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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2014
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, Suwa-gun, Nagano, JP;
Jo Tanaka, Nagano, JP;
Shinya Miyazawa, Nagano, JP;
Akihiro Negishi, Nagano, JP;
Yohei Shimizu, Nagano, JP;
Kazuto Saeki, Nagano, JP;
NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION, Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A card reader for use with a card incorporated with an IC chip may include an insertion port into which the card is inserted; a metal detection mechanism structured to detect an external connection terminal of the IC chip provided in the card; and a tip end detection mechanism structured to detect a tip end in an inserting direction of the card inserted into the insertion port. The metal detection mechanism and the tip end detection mechanism may be disposed so that, when the tip end detection mechanism detects the tip end in the inserting direction of the card inserted into the insertion port in a correct posture, the metal detection mechanism detects the external connection terminal.