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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2014
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Nishimachi, Osaka, JP;
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai, JP;
Abstract
A card reader (data read-out device) causes an image display section to display an image that indicates a predetermined portion on a display surface of a display panel, as a portion where a non-contact IC card (recording medium) is to be close. An antenna for making communications with a non-contact IC card is arranged at a portion located at the rear side of the predetermined portion on a rear surface of the display panel. In a case where a user brings a non-contact IC card close to the predetermined portion on the display surface presented as an image, the card reader reads out data from a non-contact IC card wirelessly by using an antenna. A user can identify a portion where a recording medium is to be brought close without turning his/her gaze away from the display surface of the card reader. Therefore, it is possible to bring a recording medium close to a proper position so as to enable reading out data.