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Digital rate compensator for a card reader

US4053736A · kind A · utility

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21Claims
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Filing dateApr 2, 1976
Grant dateOct 11, 1977
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Expiry dateApr 2, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/084
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A digital rate compensator for accommodating a wide dynamic range of data speeds derived from a encoded card reader thereby allowing downstream logic to compensatably follow said derived data. The digital rate compensator additionally includes a start message check for conclusive determinations of beginning of card reads.

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