US 5,181,786 A · Method and apparatus for producing admission tickets

Abstract

Method and apparatus for producing admission tickets that feature electromagnetically stored and detectable information and also visual information that contains, at least partly, identification data of the holder of the admission ticket, wherein the electromagnetically detectable information and the visual information is provided on separate carriers and wherein the separate carriers are placed in an, at least, partly transparent completely sealed sleeve. Admission tickets (14") are produced by a central processing unit (1), a video camera (2) linked with the central processing unit, and a dispenser (3) linked with the central processing unit. The dispenser has a printer for printing an image, recorded by the video camera (2), on a suitable carrier (17), which image has been converted by the central processing unit (1) into electric control signals. A magazine (4) holes a number of electromagnetically programmable responders (14), and a programming device is controlled by the processing unit (1). The dispenser (3) further places a transparent, completely sealed sleeve (8, 30) around a responder (14) and a carrier (17) featuring a printed image together.

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Dependent claims

Method for producing admission tickets having electromagnetically stored and detectable information and visual information thereon containing identification data of the holder of the admission ticket, comprising:

providing a first carrier containing electromagnetically detectable information;
providing a second carrier containing visual information;
placing said first and second carriers together in overlying unbonded relationship;
placing an at least partly transparent sleeve element around said overlying carriers in unbonded relationship therewith;
and
sealing said transparent sleeve to completely enclose said overlying carriers, so that said transparent sleeve is removable to facilitate modification of at least one of said carriers and reuse thereof by resealing said first and second carriers in another of said transparent sleeve elements.

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Apparatus for producing admission tickets having electromagnetically stored and detectable information and visual information thereon containing identification data of the holder of the admission ticket, comprising:

a central processing unit;
a video camera means connected with said central processing unit;
a dispenser means connected with said central processing unit;
a printer in said dispenser means for printing on a first carrier an image recorded by said video camera, which image is converted by aid central processing unit into electric control signals;
a magazine on said dispenser means for containing a plurality of electromagnetically programmable responders;
a programming device controlled by said central processing unit for electromagnetically programming said responders;
means in said dispenser means for positioning said carrier and one of said responders together in overlying unbonded relationship;
means in said dispenser means for providing a transparent sleeve around said overlying carrier and responder in unbonded relationship thereto;
and
means in said dispenser means for sealing said transparent sleeve around said overlying carrier and responder in unbonded relationship thereto, so that said transparent sleeve is removable to facilitate modification of at least one of said carriers and reuse thereof by resealing said first and second carriers in another of said transparent sleeve elements.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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