Dual sensor decoder

Claim 1

An information system comprising: a medium having an information pattern encoded as changes in two values of a medium characteristic, including start and end key patterns which have characteristic value changes spaced a fixed distance apart, and including intermediate characteristic value changes spaced apart distances which are greater or less than said fixed distance and spaced apart distances which are greater or less than said fixed distance and which with said key patterns encode information; two sensors spaced from each other said fixed distance for sensing said medium characteristic value changes as said medium and said sensors are moved relatively to each other, in a direction of movement, said sensors being spaced apart in said direction of movement and for producing signals representative thereof; and circuitry for processing said signals from said sensors to produce an information signal the start and end pattern signals delineating an information block.