Claims
- 1. A card issuing apparatus comprising:
- a conveyor path for a card;
- conveying means for moving said card along said conveyor path;
- various types of recorder units arranged in series along said conveyor path, and including means for recording data on said card as it is being moved along said conveyor path; and
- control means for controlling said conveying means and said recorder units, wherein said control means includes:
- (a) first processing means for converting information signals received form a signal source into corresponding data for recording particularly suitable for use by said various types of recorder units, respectively;
- (b) memory means for storing said data for recording produced by said first processing means; and
- (c) second processing means for retrieving data stored in said memory means, and for driving at least one of said various types of recorder units in accordance with the retrieved data, while said card passes the respective recorder units, wherein said second processing means drives a plurality of said various types of recorder units in accordance with said data for recording retrieved from said memory means, with data for recording suitable for one of said various types of recorder units being retrieved by said second processing means as said card approaches said one type of recorder unit, and with data for recording suitable for another of said various types of recorder units being retrieved by said second processing means as said card approaches said another recorder unit.
- 2. A card issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said first processing means includes means for sequentially producing said data for recording particularly suitable for use by said various types of recorder units, respectively, according to the order of said recorder units along said path.
- 3. A card issuing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said conveying means includes detecting means connected to said second processing means for detecting the position of said card moving along said conveyor path.
- 4. A card issuing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein said detecting means includes card sensors arranged along said conveyor path each of which supplies a detection signal to said second processing means when the card has reached a corresponding recorder unit.
- 5. A card issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said various types of recorder units include a magnetic recording unit having means for magnetically writing said data for recording associated therewith on said card, and a printing unit having means for printing said data for recording associated therewith on said card.
- 6. A card issuing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said memory means includes means for storing said data for recording, and a memory access controller means for selectively coupling said storing means to one of said first and second processing means under control of said first processing means.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/427,175, filed Oct. 25, 1989 now abandoned.
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63-41103 |
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Continuations (1)
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