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US 2021/0374493 A1Published application
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.
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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 contactless encoding module including an encoding antenna, wherein the encoding antenna is positioned opposite a second surface of the belt;
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- 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 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 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.
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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.