Code recognition system

Claim 1

AN ERROR HANDLING ARRANGEMENT FOR CODE RECOGNITION SYSTEMS COMPRISING A SOURCE OF N DISCRETE INPUT SIGNALS WHEREIN EACH INPUT SIGNALS IS CHARACTERIZED BY ONE OR THE OTHER OF TWO POSSIBLE SIGNALING CONDITIONS SUCH THAT AT ANY ONE TIME THE SIGNALING CONDITIONS OF SAID N INPUT SIGNALS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY ONE OF 2N POSSIBLE CODE GROUPS OF WHICH 2M OF SAID CODE GROUPS REPRESENT CODE CHARACTERS, EACH ONE OF SAID CODE CHARACTERS BEING SEPARATED FROM EACH OF THE OTHER CODE CHARACTERS BY AT LEAST A MINIMUM GEOMETRICAL DISTANCE OF D SIGNALING CONDITIONS, AT LEAST ONE MAGNETIC CORE DEVICE RESPONSIVE TO SAID INPUT SIGNALS TO TRANSLATE AND INPUT SIGNALS INTO ANALOG SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF CODE CHARACTERS, AND MEANS COUPLED WITH AID MAGNETIC CORE DEVICES TO PRODUCE AN OUTPUT SIGNAL THEREFROM CORRESPONDING TO A GIVEN CODE CHARACTER UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF SAID CODE CHARACTER AND FOR ALL OTHER GROUPS OF SAID INPUT SIGNALS WHICH DIFFER FROM SAID CHARACTER DUE TO AN ERROR IN AT LEAST ONE OF SAID INPUT SIGNALS.