CA1052905A - Magnetic slot encoder - Google Patents
Magnetic slot encoderInfo
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- CA1052905A CA1052905A CA211,527A CA211527A CA1052905A CA 1052905 A CA1052905 A CA 1052905A CA 211527 A CA211527 A CA 211527A CA 1052905 A CA1052905 A CA 1052905A
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
- G06K1/00—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion
- G06K1/12—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion otherwise than by punching
- G06K1/125—Methods or arrangements for marking the record carrier in digital fashion otherwise than by punching by magnetic means
Abstract
MANUAL DRIVE TRANSDUCING CONTROL SYSTEM
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Apparatus for recording information on a manually actuated card wherein the recording of data on a designated portion of the card is syn-chronized with the card movement by timing signal generation equipment which moves in relationship to the card and provides the recording control pulses.
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
Apparatus for recording information on a manually actuated card wherein the recording of data on a designated portion of the card is syn-chronized with the card movement by timing signal generation equipment which moves in relationship to the card and provides the recording control pulses.
Description
-1. Field of the Invention 11 This invention relates to magnetic 12 recording synchronized systems and, more particularly, 13 to a synchronized recording system for a manually 14 driven data card.
2. Description of the Prior Art 16 In the prior art, there are various 17 incrementing tape transport and magnetic data record-18 ing systems which have been disclosed. Generally, 19 the tape transport apparatus includes electro-mechanical drive means responsive to control signals 21 for incrementally moving a document past a write head.
22 For example, U. S. Patent 3,275,208 23 discloses an incremental tape drive system including 24 a motor that continuously drives the input of a suit-able electrically operated clutch. The clutch, when 26 energized, drives a capstan by means of a shaft, 27 that in turn, drives a magnetic storage tape. A
28 photoelectric tone wheel is also mounted on the shaft.
29 In operation, the tape is driven past a set of trans-ducing heads which record the character on the tape 31 or read out the character from the tape each time the ,,,. 1 :11~
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22 For example, U. S. Patent 3,275,208 23 discloses an incremental tape drive system including 24 a motor that continuously drives the input of a suit-able electrically operated clutch. The clutch, when 26 energized, drives a capstan by means of a shaft, 27 that in turn, drives a magnetic storage tape. A
28 photoelectric tone wheel is also mounted on the shaft.
29 In operation, the tape is driven past a set of trans-ducing heads which record the character on the tape 31 or read out the character from the tape each time the ,,,. 1 :11~
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2 ~. S. Patent 3,412,385 discloses a
3 digital, magnetic recorder provided with a capstan
4 clock for controlling the recording of digital information. The capstan is controlled by a motor.
6An IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin 7 article entitled "Photoemitter for Recording 8Information", Vol. 9, No. 10, March 1967, page 1374 9 discloses photoemitter controls for recording of information on magnetic tape. The record medium is 11 driven from a shaft associated with the timing disk.
12U. S. Patent 3,426,336 discloses an 13 incremental magnetic tape transport wherein informa~
14 tion is recorded while the tape is moving. The position of the recording is synchronized with the 16tape movement by means of a tone wheel which moves -17 in synchronism with the tape and produces output 18 pulses in response to which the information is 19 recorded. Again, the apparatus includes motor drive means.
21U. S. Patent 3,465,349 discloses a 22 high speed incremental tape transport having a mag-23 netically detented incremental motor which rotates 24 its output shaft under command signals. A control signal is generated by a photoelectric device at the 26 midpoint of each incremental step to record each 27 character while the tape is moving and in accurate 28 spaced relation to the preceding character.
30The manual drive transducing control 31 system of the present invention greatly reduces the ; lOSZ905 1 complexity of mechanics normally required to encode 2 and record constant density data on a record medium.
3 It enables a relatively low cost data encoder appa-4 ratus which heretofore has been uneconomical to pro-duce. The apparatus has particular usefulness in the 6 recording of data on credit card type documents.
