Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Information medium reading apparatus and method for reading information medium
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Application No.: US14439048Application Date: 2014-08-27
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Publication No.: US09672391B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Takato Tokunaga
- Applicant: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Nagano
- Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Nagano
- Agency: Cantor Colburn LLP
- Priority: JP2013-180126 20130830
- International Application: PCT/JP2014/072350 WO 20140827
- International Announcement: WO2015/030022 WO 20150305
- Main IPC: G06K17/00
- IPC: G06K17/00 ; G06K7/08 ; G06K9/18 ; G11B5/008

Abstract:
An information medium reading device may include a magnetic head to read magnetic datum and output an analog magnetic signal; an image sensor to take a photo of image datum and output an analog image signal; an analog switch unit to select one of the analog magnetic signal and the analog image signal and output the selected one; an analog front-end unit having an analog/digital (A/D) conversion function for converting an analog signal to a digital signal, while using a voltage according to a black reference voltage at the time of image reading, as a bottom voltage, within a predetermined converted voltage range; a level adjustment unit to make a level adjustment; and a timing control unit. The analog magnetic signal may be input into the analog front-end unit, and an A/D conversion may be carried out for converting an analog signal to a digital signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160239690A1 INFORMATION MEDIUM READING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR READING INFORMATION MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2016-08-18
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