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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4572946 | Credit card circuit arrangement with a memory and an access control unit A monolithically integrable circuit arrangement includes a memory with non-volatile electrically writable and erasable memory cells, an addressing circuit for reading, writing and erasing the memory, and a control unit which makes the access to the memory... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4573192 | End of transaction control system In an information computer and data processing system where transactions controlled by the system are initiated and set up by a card inserted to a magnetic strip card reader, provisions are made to terminate the transaction and set the card out of the rea... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4513199 | Magnetic card read-out and timing circuitry A card having two adjacent magnetic tracks is used as a substitute for coins in activating laundry machines and the like. The first track is a data track encoded with a security code and pulses indicating a number of future uses of the card. The second tr... | 04/23/1985 |
| 4485485 | Character reading camera The camera receives a line of light from an object plane containing the characters to be read together with light information indicative of scan motion at right angles to the line of received light. The two light information inputs are converted to electr... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4408344 | OCR and Bar code reader using multi port matrix array A common scanning unit is utilized in an optical character reader which reads both alphanumeric and bar code characters. An N column by M row area photosensor detects both the alphanumeric and bar code signals. The system detects which type of character i... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4390905 | Magnetic card recording apparatus A magnetic card recording apparatus records information with a desired predetermined high recording density on a magnetic card moving at a varying speed. The apparatus comprises guide means for guiding a moving magnetic card, a magnetic head disposed to c... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4357596 | Multi-line scan mark verification circuit In a document scanning scheme where data is preceded on the document by a preprinted document scan mark, circuitry is employed to utilize multiple line scans of the scan mark by a line scan camera to verify the presence of a scan mark and avoid erroneous ... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4356473 | Monetary document profile location and predetermined selected path apparatus The denomination indicia contiguous with the Treasury seal on United States paper money can be located. Apparatus includes means for transporting the documents lengthwise along a course. Two reproduce heads, each having a like plurality of tracks oriented... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4346290 | Device for the recognition and progressive cancellation of information recorded on a magnetic support An enablement system for vending machines and the like generates an enablement signal, which can be applied to such vending machine, upon reading of a credit card provided with only a single magnetic data track, and the enablement system has merely a one-... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4344152 | Buffer memory control circuit for label scanning system A scanning system includes a pair of buffer memories for alternately accumulating strings of signals which may contain bar coded label data. Candidate selection logic circuits examine incoming signals to generate a candidate signal when a string of signal... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4300123 | Optical reading system A line scanning camera generates signal information indicative of marks on a scanned document and a selectable memory containing several document formats cause the signal information from the scanned document corresponding to the selected format to be tra... | 11/10/1981 |
| 4284883 | Card reader with improved data processing timing control A badge reader adapted to communicate with remotely located data processing equipment, said badge reader having data processing circuitry controlled by a rate clock which in turn is enabled and disabled by internal and external signals to provide clock si... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4276469 | Data card reader A card reader capable of accurately reading a data card inserted in any of four possible orientations includes a card with two data tracks, a card reader producing two corresponding data pulse trains, and two differentiation networks for producing two dif... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4273996 | Sequential card reader system A card reader having a limited capacity for use with digitally encoded cards is used in conjunction with a system requiring a greater amount of information than is encoded on a single card. A multiple stage buffer storage memory is placed between the card... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4264934 | Rate adaptive writer for a card having a magnetizable surface A rate adaptive magnetic card writer records data on a card having a magnetizable surface while the card is moved by hand through a slot on the card writer. The rate of movement of the card is determined and then used in adjusting the writing of the data ... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4205781 | Arrangement for synchronizing an information reading device with the speed of an information medium An arrangement for synchronizing an information reading device with the speed of an information medium containing a set of a predetermined number of characters in fixed spatial relation, and being movable relative to the device. The arrangement includes a... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4088878 | Static card reader having multiple selectable codes A static reader for use with cards carrying indicia readable in the form of a binary code at preselected locations thereon. The reader includes sensors for reading binary coded indicia on a card, a circuit for decoding the card indicia and a plurality of ... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4071741 | Card validator A validator for a card bearing a code readable by moving the card forward past a reader, particularly for use in a vendor to control vending, in which the card is transported forward from an entry position past the reader to an escrow position. If read as... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4044331 | Data input apparatus having bidirectional reader for inputting alternative messages A data entry system suitable for entry/exit (attendance) recording includes a terminal unit having identity card reading means, adapted to be connected via an extension line to a central apparatus such as a computer controlled telephone line switching sys... | 08/23/1977 |
| 3987278 | Moving object identifying system A device for reading digital information coded on relatively moving labels independently of the magnitude of the relative velocity, yet without a separate clock track. The device also has the capability of correctly reading such coded information independ... | 10/19/1976 |