7 Briefly, the manual drive transducing B control system apparatus is arranged to record data 9 characters at constant density on a record card having a magnetic record strip as the record card is moved 11 through a slot by hand, at a velocity which may vary 12 considerably because of human factors. The apparatus 13 includes a rotatable shaft which has a friction roll 14 attached at one end that protrudes into the card slot.
A recording transducer is arranged on the other side 16 of the slot and spring-biased against the friction 17 roll. The spring-biased transducer urges a record 18 card passing in the slot against the friction roll 19 causing the shaft to rotate with a peripheral velocity equal to the card velocity. Attached to the shaft is 21 a disk with timing marks located about the circumfer-22 ence of the disk. Control signals are generated by `
23 a photoelectric system responsive to the position of 24 the timing disk. The photoelectric system comprises a light source and photoelectric detector with the 26 timing disk positioned therebetween to interrupt the 27 light beam and contol the energization of the photo-28 electric detector. The control signals are amplified 29 and function to enable the data register to pass data representing signals to the record head for writing 31 character information on the magnetic record strip 105'~905 1 of the record card.
It is a primary object of the present 3 invention to provide an improved manually manipulated 4 record driven data transducing system.
It is an object of the present inven-6 tion to provide an improved control system for data 7 recording on a document wherein the bit densities of 8 the recorded data are independent of the document 9 speed variations during recording.
Another object of the present invention ll is to provide apparatus capable of generating timing ;
12 control signals in response to the manual advance of j 13 the documents upon which data is to be recorded. ~ -14 The foregoing and other objects, fea~
tures and advantages of the invention will be apparent 16 from the following more particular description of the 17 preferred embodiments of the invention, as illustrated 18 in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an isometric showing of a 21 manually driven transducing apparatus in accordance 22 with a preferred embodiment of the invention;
23 FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the 24 manually driven transducing apparatus;
FIG. 3 is a schematic logic diagram of 26 the circuitry associated with the manuall~v driven 27 transducing apparatus; and ~ ' 28 FIG. 4 is a timing diagram for the 29 operation of the apparatus.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
31 Referring now to the drawings, the data SA973037 _ 4 _ ~...... ... . .
105'~905 1 recording apparatus 10 construction in accordance with 2 the invention is arranged to record character data at 3 constant density on a card 12 along a magnetic record 4 strip 14 as the card 12 is moved through a slot 16 by hand, at a velocity which may vary considerably because 6 of human factors. The slot 16 is flared at the portion 7 16a to facilitate the insertion of the card 12 into 8 the slot 16. The apparatus includes a timing capstan 9 comprising a shaft 28 adapted to rotate freely in the support bearings 29. A friction roll 30 is arranged 11 at one end of the shaft 28 and at one side of the 12 slot 16 and protruding slightly into the slot 16. A
13 recording transducer 32 is arranged on the other side 14 of the slot 16 and biased by the spring 33 so as to bear against the roll 30. The spring biased trans-16 ducer 32 urges the card 12 to frictionally engage the 17 roll 30 as the card 12 is manually moved through the 18 slot 16: The card 12 movement causes the roll 30 to ;~ -19 rotate with a peripheral velocity equal to the velocity of the card 12.
21 Attached to the shaft 28 is a timing 22 disk 34 having uniformly spaced timing marks 35 in 23 the form of apertures located around the circumference 24 of the timing disk 34. The timing disk 34 rotates with its timing marks 35 passing between the light 26 source 36, which is a light-emitting diode, on one 27 side of the timing disk 34 and a phototransistor 38 28 on the other side of the timing disk 34. The light-29 emitting diode 36 and the phototransistor 38 are arranged in housings. As the timing disk 34 rotates, 31 the phototransistor 38 is turned "on" by the light ~1 :
105'~905 emitted from the light source 36 and passing through ; 2 the timing apertures 35 in the timing disk 34.
