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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 06, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Clarinval, Rotkreuz, CH;
Rolf Schmidhauser, Cham, CH;
Assignee:
LGZ Landis & Gyr Zug AG, Zug, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K / ; G06K / ; G06K / ; G08C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235466 ; 235465 ; 235494 ; 250555 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for storing and reading data in association with a card which has a timing track comprising at least three different kinds of optically-readable timing markings arranged in the timing track in a cyclic sequence, and a data track, the apparatus including three optical timing sensors respectively responsive to the three different kinds of timing markings, and a reading direction detector controlled by the timing sensors.