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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1998
Yonezo Furuya, Hatoyama-machi, JP;
Susumu Kojima, Sakado, JP;
Nippon Conlux Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The current invention is an apparatus and method for determining types of recorded data cards, capable of shortening card processing time, preventing card deterioration such as damage to the cards, and correctly processing recorded data cards. An apparatus for determining types of recorded data cards, without contacting the cards, has non-contacting magnetic sensors (10), which are provided adjacent to a carry path of the recorded data cards at predetermined positions thereon, and determining elements (12.about.16) for determining the types of the cards, as the cards are carried along the carry path, based on signals output from the magnetic sensors.