GB2243113A - Machine readable card - Google Patents

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GB2243113A
GB2243113A GB9110441A GB9110441A GB2243113A GB 2243113 A GB2243113 A GB 2243113A GB 9110441 A GB9110441 A GB 9110441A GB 9110441 A GB9110441 A GB 9110441A GB 2243113 A GB2243113 A GB 2243113A
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Anthony Kenneth Leslie Payne
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Landis and Gyr Ltd
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Ampy Automotion Digilog Ltd
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K19/00—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings
    • G06K19/04—Record carriers for use with machines and with at least a part designed to carry digital markings characterised by the shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B42—BOOKBINDING; ALBUMS; FILES; SPECIAL PRINTED MATTER
    • B42D—BOOKS; BOOK COVERS; LOOSE LEAVES; PRINTED MATTER CHARACTERISED BY IDENTIFICATION OR SECURITY FEATURES; PRINTED MATTER OF SPECIAL FORMAT OR STYLE NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DEVICES FOR USE THEREWITH AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; MOVABLE-STRIP WRITING OR READING APPARATUS
    • B42D25/00—Information-bearing cards or sheet-like structures characterised by identification or security features; Manufacture thereof
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06K—GRAPHICAL DATA READING; PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
    • G06K13/00—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism
    • G06K13/02—Conveying record carriers from one station to another, e.g. from stack to punching mechanism the record carrier having longitudinal dimension comparable with transverse dimension, e.g. punched card
    • G06K13/06—Guiding cards; Checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms
    • G06K13/063—Aligning cards
    • B42D2033/00—

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Abstract

A machine readable card has a distinctive shaping at one corner which enables the corner to be identified by touch. The shaping takes the form of a sharp right-angled corner where the other three corners are rounded. In conjunction with the rectangular shape of the card the shaping enables the orientation of the card to be determined wholly by feel.

Description

Title: Machine Readable Card Field of the invention This invention relates generally to machine readable cards, more especially but not exclusively machine readable cards bearing a magnetic stripe, such as cheque quarantee cards, credit cards, cash cards, prepayment cards such as electricity cards, and analogous machine readable cards. Such cards are generally rectangular in shape.
Background to the invention Machine readable cards are nowadays in widespread use.
However, the actual reading of the card generally requires that the card be inserted into the machine in a particular orientation, i.e. with one particular side facing upwards and with one particular end of the card as the leading end. This can present a problem to blind people, and even to sighted people if the card is to be used in the dark.
Especially in the case of an electricity prepayment card, for example, it will often be the case that the card has to be inserted into the meter in the dark.
UK Patent Specification 1090362 illustrates a card in which one corner is cut at an angle and the other three corners are rounded. The angle-cut corner is very difficult to distinguish by feel alone from the rounded corners.
UK Patent Specification 1131,436 shows a punched cara which likewise has a similar configuration at one corner.
The card is not a magnetic stripe card and its application (to record arrival and departure times at a workplace) does not require the user to have to use the card in the dark. The angle-cut corner is therefore more for visual identification purposes.
The invention According to the invention, there is provided a generally rectangular machine readable card having a magnetic stripe on one surface and having a distinctive shaping at or adjacent one corner which enables the corner to be identified by touch, whereby in conjunction with the generally rectangular shape of the card its orientation is determinable wholly by feel, wherein the corner to be identified is in the form of a sharp right-angle and the other three corners are rounded.
Description of embodiment The invention is exemplified with reference to the accompanying drawings, the single Figure of which shows a machine readable card to which the invention can be applied.
In the drawing there is shown a generally rectangular machine readable card 10 having a magnetic stripe 12, such as an electricity prepayment card. In the drawing one corner is cut away, as indicated at 14. The corner 14 is thereby identifiable by touch, whereby in conjunction with the generally rectangular shape of the card, its orientation can be wholly deduced solely by feel, whereby it is known to the user, without being able to see the card, which way up the card has to be held for insertion into the meter or other machine and which end must be inserted first.
Although not shown, the invention lies in forming the corner 14 as a sharp right angled corner, leaving the other three corners rounded as shown in the drawing. The sharp corner so defined is preferred since the general layout and design of the card is unaffected but the sharp corner is readily identified by touch.

Claims (1)

  1. Claim:
    A generally rectangular machine readable card having a magnetic stripe on one surface and having a distinctive shaping at or adjacent one corner which enables the corner to be identified by touch, whereby in conjunction with the generally rectangular shape of the card its orientation is determinable wholly by feel, wherein the corner to be identified is in the form of a sharp right-angle and the other three corners are rounded.
GB9110441A 1989-09-29 1991-05-14 Machine readable card Withdrawn GB2243113A (en)

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GB8922041A GB2236279A (en) 1989-09-29 1989-09-29 Machine readable card
GB9110441A GB2243113A (en) 1989-09-29 1991-05-14 Machine readable card

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GB2243113A true GB2243113A (en) 1991-10-23

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