EP0574006A1
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IC card storing language identification for guidance message display in a terminal apparatus
Assignee: NEC Corp
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Filing: 1993-06-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2013-06-11
Abstract
Abstract According to the present invention, an IC card terminal apparatus includes an IC card (1), an interface unit (2), a reading unit (81), a display control unit (83), and a display unit (7). Language identification information indicating a type of a language is stored in the IC card. The interface unit interfaces with the IC card. The reading unit reads out the language identification information from the IC card through the interface unit when the IC card is connected to the interface unit. The display control unit controls display of a message expressed in a language indicated by the language identification information read out by the reading unit. The display unit displays a message in a language indicated by an output from the display control unit.
Inventors
- 👤 Takanari Matsukawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 07:03
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04M; H04M1/00; H04M1/247; H04M2250/00; H04M2250/14; H04M2250/56; H04M2250/58
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
An IC card terminal apparatus comprising: an IC card (1, 101) in which language identification information (a) indicating a type of a language is stored; interface means (2, 102) for interfacing with said IC card; reading means (81, 103; S22) for reading out the language identification information from said IC card through said interface means when said IC card is connected to said interface means; display control means (83, 103; S24 - S27) for controlling display of a message expressed in a language indicated by the language identification information read out by said reading means; and display means (7, 107) for displaying a message in a language indicated by an output from said display control means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
An apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising message storage means (82, 104) for pre-storing messages to be displayed on said display means for a plurality of languages, so that said display control means reads out a message corresponding to a language indicated by the language identification information from said message storage means to perform display control.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
An apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the language identification information stored in said IC card indicates one of types of languages of messages stored in said message storage means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
67 words
An apparatus according to claim 2 or 3, wherein said message storage means comprises a plurality of memory areas (A - E) for respectively storing a plurality of messages for a plurality of languages, and said display control means selects one of the memory areas in accordance with the language identification information and reads out a desired message from the selected memory area to perform display control.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
73 words
An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 4, further comprising language identification information storage means (105) for holding the language identification information read out by said reading means until connection between said IC card and said interface means is released, so that said display control means sequentially performs display control of a plurality of messages on the basis of the language identification information stored in said language identification information storage means.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
51 words
An apparatus according to any of claims 1 to 5, wherein said IC card comprises storage means (111) for storing the language identification information and information transfer means (112) for reading out the language identification information stored in said storage means to transfer the language identification information to said reading means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
An IC card for an IC card terminal apparatus, wherein language identification information (a) indicating a type of language which can be understood by a card holder can be stored in a part of a memory area for storing individual information.
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