Terminal for portable ic card
CA 2197929 C · Owner: Hitachi, Ltd. · Inventors: Abe, Yuhei; Ohki, Masayuki; Ito, Shigeyuki
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An electronic wallet or terminal for a portable financial integrated circuit (IC) card, having arrangements for versatile use by both visually-impaired and nonimpaired persons. The electronic wallet or terminal is provided with a cabinet having a display an IC card, housing accommodating the removable insertion of an IC card and a privacy , speaker, and/or an earphone. The privacy speaker or earphone is provided to accommodate visually, impaired persons while affording financial confidentiality. The terminal is programmed to, automatically determine (without user polling) an appropriate language suited to an owner, of the financial IC card or terminal is on the basis of stored …
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- Filed February 19, 1997 and granted February 15, 2000. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 19, 2017.
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