Abstract:
An automatic, controlled manipulator includes a moveable tool head on an arm and a tool supported at the end of the arm. The manipulator may be moveable in multiple or all directions. A storage for remotely generated control signals can be accessed to control motors causing 3D motion of the tool head, attachment of the tool, and (if applicable) motion of the manipulator, and also to control power to operate the tool. Video signals generated at the manipulator are used to identify the workpiece, to select one of a plurality of stored control programs, and to select the tool operations applied.
Abstract:
A card entry gate has a slot defining several ridges extending longitudinally from the upper and lower surfaces of the slot. A data-bearing card, with an encoded strip and embossed portions, fits between the ridges of the slot when inserted lengthwise in any orientation. The ridges are positioned to avoid the encoded strip and the embossed portions, thereby preventing damage to the card and reducing jitter. The ridges further resist the malicious or accidental insertion of certain coins, odd-shaped cards, and many foreign objects.
Abstract:
Video apparatus and methods include systems used for generating animated pictures and displaying them on an electronic display screen. Sets of discrete image signals corresponding to still images, such as parts of a specific animated display, are received and stored at a selected location in a storage member, which location is identified by corresponding location codes assigned to the image signals. The assigned location codes may also be used to reproduce from storage those image signals corresponding to a selected animation phenomenon. Discrete video display signals corresponding to the selectively reproduced discrete image signals are generated, and the display signals are transferred to a video storage device, from which the signals can be reproduced. When it is desired to display a specific animated sequence, a series of still images is reproduced and displayed on a video display screen. The image signals can be modified after being reproduced from the selected storage locations, and the modified or edited signals can be applied to control the display or placed back into storage.
Abstract:
A Contact Smart Card (3) is inserted in a contact card reader and its capacitance is measured by applying a square wave generated by an oscillator (1) to it via a resistor (4). The capacitance effect of the smart card (3) affects the amplitude of the output from the resistor (1) and the output is monitored in an amplitude detector (2) connected to receive the signal output from the resistor (4) and to compare it against a threshold level for the signal previously established and stored for an acceptable card.
Abstract:
An IC card reader comprising card positioning or guide means, optionally means for verifying that the card is present in the reader in a position suitable for being read, and contact elements for providing electrical connection with conducting pads on the IC card, whereby circuits are established with the apparatus containing the IC card reader. The reader further comprises: a rocking lever (400 including a central pivot (41); an actuating cam (47) on one side of the pivot and against which a card (2) being inserted comes to bear at the end of its insertion stroke, thereby pivoting the lever from a rest position to a pressure-applying position; a pressure cam (51) on the other side of the pivot for bearing against the card when the rocking lever is in its pressure-applying position, thereby bending the card towards the contact elements (4); and resilient return means (45, 46) returning the rocking lever to its rest position when it is not engaged by a card inserted in the reader.
Abstract:
An electronic locking system and method provides a control unit in a receiver to open a lock of a locking system when a transmission sequence output by a transmitter of the electronic locking system coincides with a reference sequence within a re-synchronization region in the receiver, the transmission sequence being formed by a user by repeated actuation of the transmitter and stored in a mark memory of the receiver. If necessary, the synchronization unit synchronizes the reference generator to the most recent transmission mark of the transmission sequence.
Abstract:
A reader/writer for an IC card as an external memory is constructed with a carriage longitudinally movable in a casing which is normally held in a waiting position. The carriage is held by a spring and moved to an operating position by manually inserting the IC card engaging therewith against the force of the spring. A block having contact pins is snugly embraced by the carriage and is adapted to vertically move relative to the carriage when the carriage is moving to the operating position by sliding up a sloped floor to establish an electrical connection with contact points on the IC card.The IC card is held by angularly movable hooks actuated by a lever to be moved by the carriage. The hooks are retracted by disengaging the lever from a latch. Concurrently, the carriage is returned to the initial waiting position to eject the IC card out of the casing.
Abstract:
A method of manufacture of a tape reader utilizing spring contacts particularly adapted to ordnance use, wherein the spring contacts are closely and accurately spaced apart and comprise a reliable assembly of very few parts.
Abstract:
In a perforated tape reader, the tape is sensed by detecting elements rotatable on one end of rocker arms. The other end of the rocker arms is provided with a fork. A flat spring urges on the upper arm of the fork and a conductive resilient element is engaged between the arms of the fork. When the detecting elements sense a perforation on the tape, the conductive element abuts against a fixed electric contact in a intermediate position between the arms of the fork; when the detecting elements sense no perforation the lower arm of the fork lifts the conductive element in order to open the electric contact.Since the space between the arms of the fork is greater than the thickness of the conduction element, but less than the shifting of the fork, any small amplitude movements of the rocker arms in not transmitted to the conductive element.
Abstract:
An apparatus for programming a hand-held programmable electronic calculator of the type having depressible key inputs. The apparatus includes a program tape having a plurality of apertures therein forming a matrix defined by a plurality of rows and columns. Command pins are inserted within selected ones of the apertures for representing programming commands. A frame is included for receiving the calculator and for providing registration between the aperture matrix of the program tape and the depressible keys of the calculator. A plurality of levers are coupled to the frame for being actuated by the command pins to depress the calculator keys. A rotatable cam is included for engaging the command pin in each row of the program tape, and sequentially moving the command pins and the program tape through communication with the levers, thereby sequentially actuating the depressible keys for programming the calculator.