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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2011
Mamoru Mizawa, Nagano, JP;
Shinya Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Kazutoshi Ishikawa, Nagano, JP;
Ikuro Kuribayashi, Nagano, JP;
Keiji Hoson, Nagano, JP;
Mamoru Mizawa, Nagano, JP;
Shinya Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Kazutoshi Ishikawa, Nagano, JP;
Ikuro Kuribayashi, Nagano, JP;
Keiji Hoson, Nagano, JP;
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
To provide a card processing device that can accurately determine whether or not a normal card is inserted at a card insertion slot. A card processing device is equipped with a width-detecting mechanism that detects the width of a card inserted at a card insertion slot and outputs a width detection signal, a thickness-detecting mechanism that detects the thickness of the card inserted at the card insertion slot and outputs a thickness detection signal, an AND circuit to which the width-detecting mechanism and the thickness-detecting mechanism are connected and which outputs a card detection signal when the width detection signal and the thickness detection signal are input, and a computation circuit that outputs control signals to implement predetermined controls based on the card detection signal input from the AND circuit.