US 7,597,259 B2
SIM reader/writer and cellular phone
Seiichi Nishikawa, Shinjuku-Ku (Japan); Takashi Haginiwa, Shinjuku-Ku (Japan); Hiroo Saitou, Shinjuku-Ku (Japan); and Naohisa Suzuki, Shinjuku-Ku (Japan)
Assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/546,839
PCT Filed Feb. 25, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/002207
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Aug. 24, 2005,
PCT Pub. No. WO2004/077345, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-046656 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2003; application No. 2003-046657 (JP), filed on Feb. 25, 2003; application No. 2003-389004 (JP), filed on Nov. 19, 2003; application No. 2003-398333 (JP), filed on Nov. 28, 2003; application No. 2004-009995 (JP), filed on Jan. 19, 2004; and application No. 2004-026216 (JP), filed on Feb. 03, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0155913 A1, Jul. 13, 2006
Int. Cl. G06K 7/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—441 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A SIM reader/writer, capable of being removably loaded with a SIM, comprising:
a case;
a terminal plate placed in the case so as to be connected to the SIM;
a coil antenna placed in the case and connected to the terminal plate;
a controlling IC chip placed in the case and connected to the terminal plate; and
a display embedded on an outside surface of the case and controlled by the controlling IC chip, wherein
a USB connector is placed in the case, and an IC chip having a USB/contact type IC card communication interface converting function and connected to the USB connector, is placed in the case.