Apparatus for reading from and/or writing to data carrier cards having at least one optical memory area and one chip memory area

摘要

The device is used for reading and/or updating a hybrid data card with an optical storage field and a memory chip and has a card carrier (15) for reception and positioning of the data card relative to an optical read/write head (21). The card carrier and the read/write head are reciprocated relative to one another in different directions (14, 18) in planes parallel to the card carrier reception surface, with an opening provided in this surface to allow electrical contact with the memory chip. Pref. contact pins (31) are automatically brought into contact with the corresponding contact zones of the memory chip when the data card is correctly inserted in the card carrier.