Input device
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1. An input device comprising:
- a device body to be connected to a host apparatus and including controls to control the host apparatus to which the device body is connected;
an IC card receptacle formed in the device body contiguously to an IC card insertion slot provided at a side of the device body;
a cover member provided over one main side of the device body to open and close the main side; and
an interface for data transfer between an IC card set in the IC card receptacle and the host apparatus.
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Abstract
An input device is provided in which a variety of IC cards having different functions is receivable. The input device includes a body (21) to be connected by an interconnecting cable (30) to an information processing apparatus (2) and which includes controls (23 to 25) to control the information processing apparatus (2), an IC card receptacle (27) for an IC card (7), formed contiguously to an IC card insertion slot (26) formed at the rear end of the device body (21) and through which the IC card (7) is introduced into the IC card receptacle (27), and a cover member (22) installed pivotably to the device body (21) to open and close an operating surface (21a) of the device body (21).
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1. An input device comprising:
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a device body to be connected to a host apparatus and including controls to control the host apparatus to which the device body is connected;
an IC card receptacle formed in the device body contiguously to an IC card insertion slot provided at a side of the device body;
a cover member provided over one main side of the device body to open and close the main side; and
an interface for data transfer between an IC card set in the IC card receptacle and the host apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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