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Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009

Filed:

Oct. 15, 2004
Applicants:

Yuka Matsushita, Higashihiroshima, JP;

Futoshi Nakabe, Hiroshima, JP;

Eiji Ueda, Toyota-gun, JP;

Inventors:

Yuka Matsushita, Higashihiroshima, JP;

Futoshi Nakabe, Hiroshima, JP;

Eiji Ueda, Toyota-gun, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A contactless integrated circuit (IC) card () is comprised of the following: a first antenna coil () and a second antenna coil () for generating an electromotive force by receiving electromagnetic waves from a reader/writer; a first electromotive force measuring unit () and a second electromotive force measuring unit () for respectively measuring the electromotive force generated by each of the antenna coils; an electromotive force comparing unit () for comparing the characteristics of the electromotive forces which are respectively generated by the respective antenna coils and then measured; and an application selecting/executing unit () for selecting one application from a program storing unit () based on the comparison made by the electromotive force comparing unit () and executing the selected application.


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