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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2009
Hitoshi Asaka, Osaka, JP;
Hitoshi Asaka, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Mita Corporation, , JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a connection unit for connecting a card accepting device that outputs a card presence signal when the card for using the electronic device has been inserted and ejects the card by at least control with the electronic device; a detection unit that receives the card presence signal and detects that the card has been inserted into the card accepting device; a notification unit that notifies that the card has been inserted into the card accepting device; an operation key; and a control unit for notifying that the card has been inserted into the card accepting device and instructing the card accepting device to eject the card, if it is determined that the detection unit has detected that the card has been inserted into the card accepting device when no operation of the operation key has been accepted within a preset time after a job is completed.
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