Patent ID: 6309098
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: G07F

Abstract:
A contactless-smart-IC-card receive & read-write mechanism for an electronic-type on-street parking meter, comprising a nested-type cartridge set mounted in a housing of said parking meter and a detecting switch;said nested-type cartridge set including a card read-write unit and a card receiver into which said IC card is inserted;said card read-write unit including electronic induction means that is separate from said card receiver and is not exposed to external environment and is therefore not subject to damage or failure possibly caused by dust and rainwater brought in by an IC card inserted said card receiver, and said electronic induction means achieving signal transmission to and from said IC card through induction by electromagnetic wave;said card receiver being removably nested in said card read-write unit, such that it can be easily removed from said read-write unit for maintenance, repair or replacement purpose; andsaid detecting switch being mounted on said card read-write unit within an area corresponding to said IC card that has been correctly inserted into said card receiver;whereby said card read-write unit is normally in a standby state that consumes only a very low power and is actuated from said standby state only in two conditions, a first of which being when an IC card is inserted into said card receiver and detected by said detecting switch, so that data on said inserted IC card could be read by said card read-write unit, and a second of said two conditions for actuating said card read-write unit being when a password for said inserted IC card has been verified as correct, so that data stored in said inserted IC card could be read and overwritten by said card read-write unit.