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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2000
Fumiyuki Inose, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Satoshi Kawamura, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Shin Shimizu, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaneko, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Fumiyuki Inose, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Satoshi Kawamura, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Shin Shimizu, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaneko, Tsukuba-gun, JP;
Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An information input/output unit according to the present invention includes a receiving cavity capable of accommodating therein two different species of noncontact information media having shapes differing from each other and an antenna part capable of performing communication by radio with the noncontact information media. The unit can communicate with a close-fit-type noncontact information medium without fail and preferably with predetermined degree of freedom for the shapes of the media.