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US 11,328,191 B2Granted
E-card encoder module
AssigneeAssa Abloy AB
InventorsJohn P. Skoglund, Brent Lien
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Abstract
A card encoding system comprises a belt to receive an encodable card on a first surface of the belt; a contactless encoding module including an encoding antenna, wherein the encoding antenna is positioned opposite a second surface of the belt; and a belt drive controller configured to rotate a drive roller to move the belt to position the encodable card for encoding using the encoding antenna.
Claims17
A card encoding system, the system comprising:
- a belt to receive an encodable card on a first surface of the belt
- a contactless encoding module including an encoding antenna, wherein the encoding antenna is positioned opposite a second surface of the belt
- a belt drive controller configured to rotate a drive roller to move the belt to position the encodable card for encoding using the encoding antenna;
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- a first roller pair and a second roller pair, wherein each of the first and second roller pairs includes a pinch roller and an idler roller, the pinch roller of the first and second roller pairs is a bearing-hub roller, the belt is positioned between the pinch roller and the idler roller of the first and second roller pairs, and the encoding antenna is positioned opposite the second surface of the belt and between the first and second roller pairs.
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A method of operating a card encoding system, the method comprising:
- receiving an encodable card into the card encoding system using a belt drive mechanism, wherein a belt of the belt drive mechanism includes a first belt surface and a second belt surface, and the encodeable card is received on the first belt surface;
- moving the belt between a first roller pair and a second roller pair to position the encodeable card for encoding;
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- encoding the encodeable card using a contactless encoding module that includes an encoding antenna, the encoding antenna positioned opposite the second surface of the belt and between an idler roller of the first roller pair and an idler roller of the second roller pair.
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A card encoding system, the system comprising:
- a belt to receive an encodable card on a first surface of the belt;
- a contact encoding module including multiple contact pins to contact the encodeable card for encoding;
- a belt drive controller configured to rotate a drive roller to move the belt to position the encodable card for encoding using the multiple contact pins;
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- a lift mechanism configured to move the contact pins in a direction orthogonal to the first surface of the belt and lower the contact pins onto the encodeable card when the encodeable card is in position for encoding.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.