Credit card reader amplifier
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1. An amplifier system operative to receive a signal from an encoded card reader for differentiably obtaining data clock components from the read signal over a broad band of signal speeds, comprising:
- a. means for delaying the signal from the reader and for producing a square wave signal whose transitions correspond to the intersections of the delayed and undelayed signals from the reader;
b. means for delaying the signal from said squaring means and for gating the delayed and undelayed signals from said squaring means to obtain, upon the non-concurrent receipt of either, a digital signal;
c. means initiated by the clock component of the digital signal from said digitizing means for producing a signal whose period is compensated by the speed of the digital signal to be proportional to a predetermined time frame in which probabilistically the data component of the digital signal may occur wherein said signal rate compensation means includes an adjustment circuit means for adjusting the period of the compensated signal over a plurality of clock periods; and
d. gating means responsive to the concurrent receipt of signals from said speed compensation means and said digitizing means for producing a signal indicative that the digital signal from said digitizing means is a data component.
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Abstract
An amplifying device operative to sense changes in the speed of an encoded card as it is being read so as to be able to adjust the reading rate to compensateably follow said changes. The amplifying device is also able to differentially peak sense pulses read thereby disallowing noise transients.
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1. An amplifier system operative to receive a signal from an encoded card reader for differentiably obtaining data clock components from the read signal over a broad band of signal speeds, comprising:
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a. means for delaying the signal from the reader and for producing a square wave signal whose transitions correspond to the intersections of the delayed and undelayed signals from the reader; b. means for delaying the signal from said squaring means and for gating the delayed and undelayed signals from said squaring means to obtain, upon the non-concurrent receipt of either, a digital signal; c. means initiated by the clock component of the digital signal from said digitizing means for producing a signal whose period is compensated by the speed of the digital signal to be proportional to a predetermined time frame in which probabilistically the data component of the digital signal may occur wherein said signal rate compensation means includes an adjustment circuit means for adjusting the period of the compensated signal over a plurality of clock periods; and d. gating means responsive to the concurrent receipt of signals from said speed compensation means and said digitizing means for producing a signal indicative that the digital signal from said digitizing means is a data component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An amplifier system operative to receive a signal from an encoded card reader for differentiably obtaining data clock components from the read signal over a broad band of signal speeds, comprising:
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a. means for delaying the signal from the reader and for producing a square wave signal whose transitions correspond to the intersections of the delayed and undelayed signals from the reader; b. means for delaying the signal from said squaring means and for gating the delayed and undelayed signals from said squaring means to obtain, upon the non-concurrent receipt of either, a digital signal; c. means initiated by the clock component of the digital signal from said digitizing means for producing a signal whose period is compensated by the speed of the digital signal to be proportional to a predetermined time frame in which probabilistically the data component of the digital signal may occur wherein said signal rate compensation means includes an adjustment circuit means for adjusting the period of the compensated signal over a plurality of time intervals between clock pulses; and d. gating means responsive to the concurrent receipt of signals from said speed compensation means and said digitizing means for producing a signal indicative that the digital signal from said digitizing means is a data component, and wherein said speed compensation means further includes input circuit means comprising; (a) inverting means for reversing the polarity of the digital signal received from said digitizing means; and (b) resistive-capacitive circuit means for shaping the inverted digital signal to a spike operative to trigger said speed compensation means. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A data identifying apparatus responsive to signals that have been obtained from a digitizer and for distinguishing data pulses from clock pulses in the digitized signal through a relatively wide spectrum of signal rates, comprising:
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a. signal rate compensation means triggered by the clock pulse for creating a compensated signal whose period may be adjusted by the clock pulse rate to be proportional to a predetermined time frame in which it is probable that data pulses may occur wherein said signal rate compensation means includes an adjustment circuit means for adjusting the period of the compensated signal over a plurality of time intervals between clock pulses; and b. gating means operative to receive signals from said signal rate compensation means and said digitizer for outputting upon the concurrent receipt thereof a pulse signifying that the digitized signal is data. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A data amplifying device operatively responsive to digitized signals from an encoded card reader for detecting data pulses from clock pulses in the digitized signal even as the digitized signal rate changes, comprising:
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a. monostable multivibrator means operative to be triggered by the clock pulses in the digitized signal for producing a signal having a given period; b. resistive-capacitive feedback means responsive to the rate of the clock pulses of the digitized signal for providing feedback for setting the period of said monostable multivibrator means; c. gating means responsive to the digitized signal and the signal of said monostable multivibrator means for outputting a signal upon the concurrent receipt thereof that is indicative that the received digitized signal is a data pulse; and d. adjustment circuit means for adjusting the period of the compensated signal over a plurality of time intervals between clock pulses, said resistive capacitive feedback means being responsive to the adjustment circuit means. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35)
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36. A method for distinguishing a data component from a clock component of a digitized signal read from an encoded card over a wide spectrum of digitized signal rates, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. producing a signal upon being initiated by the clock component, whose period may be adjusted over a plurality of time intervals between clock pulses to be proportional to a predetermined time frame in which it is probable that data components may occur; and b. gating the digitized signal with the adjusted signal to obtain, upon the concurrent receipt thereof, a signal indicating that the digitized signal is a data component.
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37. A method of differentiably obtaining data and clock components from a signal read from an encoded card over a wide range of signal rates, said method comprising the steps of:
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a. delaying the read signal; b. producing a square wave signal whose transitions correspond to the intersections of the delayed and undelayed read signals; c. delaying the square wave signal; d. exclusive OR gating the delayed and undelayed square wave signals to obtain a digitized signal upon the non-concurrent receipt thereof; e. creating a signal, upon being initiated by the clock component of the digitized signal, whose period may be adjusted over a plurality of time intervals between clock pulses to be proportional to a predetermined time frame in which it is probable that data components may occur; and f. AND gating the digitized signal with the adjusted signal to obtain, upon the concurrent receipt thereof, a signal indicating that the digitized signal is a data component.
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