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IC card reader/writer apparatus

US4709136A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 3, 1986
Grant dateNov 24, 1987
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Expiry dateJun 3, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09B7/02
  • WIPO fieldControl
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An IC card reader/writer apparatus includes at least two contactors in which IC cards are inserted, respectively, card detecting means for detecting that at least two IC cards have been loaded, and collating means for verifying that correct cipher codes of the two IC cards coincide with those inputted externally, respectively, wherein access to the contents stored in the IC cards is allowed only when the collation results in coincidence.

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