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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2006
Masahiro Ikeda, Nagano, JP;
Masahiro Ikeda, Nagano, JP;
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
An information reading apparatus includes: a transfer path for transferring an information recording medium (a passport); an image sensor which is placed in a frame constructing the transfer path and optically reads information recorded in the information recording medium (the passport); and non-contact communication antennas which send and receive information to/from an antenna or an antenna embedded in the information recording medium (the passport), through electromagnetic induction. The plurality of non-contact communication antennas are laid out in the frame constructing the transfer path.
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