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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2003
Applicant:
Hideaki Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Hideaki Kojima, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07B 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A card processing system using an IC card that is capable of exchanging information through the electrical contact with the on-board unit installed in a vehicle using a toll road and the wireless communication with an antenna unit installed at the roadside of a toll road includes a first processing unit to execute the process through the wireless communication with an on-board unit with an IC card inserted so as to electrically contact the on-board unit and a second processing unit to execute the process through the wireless communication with the IC card when an error is generated in the process by the first processing unit.