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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2012
Applicants:
Daisaku Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Kouichi Ishino, Fukuoka, JP;
Takeshi Nakayama, Hyogo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 5/0093 (2013.01); H04B 5/0087 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an external medium communication system including a non-contact card, which is an external medium, and a card communication device, which is a communication device, the non-contact cardincludes a conductive unit, and the card communication deviceincludes a detection antenna unitincluding a detection output antennaand a detection input antenna. When the external mediumis mounted in a predetermined position, the card communication devicedetects that the non-contact cardis in the predetermined position by detecting that the detection output antennaand the detection input antennaare coupled by electromagnetic induction across the conducting unit