Selectible transport-servo velocity profile for document transport
AssigneeUnisys Corporation
InventorsThomas Dragon, John Hylan, Robert Reynolds, Paul McCarthy, Paul Merchant, Kenneth Berkoben
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Abstract
Disclosed are Power Encoder means for imprinting MICR characters on checks, with optical check-sensing means disposed along a check-transport path, including optical skew-sensor means and a transport control arrangement for advancing checks past processing stations according to one or several "velocity-profiles", depending upon the type and/or condition of the check.
Claims10
A check transport arrangement in a high speed encoder wherein checks are continuously transported along a path past at least one encoder process-station according to one, or several, acceleration/deceleration profiles, depending upon prescribed special characteristics of each said check, these special characteristics being defined by a certain type or a certain condition of a check, this arrangement including:
- sensor means disposed along said path for detecting and indicating passage of a check;
- and control means for controlling check-advance, for storing said profiles, for selecting and setting-up at least one check-profile to be invoked, on-the-run, as a function of the sensed condition and the sensed position of each check along this path, and for also deriving data indicating one or several of said special characteristics for each such check thereby to monitor progress thereof along said path so that, when a prescribed point is reached, said control means then invokes a corresponding selected profile, according to one or more of said check characteristics;
- and detector means for detecting checks having at least one of said special characteristics and to indicate this to said control means whereby such a check may be automatically continuously advanced through said process station in a prescribed fashion.
A document transport arrangement in a high speed encoder wherein unit-record documents are transported continuously along a path past at least one encoder process-station according to one, or several, acceleration/deceleration profiles, depending upon the type and condition of each said document, this arrangement including:
- sensor means disposed along said path for detecting and indicating passage of a document;
- and control means for controlling document advance, for selecting and setting-up at least one document-acceleration/deceleration-profile to be invoked, on-the-run, as a function of the sensed condition and the sensed position of each document along this path, and for also deriving data indicating one or several prescribed specific characteristics for each such document thereby to monitor progress of each document along said path so that, when a prescribed point is reached, said control means then invokes a corresponding selected profile, according to one or more of said document characteristics;
- and detector means adapted to detect documents having at least one of said special characteristics and to indicate this to said control means whereby such a document may be automatically continuously advanced through said process station in a prescribed fashion.
A document transport arrangement in a high speed encoder wherein documents of relatively common weight are guidedly-continuously-advanced along a prescribed linear path, past one or more encoder processing-stations, while being monitored by passage-sensor means, this control arrangement serving to control document-advance and comprising:
- microprocessor means setting-up at least one document-acceleration/deceleration-profile to be invoked, on-the-run, as a function of sensed position along this path and also recording one or several prescribed profile-related special characteristics for each type of document expected;
- detect means for detecting documents having at least one of said special characteristics to indicate this to said control means whereby such a document may be automatically advanced through said process station in a prescribed fashion;
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- decision means for monitoring progress of each document along said path wherein, when a prescribed decision point is reached, said decision means invokes a corresponding profile in said microprocessor means according to at least one of said special characteristics.
A controlled transport arrangement in a document encoder whereby unit-record documents are continuously controllably transported past at least one encoder process-station according to one, or several, acceleration/deceleration profiles, depending upon a prescribed type or prescribed condition of the document, this arrangement including:
- document-transport means for continuously guidedly-advancing the documents along a prescribed linear path, past said one or more encoder process-stations;
- at least one passage sensor means for monitoring document passage;
- microprocessor means for controlling document-advance and for setting-up at least one document-acceleration/deceleration -profile to be invoked, on-the-run as a function of the sensed position of each document along this path and said type or condition;
- said microprocessor means also deriving data indicating one or several of said types or conditions for each such document whereby to monitor progress of each document along said path so that, when a prescribed point is reached, it then invokes a corresponding profile, according to at least one of said document types or conditions;
- and detector means for detecting documents having a said type or condition and for indicating this to said control means whereby such a document may be automatically continuously advanced through said process station according to said preset associated profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.