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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7350712 | Image sensor module architecture Image sensor module architecture provides flexible mounting of illuminators in an imaging apparatus with flexible fasteners. The architecture involves one or more LED-based illuminators that may be mounted adjustably to provide high intensity and uniform profile lum... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7152047 | System and method for production and authentication of original documents A system and method for authenticating documents and content thereof. A counterfeit resistant document recording medium is provided, having thereon a predefined unique document identifier and at least one security feature. The recording medium is thereafter imprinte... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7080041 | System and method for production and authentication of original documents A system and method for authenticating documents and content thereof. A counterfeit resistant document recording medium is provided, having thereon a predefined unique document identifier and at least one security feature. The recording medium is thereafter imprinte... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071458 | Optical element, optical transmission unit and optical transmission system An optical element comprising a transparent body 10 including a first end face 12; a second end face 14 forming a prescribed angle to the first end face; and a third end face 15 having a plurality of light reflection parts 16a | 07/04/2006 |
| 5362953 | Reading apparatus with separate illumination and detection optical axes An apparatus for reading a bar code symbol with an illumination beam of light. The apparatus includes an integrally formed lens with a first lens surface for transmitting the beam of light toward the bar code symbol along an optical axis and second and th... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5247166 | Form reader with linear CCD scanner and drum feed A form reader especially for lottery forms with handwritten marks or bar codes includes a drum transport engaging the form, and a stepping motor advances the form circularly along a path around the drum, passing through a linear reading station elongated ... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5230673 | Exerciser in which exercising load is controlled based on individual data stored in an optical data card An exerciser in accordance with the present invention includes a load apparatus for applying load to pedaling of a user, pulse data detecting apparatus for detecting pulse data of the user, a card for storing optically readable individual data such as age... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5206521 | Energy saving optoelectronic code reading access device An energy saving, optoelectronic system provides a means for energizing and deenergizing electrical loads. The system includes a continuous light transmission source and a light receiving circuit that senses a light pattern and, in response, develops a fi... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5189290 | Optical card processing apparatus using tracking error signals to determine proper card orientation An optical card processing apparatus is disclosed in which an optical head producing an irradiating light beam is forcibly moved in a direction orthogonal to a direction of tracks of an optical card set in the apparatus. A tracking error signal as the mov... | 02/23/1993 |
| 5173595 | Method and apparatus for reading free falling dosimeter punchcodes A punchcode reader is provided for reading data encoded in a punchcode hole array on a dosimeter. The dosimeter falls through a passage in the reader containing photosensor detectors disposed along the passage which provide output signals to a microproces... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5034619 | Optical reader with dual vertically oriented photoemitters An optical reader is designed to be insensitive to specular reflection, particularly at tapered lead-in areas to the left and right of a coded record on a record member. The optical reader includes a photosensor that is oriented with its optical axis alon... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4853525 | Forgery proof optoelectric code card reader A forgery-proof optoelectric card system is disclosed which includes a reader and code card comprising invisible light and dark codings forming at least one reading track. At least one reading head is provided which may comprise a photodiode as a ligh sou... | 08/01/1989 |
| 4838404 | Token operating system for an electronic device A token and photo-detector circuitry in an electronic device used for supplying electrical power to an external appliance for an amount of time represented on the token. The token contains encoded information in a base numbering system in several regions ... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4797543 | Selectable data readout IC card An IC card has at least a CPU and a memory unit having a plurality of storage areas allocated therein and can write or read information. The IC card includes an indication unit which indicates if the information written in the storage area is the informat... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797872 | Method for reproducing data recorded on optical card In a method of reproducing data recorded on an optical card in such a manner that distances between successive pits are modulated in accordance with the data, the optical card and an optical reading device are moved relative to each other in a reciprocal ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4786792 | Transmissively read quad density optical data system An optical data storage and retrieval system using a length of optical recording material in which data in the form of microscopic spots is disposed in cells forming a regularly spaced grid. While the material is being moved in a lengthwise direction by a... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4771165 | Device for optically identifying objects An identification code provided in relief on an object is read in that a radiation beam is obliquely incident on the surface on which the identification code is provided, and in that the identification code is observed by a detection system by means of th... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4736109 | Coded document and document reading system A coded document is provided for use in a document reading system having a plurality of markable areas defined thereon and a first and second coded pattern disposed in predetermined relation to the markable areas. Each of the coded patterns has an identic... | 04/05/1988 |
