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Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1963-09-16
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Granted: 1967-06-13
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Expires: 1983-09-16
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Onuma Giichi
  • 👤 Kurokochi Takaomi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 12:33
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Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 207 words
A CARD READER TO CARRY OUT PROGRAM CONTROL IN A CONTROLLED SYSTEM COMPRISING, A ROTARY DRIVEN MEMBER FOR MOUNTING THEREON A RECORD MEDIUM HAVING A PROGRAM RECORED THEREON IN COLUMNS OF DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO BITS OF INFORMATION AND HAVING OTHER COLUMNS OF RECORDED DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF RECORDED SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS, MEANS FOR READING BOTH DATA WHILE SAID ROTARY MEMBER IS ROTATABLY DRIVEN AND HAS SAID RECORD MEDIUM THEREON INCLUDING MEANS GENERATING SAID CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS AND MEANS GENERATING SAID SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS, A GATE RECEIVING SAID CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS FOR PASSING SAID PULSES AS A SELECTED OUTPUT APPLIED TO SAID CONTROLLED SYSTEM, MEANS TO APPLY THE SELECTED OUTPUT TO SAID CONTROLLED SYSTEM, A SYNCHRONIZING PULSE SELECTING GATE RECEIVING SAID SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS DEVELOPING A LOGICAL PRODUCT OUTPUT APPLIED AS A PULSESELECTING OUTPUT TO THE FIRST MENTIONED GATE FOR SELECTING THE CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS TO BE PASSED BY FIRST MENTIONED GATE, MEANS COMPRISING A CONTROL DEVICE DEVELOPING SEQUENCE CONTROL OUTPUT PULSES AND A PULSE SELECTING CIRCUIT RECEIVING SAID SEQUENCE CONTROL OUTPUT PULSES FROM SAID CONTROL DEVICE AND HAVING AN OUTPUT APPLIED TO SAID SYNCHRONIZING PULSE SELECTING GATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SAID LOGICAL PRODUCT OUTPUT FROM SAID SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS AND SAID OUTPUT FROM SAID PULSE SELECTING CIRCUIT.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 207 words
A CARD READER TO CARRY OUT PROGRAM CONTROL IN A CONTROLLED SYSTEM COMPRISING, A ROTARY DRIVEN MEMBER FOR MOUNTING THEREON A RECORD MEDIUM HAVING A PROGRAM RECORED THEREON IN COLUMNS OF DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO BITS OF INFORMATION AND HAVING OTHER COLUMNS OF RECORDED DATA REPRESENTATIVE OF RECORDED SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS, MEANS FOR READING BOTH DATA WHILE SAID ROTARY MEMBER IS ROTATABLY DRIVEN AND HAS SAID RECORD MEDIUM THEREON INCLUDING MEANS GENERATING SAID CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS AND MEANS GENERATING SAID SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS, A GATE RECEIVING SAID CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS FOR PASSING SAID PULSES AS A SELECTED OUTPUT APPLIED TO SAID CONTROLLED SYSTEM, MEANS TO APPLY THE SELECTED OUTPUT TO SAID CONTROLLED SYSTEM, A SYNCHRONIZING PULSE SELECTING GATE RECEIVING SAID SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS DEVELOPING A LOGICAL PRODUCT OUTPUT APPLIED AS A PULSESELECTING OUTPUT TO THE FIRST MENTIONED GATE FOR SELECTING THE CONTROL PULSE SIGNALS TO BE PASSED BY FIRST MENTIONED GATE, MEANS COMPRISING A CONTROL DEVICE DEVELOPING SEQUENCE CONTROL OUTPUT PULSES AND A PULSE SELECTING CIRCUIT RECEIVING SAID SEQUENCE CONTROL OUTPUT PULSES FROM SAID CONTROL DEVICE AND HAVING AN OUTPUT APPLIED TO SAID SYNCHRONIZING PULSE SELECTING GATE FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SAID LOGICAL PRODUCT OUTPUT FROM SAID SYNCHRONIZING SIGNALS AND SAID OUTPUT FROM SAID PULSE SELECTING CIRCUIT.

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