摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electronic device which can be operated easily and is capable of inexpensively preventing unauthorized use of a card by a third party, and reading the information of the card in any region of the display screen, and a reading method using the electronic device. <P>SOLUTION: The device comprises a display part 2 that has a display screen 2h in which reading elements are arranged full-screen. The device also comprises a control part 8 which carries out the control so that a first region 3 which is contacted by a card surface is set in an arbitrary region of the display screen 2h, the information of the surface of the card contacting the first region 3 is read, a second region 4 is set in an arbitrary region of the display screen 2h, and a display on the authentication of the card is made on the second region 4. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |