Patent ID: 6189786
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G07F

Abstract:
A portable terminal device for electronic money IC cards containing monetary data therein, comprising:a card slot opening into which a plurality of electronic money IC cards are inserted;a plurality of contact terminals which read and write monetary data from and into said electronic money IC cards which are inserted into the card slot opening;a display which displays money amount of the monetary data which is read out from said inserted electronic money IC cards or which is to be written into said inserted electronic money IC cards; anda manipulate key which indicates the reading and writing operations the monetary data from and into said electronic money IC card which are inserted into the card slot opening; wherein said card slot opening is so configured that the plurality of said electronic money IC cards are inserted into and positioned with being closely piled up with each other and shifted to each other in a direction parallel to main surface thereof, and said plurality of contact terminals are positioned separately on a surface of a same substrate which is positioned in parallel to the main surface of said inserted electric money IC cards.