render the inhibited state of input from the keyboard, to be in a released state by detecting that the plurality of keys of the keyboard were depressed in another predetermined order.