Patent ID: 8149123

Claim:
A wireless communications apparatus, comprising: a second communications unit that uses electromagnetic waves to perform wireless communications with a recording medium having a first communications unit and a display, the first communications unit storing information; a write unit configured to write image data to the display; and a housing that houses a portion of the recording medium, the portion including the first communications unit, wherein the second communications unit is provided at a position that faces the first communications unit housed in the housing; the housing has a first electromagnetic wave absorbing member that absorbs radiation of electromagnetic waves from inside to outside, and absorbs radiation of electromagnetic waves from the second communications unit in a direction other than towards the first communications unit of the recording medium in a state housed in the housing; the recording medium has a second electromagnetic wave absorbing member, the second electromagnetic wave absorbing member disposed between the first communications unit and the display when the first communications unit is housed by the housing; and the first electromagnetic wave absorbing member and the second electromagnetic wave absorbing member combine to cover the first communications unit and the second communications unit when the first communications unit is housed in the housing.