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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:
Mar. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Matsumoto, Yokohama, JP;
Shigeyuki Itoh, Zushi, JP;
Yutaka Takami, Yokohama, JP;
Masayuki Inoue, Fujisawa, JP;
Koichi Yoneta, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuharu Inamitsu, Chigasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 5/00 ;
Abstract
A machine data acquisition system connected to a machine, for acquiring data on an internal status of the machine, and for use with an IC card having storage. The machine data acquisition system comprises an IC card accepting device which accepts the IC card, a machine data acquisition device which acquires data on the internal status of the connected machine, and a card writer which writes data acquired by the machine data acquisition device into the storage in the IC card.