Patent ID: 6851613

Claim:
A card processor comprising: a card carrier passage comprising a plurality of pairs of carrier rollers, said plurality of pairs of carrier rollers being arranged to hold a card being carried in said passage and said plurality of pairs of carrier rollers including at least a first pair of carrier rollers and a second pair of carrier rollers; a first sensor for detecting the card, said first sensor being provided between an exterior opening of said card carrier passage and said first pair of carrier rollers; a second sensor for detecting the card, said second sensor being provided after said first pair of carrier rollers; a card carriage controller, responsive to said sensors, for controlling carriage of the card in said card carrier passage by controlling the rotation of said carrier rollers; and a card data reader for reading the card data recorded in the card which is carried in said card carrier passage, said card data reader being provided after said second pair of carrier rollers; wherein when said first sensor detects the card, said card carriage controller causes said carrier rollers to rotate in a forward direction until said second sensor detects the card; after said second sensor detects the card, the card carriage controller causes said carrier rollers to repeatedly briefly rotate in a forward direction and briefly stop, until said first sensor does not detect the card; after said first sensor does not detect the card, the card carriage controller causes said carrier rollers to rotate forward to carry the card up to a storage portion of said card processor.