Method of measuring coercive force of a magnetic card
First Claim
1. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on a low coercive force card or a high coercive force card inserted from a card slot by a magnetic head, wherein after rewriting data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of rewriting data of only said low coercive force card, said data of said card is reproduced, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if said data has been destroyed.
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Abstract
A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card to judge coercive force of a magnetic card to be used. According to the method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on a low coercive force card or a high coercive force card inserted from a card slot by a magnetic head, after erasing data of an inserted card by an electric current capable of erasing data of only a low coercive force card (step S32), the data of the card is reproduced (step S33), the inserted card is judged as the low coercive force card (step S36) if the data has been destroyed (No at the step S34). Destruction of the data is judged based on the number of times of flux reversal of the reproduced data or by a fact that specific data (STX code) which should be recorded on a predetermined card is not recognized.
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- 1. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on a low coercive force card or a high coercive force card inserted from a card slot by a magnetic head, wherein after rewriting data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of rewriting data of only said low coercive force card, said data of said card is reproduced, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if said data has been destroyed.
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3. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for detecting whether a card inserted from a card slot is a low coercive force card and reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on said card by a magnetic head, wherein after rewriting data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of rewriting data of only said low coercive force card, said data of said card is reproduced, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if said data has been destroyed.
- 4. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for detecting whether a card inserted from a card slot is a high coercive force card and reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on said card by a magnetic head, wherein after rewriting data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of rewriting data of only said low coercive force card, said data of said card is reproduced, and said inserted card is judged as said high coercive force card if said data has not been destroyed.
- 6. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on a low coercive force card or a high coercive force card inserted from a card slot by a magnetic head, wherein after erasing data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of erasing data of said low coercive force card and said high coercive force card, data is written by an electric current capable of writing data of only said low coercive force card, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if a reproduction state is appropriate when said data is reproduced.
- 8. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for detecting whether a card inserted from a card slot is a high coercive force card and reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on said card by a magnetic head, wherein after erasing data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of erasing data of a low coercive force card and said high coercive force card, data is written by an electric current capable of writing data of only said low coercive force card, and said inserted card is judged as said high coercive force card if appropriate reproduction is impossible when said data is reproduced.
- 10. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for detecting whether a card inserted from a card slot is a low coercive force card and reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on said card by a magnetic head, wherein after erasing data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of erasing data of said low coercive force card and a high coercive force card, data is written by an electric current capable of writing data of only said low coercive force card, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if a reproduction state is appropriate when said data is reproduced.
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12. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on a low coercive force card or a high coercive force card inserted from a card slot by a magnetic head, wherein after erasing data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of erasing data of only said low coercive force card, said data of said card is reproduced, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if said data has been destroyed, and wherein destruction of said data is judged based on a number of times of flux reversal of said reproduced data or judged by a fact that specific data which should be recorded on a predetermined card is not recognized.
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13. A method for judging coercive force of a magnetic card for detecting whether a card inserted from a card slot is a low coercive force card and reproducing or recording magnetic information formed on said card by a magnetic head, wherein after erasing data of said inserted card by an electric current capable of erasing data of only said low coercive force card, said data of said card is reproduced, and said inserted card is judged as said low coercive force card if said data has been destroyed, and wherein destruction of said data is judged-based on a number of times of flux reversal of said reproduced data or judged by a fact that specific data which should be recorded on a predetermined card is not recognized.
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