| 4626671 | Lens system for optically recorded storage card reader An optical storage card reading system using a cylindrical lens is disclosed which provides for a large viewing cone at the surface of the optical storage card thus improving the ability to read optically recorded data despite scratches or dust on the opt... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4508686 | Film strip for rapid test of a film processor Apparatus and test film strip for evaluation of a film processor, particularly an x-ray film processor, based on a photodetector signal sequentially indicating the optical density of graded density test areas on a developed film and comparing the output t... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4494691 | Line-by-line document scanner equipped with a device for controlling the position of documents A scanner is provided with photosensors and a stationary registration mark placed on each side of the reading window. The registration mark is thus located in the reading field of the photosensors as long as no document is presented for scanning within th... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4463649 | Waveform producing system employing scanning of a waveform pattern A waveform producing system in which a source of infrared radiation or magnetic flux in a pattern forming section applies energy to a mask constituting a pattern-forming device that passes and masks the radiation or flux for passing the radiation or flux ... | 08/07/1984 |
| 4446204 | Security paper with authenticity features Security paper with authenticity characteristics embodied therein or printed thereon which are both ferrimagnetic and also only slightly absorbed in the infrared spectral region. The presence of both properties at the same position on the security paper i... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4317030 | Mailing package for facilitating automatic sorting of mail A method and apparatus for facilitating the automatic sorting of mail by optical scanning equipment is provided and includes a first, usually dark-colored sheet, and a second sheet of a generally light-colored material overlying the first sheet and having... | 02/23/1982 |
| 4295051 | Optical card reader An improved optical card reader is disclosed which is adapted for use with processing means for providing on-the-fly decoding of multibit data words from a card that is inserted therein. The card reader has two sets of light emitting means and two sets of... | 10/13/1981 |
| 4288701 | Mark sensing detector Apparatus for sensing marks on a moving paper object includes light source means for transmitting light through a portion of a partially opaque mark and into the translucent fibers of a paper object. Light detecting means are provided for sensing the rela... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4283622 | Bar code reader An optical sensing member for reading a coded member having parallel aligned tracks of data and clocking coded symbols which includes a pair of sensing apertures offset to enable the sensing of the data track to occur out of phase with the sensing of the ... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4276470 | Bar code reader A single sensor system reads a traveling bar code comprising a plurality of marks separated by spaces. Each of the marks may have either of two durations and each of the spaces has a uniform duration. The bar codes are transported, relative to the sensor,... | 06/30/1981 |
| 4267439 | Document reader lamp life extension system An optical character reader for conversion of information to a machine readable code from a strip of alpha-numeric characters on the face of a document. It includes an elongated document slot along which the document may be hand guided through a predeterm... | 05/12/1981 |
| 4196349 | Clock signal producing device for a card reader A device for reading the data on a card where the data are recorded in the form of marks or punched holes and the like includes means for producing a clock signal, such a clock signal being necessary for reading the data. The device is mechanical and elim... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4178503 | Marking message card and template assembly and related input switching circuitry and method of making the assembly A novel optically readable message card having columns of marking areas thereon where the vertically adjacent marking areas in a column are horizontally staggered. Also, a template for the message card and having columns of horizontally staggered marking ... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4176783 | Manually operable card reader including column sensor A column sensor includes a disc which is rotatably supported at one end of a lever arm and in proximity to a card reading station of a manually operable card reader. The lever arm is itself supported for rotation and biased by a spring bearing on an end o... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4136820 | Automatic calling directory The directory includes a reader for a code punched card comprising a first portion including a first plurality of compartments having a given orientation. A single light emitting device is disposed in each of the first plurality of compartments and reflec... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4135663 | System for recognizing bar code information A system for recognizing bar code information having a plurality of bar codes. One of bar codes is constituted as an index code in a different manner from the other bar codes constituted as numerical codes. These bar codes are scanned sequentially and con... | 01/23/1979 |
| 4122997 | Optical reader A bundle of illuminating optical fibers conveys light from a light source to an area on a document in which a mark may be present or absent. A bundle of reading optical fibers conveys light reflected from the area to a light sensor. The amount of conveyed... | 10/31/1978 |
| 4114045 | Optical card reader for setting frequency division ratio of programmable counter for use in synthesizer tuners In a scanning receiver set with a PLL frequency synthesizer, an optical card reader for presetting and memorizing a desired receiving channel is provided. Associated with n light sources which are provided for n channels and successively turned on or off ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4104682 | Apparatus for reducing the number of undetected errors read along the length of a binary information bearing medium An apparatus is described for reducing the number of undetected errors serially read along the length of a magnetic stripe containing binary information. The magnetic stripe is adhesively attached to a plastic card. A serial self-clocking data stream is d... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4086476 | Control circuit for a code reading device An optical reader control system is disclosed wherein signals generated from detecting means positioned upstream and downstream of the optical reader control the operation of the optical reader to enforce the movement of a merchandise item past the optica... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4074852 | Symbol decoding method and means Symbol decoding method and means are provided for identifying special symbols such as "start of tag" and "end of tag" forming part of a record contained on record media or placed directly on articles or credit cards in coded form such as a bar code. Vario... | 02/21/1978 |
| 4066910 | Transmissivity-coded data card systems A photoelectric data card system is disclosed in which the cards are transmissivity-coded, so that light of a particular wave length and intensity is transmitted in varying degrees of different code digit representing areas of the cards, and thus the inte... | 01/03/1978 |