- 3The signal output from the phototran-4 sistor 38 is passed through the amplifier 39. The amplifier 39 outputs are ~iming pulses which are applied to the data register 40. The data pulse 7 outputs from the data register 40 are coupled to the 8 write driver 41 and then to the recording transducer 9 32 for recording on the magnetic strip 14 along the card 12. The clocking pulses are generated by the ~; 11apertures 35 on the timing disk 34 and occur at a 12 rate which is proportional to the speed or movement 13 of the card 12 through the slot 16 and thereby func-14 tion to control the recording densities of the char~
acter bits along the magnetic strip 14.
16By logically subdividing the basic 17 timing disk 34 by some integer number N greater than 181, it is possible to record at a lower density, as -19 for example, at a density Gf 1/2, 1/3, 1/4... or l/N
of the highest density. The divided clock can then 21 be used to clock record data from the data register 22 40 to the transducer or write head 32.
23The starting position for recording 24 data on the strip 14 is determined by logically count-ing a fixed number of timing pulses. Therefore, data 26always starts at the same position from the leading -27 edge of the strip 14, without use of a second means 28 of sensing card position, such as with a microswitch 29 or phototransistor and light source.
30The friction roll 30 and the timing 31 disk 34 assembly are designed as a low-inertia system !
; ' ' : ' ,, 105'~905 1 to prevent tolerances between the card 12 and fric-2 tion roll 30. The recording head mount is gimbaled 3 in order to maintain contact between the slot 16 in 4 a vertical position. The use of a spring-biased recording head 32 permits encoding on document cards 6 12 having different thicknesses, as for example, in 7 the range of 5 to 35 mils.
8 Alternatively, a magnetic read head can 9 be added and precede the record head to read data from the strip 14 before a recording operation. Similarly, 11 a magnetic read head can also be utilized following the 12 record head to verify the encoded and recorded data. A
13 print head can also easily be arranged in the apparatus 14 to print visibly readable data on the card 12.
While the invention has been particularly -16 shown and described with reference to the preferred 17 embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those 18 skilled in the art that various changes in the form 19 and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
21 What is claimed is:
6An IBM Technical Disclosure Bulletin 7 article entitled "Photoemitter for Recording 8Information", Vol. 9, No. 10, March 1967, page 1374 9 discloses photoemitter controls for recording of information on magnetic tape. The record medium is 11 driven from a shaft associated with the timing disk.
12U. S. Patent 3,426,336 discloses an 13 incremental magnetic tape transport wherein informa~
14 tion is recorded while the tape is moving. The position of the recording is synchronized with the 16tape movement by means of a tone wheel which moves -17 in synchronism with the tape and produces output 18 pulses in response to which the information is 19 recorded. Again, the apparatus includes motor drive means.
21U. S. Patent 3,465,349 discloses a 22 high speed incremental tape transport having a mag-23 netically detented incremental motor which rotates 24 its output shaft under command signals. A control signal is generated by a photoelectric device at the 26 midpoint of each incremental step to record each 27 character while the tape is moving and in accurate 28 spaced relation to the preceding character.
30The manual drive transducing control 31 system of the present invention greatly reduces the ; lOSZ905 1 complexity of mechanics normally required to encode 2 and record constant density data on a record medium.
3 It enables a relatively low cost data encoder appa-4 ratus which heretofore has been uneconomical to pro-duce. The apparatus has particular usefulness in the 6 recording of data on credit card type documents.
7 Briefly, the manual drive transducing B control system apparatus is arranged to record data 9 characters at constant density on a record card having a magnetic record strip as the record card is moved 11 through a slot by hand, at a velocity which may vary 12 considerably because of human factors. The apparatus 13 includes a rotatable shaft which has a friction roll 14 attached at one end that protrudes into the card slot.
