38results about "Digital marking by magnetic means" patented technology

A method of writing data on magnetic stripe of a smart card by imposing a magnetic field of a given polarity on each selected segment of the magnetic stripe, such that data on the magnetic stripe can be read by a magnetic card reader and interpreted as digital bits. The method includes providing a multi-dimensional conductor array placed proximate to the magnetic stripe, the number of conductors in the array is considerably smaller than the number of segments, and each segment is associated with two or more conductors. The method further includes providing current drivers for sending currents in a controlled direction through the conductor array. The system further includes sending currents, using said current drivers, through conductors of the array, such that for each one of the selected segment composite currents flowing through its associated two conductors overcome the coersivity of the segment on the magnetic stripe.

An article of manufacture includes a substrate, a first patterned layer deposited on the substrate in a first region, and a second patterned layer deposited on the substrate in a second region. The first patterned layer encodes first information in first symbols that are detectable by an optical sensor. The second patterned layer encodes second information in second symbols that are detectable by a non-optical sensor. The second information is distinct from the first information and the second region at least partially overlaps the first region.

A mobile communication terminal (the mobile station 100), served in a mobile communication network for performing wireless communications, comprises a transmitter-receiver 110, a controller 120, a user interface 130, a data input / output terminal 140, a magnetic writer 150, and a magnetic stripe 160. Control programs stored in a program ROM 122 include a program for controlling the magnetic writer such as writes or deletes various information into / from the magnetic stripe 160. In a credit card ROM 123 are stored information on the attributes of a credit card contract concluded in advance between a user and a credit card company. The magnetic writer 150 writes credit card contract information provided from the controller 120 to the magnetic stripe 160 or deletes the credit card contract information from the magnetic stripe 160.

A secrecy management information recording device has an information input section which inputs image information printed by a printer and secrecy management information corresponding to the image information, a transport mechanism which receives a printing sheet on which the image information has been printed by the printer, and discharges the sheet after passage over a heat generating resistor, and a magnetic tag forming section which controls generation of heat by the heat generating resistor according to content of the secrecy management information corresponding to the image information printed on the transported printing sheet to thermally transfer at least one magnetic member contained in a thermal transfer sheet onto the printing sheet. A magnetic tag representing the content of the secrecy management information is thereby formed on the printing sheet. This device records additional information corresponding to image information on a printing medium at the time of copying of the image information to the printing medium in such a manner that the additional information is remotely readable.

The present invention provides a card recording apparatus capable of printing in high speed as well as reducing overall dimensions of the apparatus. After a card is transported to an information recording section 200 in a lateral (short length) direction of the card, an information signal is recorded on the card thereby. Then, the card is transported to a second heating section 300. An ink image formed on an intermediate recording medium 7 by a first heating section 500 is re-transferred to the card by the second heating section 300. A warp developed on the card by the second heating section 300 is corrected by a card warp correcting section 400.

Nanoparticles of intermetallic alloys such as FeAl, Fe3Al, NiAl, TiAl and FeCoV exhibit a wide variety of interesting structural, magnetic, catalytic, resistive and electronic, and bar coding applications. The nanosized powders can be used to make structural parts having enhanced mechanical properties, magnetic parts having enhanced magnetic saturation, catalyst materials having enhanced catalytic activity, thick film circuit elements having enhanced resolution, and screen printed images such as magnetic bar codes having enhanced magnetic properties. In contrast to bulk FeAl materials which are nonmagnetic at room temperature, the FeAl nanoparticles exhibit magnetic properties at room temperature.

A credit card transaction system that is used for contracts for various electronic-commerce services comprises a mobile station 100, a mobile telephone network 20, a mobile packet communication network 30, a CAT 40a, 40b, ... , a CAFIS network 50, a credit card company's server 60A, 60B, ... , and the Internet 70. A request from the mobile station 100 for a credit card contract is transmitted to any one of the credit card company' s server 60A, 60B, ... through a gateway server 32; in a case where the contract is approved, credit card contract information is transmitted from any one of credit card company's server 60A, 60B, ... to the mobile station 100 through the gateway server 32, the credit card contract information being stored in the mobile station 100.

The invention relates to a marking system (1) comprising a wire (5) exhibiting ultrasoft ferromagnetic properties. Said lines are arranged on or in a carrier (2) and are associated with predetermined parallel positions (4) separated by fixed intervals (e) according to a predetermined frame. The line (5) may or may not be present at each position (4), forming a detectable binary code. The marking system (1) of the invention may in particular be embodied as a magnetically encoded label. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a marking system by successively embedding ferromagnetic wires (5) into an adhesive composite (2, 3). The marking system of the present invention is used to identify and authenticate items, products and objects.