Card identification system

Claim 2

A card identification system characterized by comprising: an identification card (5) having first and second memory means (6, 5c) storing first and second identification data, respectively; an identification terminal (1) having first read means (11) for reading out the first identification data stored in said first memory means (6), second read means (10) for reading out the second identification data stored in said second memory means (5c), data selection means (24) for sequentially selecting the first and second identification data read out by said first and second read means (11, 10), and third memory means (23d) for storing at least one of the first and second identification data selected by said data selection means (24); and identification means (23a, 23f) for identifying the identification data stored in said third memory means (23d) with predetermined identification data.

Claim 3

The system according to claim 1, characterized in that said first memory means (6) includes a magnetic recording medium (6), and said first read means (11) includes a magnetic head (11).

Claim 4

The system according to claim 2, characterized in that said second memory means (5c) includes a semiconductor memory device (5c), and said second read means (10) includes a probe means (10).

Claim 5

The system according to claim 3, characterized in that said identification means includes a first identification circuit (23f) for identifying the first identification data, being provided in the identification terminal (1), and said identification means further includes a second identification circuit (5e) for identifying the second identification data, being provided in said identification card (5).

Claim 6

The system according to claim 4, characterized in that said identification card (5) includes an EP-ROM (5c) for storing data to be identified with said second identification data.

Claim 7

A card identification system characterized by comprising: an identification card (5) having first and second memory means (6, 5c) storing first and second identification data, respectively; an identification terminal (1) having first read means (11) for reading out the first identification data stored in said first memory means (6), second read means (10) for reading out the second identification data stored in said second memory means (5c), transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a, 26) for moving at least one of said first and second read means (11, 10) relative to said first and second memory means (6, 5c) of said identification card (5), data selection means (24) for sequentially selecting the first and second identification data read by said first and second read means (11, 10) upon detection of relative movement by said transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a, 26), and third memory means (23d) for storing at least one of the first and second identification data selected by said data selection means (24); and identification means (23) for identifying the identification data stored in said third memory means (23d) with predetermined identification data.

Claim 8

A card identification system characterized by comprising: an identification card (5) having first and second memory means (6, 5c) storing first and second identification data, respectively; an identification terminal (1) having first read means (11) for reading out the first identification data stored in said first memory means (6), second read means (10) for reading out the second identification data stored in said second memory means (5c), transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a, 26) for moving at least one of said first and second read means (11, 10) relative to said first and second memory means (6, 5c) of said identification card (5), data selection means (24) for sequentially selecting the first and second identification data read by said first and second read means (11, 10) upon detection of relative movement by said transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a, 26), and third memory means (23d) for storing at least one of the first and second identification data selected by said data selection means (24); and identification means (23) for identifying the identification data stored in said third memory means (23d) with predetermined identification data.

Claim 9

The system according to claim 6, characterized in that said first memory means (6) includes a magnetic recording medium (6), said first read means (11) includes a magnetic head (11), said second memory means (5c) includes a semiconductor memory device (5c), and said second read means (10) includes a probe means (10).

Claim 10

The system according to claim 7, characterized in that said identification means includes a first identification circuit (23f) for identifying the first identification data, being provided in the identification terminal (1), and said identification means further includes a second identification circuit (5e) for identifying the second identification data, being provided in said identification card (5).

Claim 11

The system according to claim 6, characterized in that said transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a) is adopted to transfer said card (5).

Claim 12

The system according to claim 6, characterized in that said transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a) includes means for transferring said card (5) with respect to said first and second read means (11, 10), said first read means (11) includes means for reading said first data while said card (5) is transferred, and said second read means (10) includes means (9) for reading said second data while said card (5) is in a rest state.

Claim 13

A card identification system characterized by comprising: a card (5) having magnetically recorded first identification data and IC second identification data; data read means including first read means (11) for reading said magnetically recorded identification data and second read means (10) for reading said IC identification data; transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a) for transferring said card (5) to a first reading position and a second reading position; data selection means (24) for switching said first and second read means (11, 10) in response to said first and second reading positions of said card (5) to successively read said identification data; memory means (23d) for storing at least one of the first and second identification data selected by said data selection means (24); and identification means (23, 23f) for identifying said magnetically recorded data and key input data and for identifying said IC data and the identification data stored in an IC memory (5c).

Claim 14

A card identification system characterized by comprising: a card (5) having magnetically recorded first identification data and IC second identification data; data read means including first read means (11) for reading said magnetically recorded identification data and second read means (10) for reading said IC identification data; transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a) for transferring said card (5) to a first reading position and a second reading position; data selection means (24) for switching said first and second read means (11, 10) in response to said first and second reading positions of said card (5) to successively read said identification data; memory means (23d) for storing at least one of the first and second identification data selected by said data selection means (24); and identification means (23, 23f) for identifying said magnetically recorded data and key input data and for identifying said IC data and the identification data stored in an IC memory (5c).

Claim 15

The system according to claim 11, characterized in that said transfer means (12a, 13a, 14a) has means (16) for selectively transferring said card (5) into normal and reverse directions, said transfer means includes a card insertion portion (4) and said second read means (10) is located near to the card insertion portion (4) than the first read means (11).

Claim 16

The system according to claim 11, characterized in that said data read means includes means (24) for first performing the read of said first identification data by said first read means (11) and then, performing the read of said second identification data by said second read means (10), after the transfer of said card (5) into reverse direction is completed.

Claim 17

The system according to claim 11, characterized in that said first read means includes data writing means (17, 18); said identification means includes means (23a) for generating invalid data when said card (5) is deemed to be invalid; said transfer means includes means for transferring said card (5) into a normal direction for writing said invalid data into a memory means (6) in said card (5) by said data writing means (17, 18).

Claim 18

The system according to claim 11, characterized in that memory means (5c) is adapted to selectively store only said IC data when said both of magnetically recorded data and IC data are supplied to said memory means (5c).