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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:
Dec. 25, 2000
Filed:
May. 04, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Takashi Suga, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshihiko Hayashi, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Kouichi Uesaka, Yokohama, JP;
Masami Makuuchi, Yokohama, JP;
Ryozo Yoshino, Hadano, JP;
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235380 ; 235375 ; 235450 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a power transmission/communication system for transmitting power from a reader and/or writer to an IC card by an electromagnetic wave and performing transmission or transmission and reception of a communication signal between the reader and/or writer and the IC card by an electromagnetic wave, wherein the intensity of a magnetic field induced by the electromagnetic wave outputted from the reader and/or writer, i.e., the magnitude of power induced thereby and the time required to transmit the power are controlled.