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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2014
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Takashi Tamura, Osaka, JP;
Hirofumi Kuroki, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image forming apparatus () includes a scanner unit (U), a scanner housing (), and a contactless card reader (). The scanner unit (U) optically reads an image of an original document to generate image data. The scanner housing () accommodates the scanner unit (U). The card reader () has a flat information reading surface () and reads information recorded on an information card C. The scanner housing () has a confronting surface (F) that a user confronts. The card reader () is mounted inside the scanner housing () such that the information reading surface () takes an upstanding posture, and is disposed behind the confronting surface (F) of the scanner housing (). The confronting surface (F) of the scanner housing () includes a surface () that covers the information reading surface () and over which a card is held.