Code identification apparatus
US4256956A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 1980 |
| Grant date | Mar 17, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K7/087
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Code identification apparatus in which a magnetically coded key or like instrument is inserted into a reader which reads the code on the key. The reader has a guideway to receive the key and, adjacent the guideway, a row of code sensors disposed such that as the key is inserted into the guideway, rows of code locations on the key successively pass the row of code sensors. The reader incorporates signal processing circuitry which determines when there is an output signal from any one or more of the code sensors as a measure of time intervals during which successive rows of code locations are passing the sensors. The signals are accumulated during those time intervals and the accumulated signals registered at their conclusion.
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