公开(公告)号：US5483458A

公开(公告)日：1996-01-09

申请号：US164100

申请日：1993-12-09

申请人： Young W. Lee ,  Sungwon Moh ,  Arno Muller

发明人： Young W. Lee ,  Sungwon Moh ,  Arno Muller

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  G05B11/01

CPC分类号： G07B17/00193 ,  G07B17/00362 ,  G07B2017/00241 ,  G07B2017/00258 ,  G07B2017/00395 ,  G07B2017/0079

摘要： The electronic postage meter includes a printing unit which is responsive to a plurality of motors for printing of a postage indicia in response to control circuit. The control circuit is comprised of a programmable microprocessor in bus communication with an accounting means having memory units for accounting for the postage printed by the printing unit responsive to the programming of the microprocessor. An integrated circuit includes an address decoding module means for generating a unique combination of ASIC control signals in response to a respective address placed on the bus by the microprocessor. A timer register is responsive to ones of the control signals from the address decoding module to enable writing of the timer data into the timer registers by the microprocessor. The timer unit is responsive to the timer data for generating one of a plurality of timing signal in accordance with timer data. The data also includes motor data. Prime motor register units are responsive to other ones of the control signals from the address decoding module to enable writing of the motor data into the timer registers by the microprocessor. A motor control unit is responsive to the motor data for generating a plurality of motor control signals in accordance with the motor data.

摘要翻译： 电子邮资计包括响应于控制电路响应于多个电动机来打印邮资标记的打印单元。 该控制电路包括与计费装置总线通信的可编程微处理器，该计费装置具有存储单元，用于根据微处理器的编程来计算由打印单元打印的邮资。 集成电路包括地址解码模块装置，用于响应由微处理器放置在总线上的相应地址产生ASIC控制信号的唯一组合。 定时器寄存器响应来自地址解码模块的控制信号中的一个，以使定时器数据能够由微处理器写入定时器寄存器。 定时器单元响应于定时器数据，用于根据定时器数据产生多个定时信号中的一个。 数据还包括电机数据。 主电机寄存器单元响应于来自地址解码模块的其他控制信号，以使微处理器将电机数据写入定时器寄存器。 马达控制单元响应于马达数据，以根据马达数据产生多个马达控制信号。

公开(公告)号：US5480239A

公开(公告)日：1996-01-02

申请号：US133419

申请日：1993-10-08

申请人： Hyung-Kun P. Kim ,  Arno Muller ,  Easwaran C. N. Nambudiri

发明人： Hyung-Kun P. Kim ,  Arno Muller ,  Easwaran C. N. Nambudiri

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  B41J2/315

CPC分类号： G07B17/00733 ,  G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00516 ,  G07B2017/0058 ,  G07B2017/00637 ,  G07B2017/00709 ,  G07B2017/00717 ,  G07B2017/0083

摘要： A deterrent to counterfeiting of indicias on mailpieces is provided in a method and apparatus for implementing the printing of the indicia using a customized printhead or customized printer drivers such that the dots of the bit-mapped printing are produced by the printer in unevenly spaced rows or columns. The dot size may also be varied in accordance with data from the meter, printed value, variable data such as the date, and forensic data suitably encrypted. When the indicia is scanned, the variations are readily detectable and the information is easily extracted by Postal Authorities.

摘要翻译： 在用于使用定制的打印头或定制的打印机驱动程序实现打印标记的方法和装置中提供了对邮件上的伪造的威慑，使得位图打印的点由打印机产生不均匀的行或 列。 点尺寸也可以根据来自仪表的数据，印刷值，诸如日期的可变数据和适当加密的法医数据而变化。 当标记被扫描时，这些变化很容易被检测到，并且信息很容易被邮政当局提取。

公开(公告)号：US5343133A

公开(公告)日：1994-08-30

申请号：US782212

申请日：1991-10-24

申请人： Richard A. Malin ,  Arno Muller

发明人： Richard A. Malin ,  Arno Muller

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  H02P8/00

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00548

摘要： A postage meter comprises a non-volatile memory and a microcomputer in communication with the non-volatile memory. The microcomputer is operatively coupled to a stepper motor. The stepper motor includes a rotor and is arranged for positioning at least one printwheel of the postage meter. The non-volatile memory has stored therein a value corresponding to a predetermined pulse width required for pulsing a coil of the stepper motor to position the rotor to a final position between step positions. The microcomputer pulses the stepper motor coil with a pulse of the predetermined pulse with for bring the stepper motor rotor to a final position for positioning the printwheel.

摘要翻译： 邮资计包括非易失性存储器和与非易失性存储器通信的微型计算机。 微型计算机可操作地耦合到步进电机。 该步进电动机包括转子，并布置成用于定位邮资计的至少一个打印轮。 非易失性存储器中存储有对应于脉冲步进马达的线圈所需的预定脉冲宽度的值，以将转子定位在步骤位置之间的最终位置。 微型计算机用步进电动机线圈用预定脉冲的脉冲脉冲，以使步进电动机转子到达用于定位打印轮的最终位置。

公开(公告)号：US5260900A

公开(公告)日：1993-11-09

申请号：US695154

申请日：1991-05-03

申请人： Arno Muller

发明人： Arno Muller

IPC分类号： G11C16/32 ,  G11C11/34 ,  G06F15/20

CPC分类号： G11C16/32

摘要： A method and system for accessing a non volatile memory for writing data therein, wherein the memory has a write accessing input. A control circuit produces successive enable signals, and a hardware device is connected to apply signal to the write accessing terminal of said memory only in response to a plurality of successive enable signals.

公开(公告)号：US4608923A

公开(公告)日：1986-09-02

申请号：US657702

申请日：1984-10-04

申请人： Arno Muller

发明人： Arno Muller

IPC分类号： G07B17/00 ,  B41L47/46

CPC分类号： G07B17/00508 ,  G07B2017/00548

摘要： A postage meter has a print drum with print wheels which are shiftable to select the value of the postage. The print wheels are adjusted by displacing respective transmission members; e.g. gears, which are driven by a pinion which is shifted from gear to gear. Control means is provided for controlling the shifting of the pinion so that it is engaged during each value setting only with those gears whose print wheel requires adjustment from its previous setting.

摘要翻译： 邮资计有一个带打印轮的打印鼓，可以选择邮资的价值。 通过移动相应的传动构件来调节打印轮; 例如 齿轮由从齿轮传动到齿轮的小齿轮驱动。 提供控制装置用于控制小齿轮的移动，使得它在每个值设定期间仅与其打印轮需要从其先前设定调整的那些齿轮啮合。