Method and apparatus for reading and decoding information using

Details Method and apparatus for reading and decoding information using Method and apparatus for reading and decoding information using

1991-12-13

1993-07-20

Sniezek, Andrew L.

Dynamic magnetic information storage or retrieval

General processing of a digital signal

In specific code or form

360113, G11B 509, G11B 533

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052298949

ABSTRACT:
In a method and apparatus for decoding data recorded on magnetic storage medium such as a "swipe card" to yield decoded data values, a magnetoresistive sensor is used to read the data as a pulse stream from the medium and to measure the widths of the received pulses. The data is preferably stored in the medium by the technique of two-frequency phase coherent recording (F2F). By comparing the widths of pulses to be decoded with the widths of previously read pulses to which data values have already been allocated circuitry for derivin a clock signal from a self-clocking recorded signal can be dispensed with. Pulse widths may be measured by monitoring the output of counters (20) incremented by a fast clock for the duration of each pulse, and the pulse widths are compared by comparing counter outputs stored in a memory (28) using a microprocessor (26). To allow data to be read from the recording medium at a wide range of pulse repetition rates without excessively increasing counter capacity, thecounters (20) may be clocked at a variable rate dependent on the repetition rate of the received pulses.

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