A recording transducer is arranged on the other side 16 of the slot and spring-biased against the friction 17 roll. The spring-biased transducer urges a record 18 card passing in the slot against the friction roll 19 causing the shaft to rotate with a peripheral velocity equal to the card velocity. Attached to the shaft is 21 a disk with timing marks located about the circumfer-22 ence of the disk. Control signals are generated by `
23 a photoelectric system responsive to the position of 24 the timing disk. The photoelectric system comprises a light source and photoelectric detector with the 26 timing disk positioned therebetween to interrupt the 27 light beam and contol the energization of the photo-28 electric detector. The control signals are amplified 29 and function to enable the data register to pass data representing signals to the record head for writing 31 character information on the magnetic record strip 105'~905 1 of the record card.
It is a primary object of the present 3 invention to provide an improved manually manipulated 4 record driven data transducing system.
It is an object of the present inven-6 tion to provide an improved control system for data 7 recording on a document wherein the bit densities of 8 the recorded data are independent of the document 9 speed variations during recording.
Another object of the present invention ll is to provide apparatus capable of generating timing ;
12 control signals in response to the manual advance of j 13 the documents upon which data is to be recorded. ~ -14 The foregoing and other objects, fea~
tures and advantages of the invention will be apparent 16 from the following more particular description of the 17 preferred embodiments of the invention, as illustrated 18 in the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is an isometric showing of a 21 manually driven transducing apparatus in accordance 22 with a preferred embodiment of the invention;
23 FIG. 2 is an elevational view of the 24 manually driven transducing apparatus;
FIG. 3 is a schematic logic diagram of 26 the circuitry associated with the manuall~v driven 27 transducing apparatus; and ~ ' 28 FIG. 4 is a timing diagram for the 29 operation of the apparatus.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
31 Referring now to the drawings, the data SA973037 _ 4 _ ~...... ... . .
105'~905 1 recording apparatus 10 construction in accordance with 2 the invention is arranged to record character data at 3 constant density on a card 12 along a magnetic record 4 strip 14 as the card 12 is moved through a slot 16 by hand, at a velocity which may vary considerably because 6 of human factors. The slot 16 is flared at the portion 7 16a to facilitate the insertion of the card 12 into 8 the slot 16. The apparatus includes a timing capstan 9 comprising a shaft 28 adapted to rotate freely in the support bearings 29. A friction roll 30 is arranged 11 at one end of the shaft 28 and at one side of the 12 slot 16 and protruding slightly into the slot 16. A
13 recording transducer 32 is arranged on the other side 14 of the slot 16 and biased by the spring 33 so as to bear against the roll 30. The spring biased trans-16 ducer 32 urges the card 12 to frictionally engage the 17 roll 30 as the card 12 is manually moved through the 18 slot 16: The card 12 movement causes the roll 30 to ;~ -19 rotate with a peripheral velocity equal to the velocity of the card 12.
21 Attached to the shaft 28 is a timing 22 disk 34 having uniformly spaced timing marks 35 in 23 the form of apertures located around the circumference 24 of the timing disk 34. The timing disk 34 rotates with its timing marks 35 passing between the light 26 source 36, which is a light-emitting diode, on one 27 side of the timing disk 34 and a phototransistor 38 28 on the other side of the timing disk 34. The light-29 emitting diode 36 and the phototransistor 38 are arranged in housings. As the timing disk 34 rotates, 31 the phototransistor 38 is turned "on" by the light ~1 :
105'~905 emitted from the light source 36 and passing through ; 2 the timing apertures 35 in the timing disk 34.
- 3The signal output from the phototran-4 sistor 38 is passed through the amplifier 39. The amplifier 39 outputs are ~iming pulses which are applied to the data register 40. The data pulse 7 outputs from the data register 40 are coupled to the 8 write driver 41 and then to the recording transducer 9 32 for recording on the magnetic strip 14 along the card 12. The clocking pulses are generated by the ~; 11apertures 35 on the timing disk 34 and occur at a 12 rate which is proportional to the speed or movement 13 of the card 12 through the slot 16 and thereby func-14 tion to control the recording densities of the char~
acter bits along the magnetic strip 14.
