Radio IC card system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6018641
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08838773

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A radio IC card system includes an IC card and a toll collector. When an automobile with the IC card passes by a tollgate, the toll collector installed in the tollgate transmits a first radio signal which is spread modulated using a pseudorandom noise (PN) code from an antenna. The first radio signal is received by the antenna of the IC card and is transmitted to a surface acoustic wave (SAW) correlator. The SAW correlator extracts a PN code included in the received signal, and outputs a peak signal. An accumulation circuit accumulates the peak signal. A threshold discharger is activated to switch on a relay switch when the output voltage of the accumulation circuit exceeds a constant value. Thereby, the voltage of a battery is supplied to a data communication unit. Then, the identification code of the IC card and a record of tollgates by which the automobile has passed are transmitted via radio signal to the toll collector.

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TSUBOUCHI KAZUOSENDAI-SHI MIYAGI-KEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Azuma, Toshiyuki Miyagi-ken, JP 15 255
Hozumi, Jun Miyagi-ken, JP 4 167
Tsubouchi, Kazuo 1-7 Yukigaya, Otsuka-Cho, Ota-ku, Tokyo, JP 47 927

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