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Code sensing system

US4259569A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateMay 14, 1979
Grant dateMar 31, 1981
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Expiry dateMay 14, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06K7/0163
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transition code processing system which includes a record member on which is located a plurality of bar code symbols, each of which comprises a data channel and a clocking channel. The record member is inserted into a data terminal device and intermittently driven through a printing station in which a sensing member senses the data channel out of phase with the sensing of the clocking channel and generates signals in response thereto. A circuit coupled to the sensing member will process the generated signals and transmit the processed signals to a utilization device. Upon processing the signals representing the last bar code symbol on the record member, the circuit will generate a control signal for stopping the movement of the record member through the printing station, thereby conditioning the record member for a subsequent printing operation.

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