Card terminal and identification system of the same.

摘要

An IC card (14) is placed on a card terminal main body (1), and an internal IC of the IC card is electrically connected to an electrical circuit in a terminal (40) through a connector (14a). Input data entered by a card holder at a keyboard (2) and data read out from the IC card (14) are encrypted in accordance with a predetermined encryption algorithm and are compared with each other. Authenticity of the card terminal (40) and the IC card (14) is determined in accordance with the comparison result.