16By logically subdividing the basic 17 timing disk 34 by some integer number N greater than 181, it is possible to record at a lower density, as -19 for example, at a density Gf 1/2, 1/3, 1/4... or l/N
of the highest density. The divided clock can then 21 be used to clock record data from the data register 22 40 to the transducer or write head 32.
23The starting position for recording 24 data on the strip 14 is determined by logically count-ing a fixed number of timing pulses. Therefore, data 26always starts at the same position from the leading -27 edge of the strip 14, without use of a second means 28 of sensing card position, such as with a microswitch 29 or phototransistor and light source.
30The friction roll 30 and the timing 31 disk 34 assembly are designed as a low-inertia system !
; ' ' : ' ,, 105'~905 1 to prevent tolerances between the card 12 and fric-2 tion roll 30. The recording head mount is gimbaled 3 in order to maintain contact between the slot 16 in 4 a vertical position. The use of a spring-biased recording head 32 permits encoding on document cards 6 12 having different thicknesses, as for example, in 7 the range of 5 to 35 mils.
8 Alternatively, a magnetic read head can 9 be added and precede the record head to read data from the strip 14 before a recording operation. Similarly, 11 a magnetic read head can also be utilized following the 12 record head to verify the encoded and recorded data. A
13 print head can also easily be arranged in the apparatus 14 to print visibly readable data on the card 12.
While the invention has been particularly -16 shown and described with reference to the preferred 17 embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those 18 skilled in the art that various changes in the form 19 and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
21 What is claimed is:
Claims (7)
1. Apparatus for recording information on a manually driven data card, comprising:
(a) means for guiding the card as it is manually driven, (b) timing capstan means driven by said card, (c) a clocking signal generator means responsive to the movement of said timing capstan means for generating clock signals, and (d) transducer means responsive to said clock signals for recording information on the data card.
(a) means for guiding the card as it is manually driven, (b) timing capstan means driven by said card, (c) a clocking signal generator means responsive to the movement of said timing capstan means for generating clock signals, and (d) transducer means responsive to said clock signals for recording information on the data card.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising data register means for storing data to be recorded on the data card, the data in said register being gated out to the transducer means by the clock signals.
3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein the timing capstan includes a roll member adapted to be frictionally engaged by the data card, and a timing disk coupled with said roll member.
4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein the clocking signal generator includes a light source and means responsive to said light source and operatively controlled by the movement of said timing disk.
- CLAIMS 1, 2, 3 and 4 -
- CLAIMS 1, 2, 3 and 4 -
5. Apparatus for recording information on a manually driven data card, comprising:
(a) means for guiding the data card as it is manually driven, (b) timing capstan means including a roll member adapted to be frictionally engaged by the data card and a rotatable timing disk coupled with said roll member, (c) a clocking signal generator including a light source and means responsive to said light source and operatively controlled by the movement of said timing disk, (d) a data register for storing data to be recorded on said data card coupled with the clocking signal generator and responsive thereto for gating data signals out of the data register, (e) transducer means responsive to the data signals for recording information on the data card.
(a) means for guiding the data card as it is manually driven, (b) timing capstan means including a roll member adapted to be frictionally engaged by the data card and a rotatable timing disk coupled with said roll member, (c) a clocking signal generator including a light source and means responsive to said light source and operatively controlled by the movement of said timing disk, (d) a data register for storing data to be recorded on said data card coupled with the clocking signal generator and responsive thereto for gating data signals out of the data register, (e) transducer means responsive to the data signals for recording information on the data card.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the transducer means is spring-biased for urging the data card into frictional engagement with the roll member.
7. The apparatus of claim 6 wherein the information is magnetically recorded on the data card.
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