Character recognition system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VARIABLE DATA COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT DISCRETE CONVENTIONAL LEGIBLE CHARACTERS ON A RECORD MEMBER, COMPRISING MEANS FOR ANALYZING THE CHARACTERS ONE AT A TIME AND PRODUCING TIME-SEQUENCE PULSE COMBINATIONS VARYING ACCORDING TO THE CONFIGURATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, EACH DIFFERENT PULSE COMBINATION BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS, MEANS INCLUDING A MAGNETIC RECORD MEDIUM AND COACTING PICK-UP FOR PRODUCING IN CONTINUOUSLY REPETITIVE READOUT CYCLES A SERIES OF REFERENCE TIME-SEQUENCE PULSE COMBINATIONS RESPECTIVELY MATCHING THE DIFFERENT CHARACTER REPRESENTATIVE PULSE COMBINATIONS, MEANS FOR EFFECTING PULSEBY-PULSE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PULSE COMBINATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHARACTER BEING ANALYZED AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF THE REFERENCE PULSE COMBINATIONS AT SEQUENTIAL TIMES OF A READOUT CYCLE TO DETECT THE ONE MATCHING REFERENCE COMBINATION, AND SELECTIVE CHARACTER MANIFESTING MEANS OPERATING UNDER CONTROL OF THE COMPARISON MEANS UPON DETECTION OF THE MATCHING REFERENCE COMBINATION FOR EFFECTING A CHARACTER MANIFESTATION DEPENDING UPON THE SEQUENTIAL TIME OF THE READOUT CYCLE AT WHICH THE MATCHING REFERENCE COMBINATION IS DETECTED BY THE COMPARISION MEANS.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING VARIABLE DATA COMPOSED OF DIFFERENT DISCRETE CONVENTIONAL LEGIBLE CHARACTERS ON A RECORD MEMBER, COMPRISING MEANS FOR ANALYZING THE CHARACTERS ONE AT A TIME AND PRODUCING TIME-SEQUENCE PULSE COMBINATIONS VARYING ACCORDING TO THE CONFIGURATIONS OF THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, EACH DIFFERENT PULSE COMBINATION BEING REPRESENTATIVE OF A DIFFERENT ONE OF THE CHARACTERS, MEANS INCLUDING A MAGNETIC RECORD MEDIUM AND COACTING PICK-UP FOR PRODUCING IN CONTINUOUSLY REPETITIVE READOUT CYCLES A SERIES OF REFERENCE TIME-SEQUENCE PULSE COMBINATIONS RESPECTIVELY MATCHING THE DIFFERENT CHARACTER REPRESENTATIVE PULSE COMBINATIONS, MEANS FOR EFFECTING PULSEBY-PULSE COMPARISON BETWEEN THE PULSE COMBINATION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHARACTER BEING ANALYZED AND ONE AFTER ANOTHER OF THE REFERENCE PULSE COMBINATIONS AT SEQUENTIAL TIMES OF A READOUT CYCLE TO DETECT THE ONE MATCHING REFERENCE COMBINATION, AND SELECTIVE CHARACTER MANIFESTING MEANS OPERATING UNDER CONTROL OF THE COMPARISON MEANS UPON DETECTION OF THE MATCHING REFERENCE COMBINATION FOR EFFECTING A CHARACTER MANIFESTATION DEPENDING UPON THE SEQUENTIAL TIME OF THE READOUT CYCLE AT WHICH THE MATCHING REFERENCE COMBINATION IS DETECTED BY THE COMPARISION MEANS.