Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image forming apparatus with contactless card reader
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Application No.: US14781783Application Date: 2014-03-19
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Publication No.: US09807261B2Publication Date: 2017-10-31
- Inventor: Takashi Tamura , Hirofumi Kuroki
- Applicant: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Studebaker & Brackett PC
- Priority: JP2013-077822 20130403
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/057568 WO 20140319
- International Announcement: WO2014/162877 WO 20141009
- Main IPC: H04N1/00
- IPC: H04N1/00 ; G03G15/00

Abstract:
An image forming apparatus (1) includes a scanner unit (12U), a scanner housing (12), and a contactless card reader (42). The scanner unit (12U) optically reads an image of an original document to generate image data. The scanner housing (12) accommodates the scanner unit (12U). The card reader (42) has a flat information reading surface (421) and reads information recorded on an information card C. The scanner housing (12) has a confronting surface (12F) that a user confronts. The card reader (42) is mounted inside the scanner housing (12) such that the information reading surface (421) takes an upstanding posture, and is disposed behind the confronting surface (12F) of the scanner housing (12). The confronting surface (12F) of the scanner housing (12) includes a surface (41) that covers the information reading surface (421) and over which a card is held.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160057296A1 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND SCANNER Public/Granted day:2016-02-25
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