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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kazutaka Sakamoto, Kumamoto, JP;
Mikio Kawasaki, Kumamoto, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueta, Tamana, JP;
Sinji Arase, Tamana, JP;
Assignee:
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/00 ;
Abstract
To provide a card reader adaptable to a variety of cards and excelling in card carrying ease. The card reader includes: a card passage; a carrying unit for moving a card within the passage, a data recording/reproducing unit for at least either recording data onto or reproducing data out of the card present in the passage, an image forming unit for forming a visible image on the card, and an image erasing unit for erasing any visible image formed on the card, and has a configuration of handling cards differing in thickness.