US 10,650,197 B2 · Magnetic information processing apparatus and method

Abstract

A magnetic information processing apparatus for registering transaction information on a line in a document and storing the location of the line in magnetic media attached to the document, includes a magnetic head, a document receptacle configured to receive the document on which the magnetic media storing the position where the immediately previous transaction information is registered is attached, and a processing unit. The processing unit is programmed to control the magnetic head to read information from a first position of the magnetic media, move to a second position of the magnetic media, and read additional information from the second position of the magnetic media, extract registration position information indicating the location of the most recent previous registration position from the result of reading of the first and second positions of the magnetic media by the magnetic head, and output the extracted registration position information.

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Dependent claims

A magnetic information processing apparatus for registering transaction information on a line in a document and storing a location of the line in magnetic media attached to the document, comprising:

a magnetic head configured to read information across a width thereof;
a document receptacle configured to receive the document on which the magnetic media storing a position where immediately previous transaction information is registered is attached;
and
a processing unit programmed to:
control the magnetic head to move across the magnetic media and scan a first path across the magnetic media in a first direction to read registration location information from a first position of the magnetic media, move across the magnetic media in a second direction by a distance less than the width of the magnetic head, and then move across the magnetic media in the first direction to read registration location information from a second position of the magnetic media;
extract registration position information indicating a location of a most recent registration position from a result of reading of the first and second positions of the magnetic media by the magnetic head;
and
output the extracted registration position information.

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A magnetic information processing apparatus comprising:

a magnetic head;
a receptacle configured to receive a passbook to which a magnetic stripe storing a previous registration position is attached;
and
a control unit configured to:
cause the magnetic head to move across the magnetic stripe in a first path and read magnetic information from the magnetic stripe using the magnetic head, and then to move across the magnetic stripe in a second path and read magnetic information from the magnetic stripe using the magnetic head, wherein a portion of the first path overlaps a portion of the second path;
extract registration position information for a most recent registration from a reading result of reading the magnetic information by the magnetic head, the registration position information including a date when the registration position information was recorded in the magnetic stripe;
and
output the extracted registration position information.

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A magnetic information processing apparatus comprising:

a magnetic head;
a receptacle configured to receive a passbook to which a magnetic stripe storing a previous registration position is attached;
and
a control unit configured to:
cause the magnetic head to move across the magnetic stripe in a first path and read magnetic information from the magnetic stripe using the magnetic head, and then to move across the magnetic stripe in a second path and read magnetic information from the magnetic stripe using the magnetic head, wherein a portion of the first path overlaps a portion of the second path, and a position on the magnetic stripe read by the magnetic head is changed based on a plurality of reading position settings set in units of regions readable by the magnetic head in a single pass over the magnetic stripe;
extract registration position information for a previous registration from a reading result of reading the magnetic information by the magnetic head;
and
output the extracted registration position information.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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