| 摘要 |
A card security device for cards which have coded information on or within the cards has a mechanically closeable and releasably lockable card vault (12) for releasable locking enclosure of cards (14) within the card vault (12), the card vault releasably lockable by a releasable lock (42), releasable by a code entry and recognition processor, for opening a vault door (52) on the card vault upon entry of a predetermined code into, and recognition of the code by, the code entry and recognition processor, wherein repeated incorrect entry by a user of an incorrect code into the code entry and recognition processor, or forcible entry into the card vault either by forced releasing of the vault door or disruption of the vault casing results in a triggering, by a monitoring and triggering device mounted within the vault casing, of a destruction device for rendering useless and unrecoverable by disfigurement or destruction by the destruction device of the coded information on the information carrying medium. |
