Patent ID: 6010066
Filing Date: 2000-01-04
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;means for reading and writing the monetary data from and into said electronic money IC cards which are inserted into the card slot opening;means for displaying money amount of the monetary date which is read out from said inserted electronic money IC cards or which is to be written into said inserted electronic money IC cards; andmeans for manipulating the reading and writing operations of the monetary data from and into said electronic money IC cards 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 while being closely piled up with each other and shifted to each other in a direction parallel to main surface thereof;wherein said means for reading and writing the monetary data from and into said electronic money IC cards which are inserted are in plural and are positioned separately on a surface of a same substrate; andwherein said plural means for reading and writing the monetary data from and into said electronic money IC cards which inserted are into the card slot opening, are positioned at a same height on the surface of the substrate, and further is provided means for bending at least one of said electronic money IC cards within said card slot opening.