OPERATING DEVICE, AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE

• US 20090236410A1
• Filed: 03/19/2009
• Published: 09/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Original Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions, Inc. (Kyocera Corporation)
• Inventors: IKAZAKI, Akihiko, NODA, Tatsuo
• Granted Patent: US 8,210,427 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07336 Active means, e.g. jamming or scrambling of the electromagnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07345 by activating or deactivating at least a part of the circuit on the record carrier, e.g. ON/OFF switches
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0008 General problems related to the reading of electronic memory record carriers, independent of its reading method, e.g. power transfer

Abstract

An operating device, including: a non-contact IC reader which reads specific data stored in a non-contact IC; a non-contact IC displacement direction detection device which detects a displace direction of the non-contact IC after the non-contact IC reader has read the specific data; and an operating instruction determination device which determines an operating instruction based on the displacement direction detected by the non-contact IC displacement direction detection device.

Claims

1. An operating device, comprising:

a non-contact IC reader which reads specific data stored in a non-contact IC;

a non-contact IC displacement direction detection device which detects a displace direction of the non-contact IC after the non-contact IC reader has read the specific data; and

an operating instruction determination device which determines an operating instruction based on the displacement direction detected by the non-contact IC displacement direction detection device.

2. The operating device according to claim 1, wherein the non-contact IC displacement direction detection device includes a plurality of antennas disposed apart from one another and detects the displacement direction of the non-contact IC based on a variation pattern of the intensity of signal received at the antennas from the non-contact IC.

3. The operating device according to claim 2, wherein the antennas are disposed so as to surround the non-contact IC reader.

4. The image forming device, comprising an operating device according to claim 1, wherein an image is formed based on the operating instruction determined by the operating device.

5. An authentication device, comprising:

a non-contact IC reader which reads identification data stored in a non-contact IC;

a non-contact IC displacement direction detection device which detects a displacement direction of the non-contact IC after the non-contact IC reader has read the identification data; and

an authentication determination device which determines whether or not authentication is to be made based on the identification data and the displacement direction detected by the non-contact IC displacement direction detection device.

6. The authentication device according to claim 5, wherein the non-contact IC displacement direction detection device includes a plurality of antennas disposed apart from one another and detects the displacement direction of the non-contact IC based on a variation pattern of the intensity of signal received at the antennas from the non-contact IC.

7. The authentication device according to claim 6, wherein the antennas are disposed so as to surround the non-contact IC reader.

8. The image forming device, comprising an authentication device according to claim 5, wherein an image is formed based on a determination result of the authentication device.