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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2008
Toshikazu Yoshida, Yamato, JP;
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ohara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Toshikazu Yoshida, Yamato, JP;
Hidenori Shiba, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kaji, Tokyo, JP;
Takao Yamauchi, Tokyo, JP;
Fumihiro Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Nishino, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Ohara, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Terada, Tokyo, JP;
Sega Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Embodiments describe a card stack reader having an imaging unit which reads an image from a peripheral side portion of a stack of cards, each card having a read code along a peripheral side edge thereof, the read code indentifying the card, and a code recognizing unit which recognizes the read code of each from the image read by the imaging unit.