Patent ID: 7337979

Claim:
A card case, which encases an IC card having a functional section that contains a biometric information-acquiring portion for acquiring biometric information and carries out communication with an outer part of the card when the biometric information acquired at the biometric information-acquiring portion is authenticated and having a power section that supplies power to the functional section, the card case comprising: a case body that can encase the IC card and has an opening at a position two-dimensionally overlapping with the biometric information-acquiring portion so that the biometric information-acquiring portion of the encased IC card is exposed outside the case; a lid that covers the opening and is capable of opening and closing; a functional section electrode that is provided on the case body and is electrically connected to the functional section of the IC card encased in the case body; a power section electrode that is provided on the case body and is electrically connected to the power section of the IC card encased in the case body; and a connection section that electrically connects the functional section electrode with the power section electrode in a state that the lid is open.