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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Junji Ohwa, Nagano, JP;
Kenji Hirasawa, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Sankyo Seiki Mfg.Co., Ltd., Nakano-ken, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235475 ; 235441 ; 235486 ; 902 31 ; 194351 ;
Abstract
A card reading system comprises a card insertion portion, a shutter for preventing foreign matter insertion and the like, a driving path for direction of an inserted card and a main card reading device. The system includes, as an improvement, a detection device for determining a condition of the shutter during a card reading operation and for providing an output signal of the determination and a device responsive to the output signal for indicating that the shutter is in an improper condition when foreign matter is inserted in the driving path.