Segmented character display
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1. A character display having fifty nine segments arranged in rows and columns comprising:
- twenty eight segments defining a periphery of a generally rectangular character display, the twenty eight segments including one relatively shorter segment disposed at each corner of the generally rectangular periphery, seven additional segments disposed to define a top side thereof, seven additional segments disposed to define a bottom side thereof, five additional segments disposed to define a first vertical side thereof and five additional segments disposed to define a second vertical side thereof, wherein each of the top, bottom and two vertical sides thereof has a relatively shorter segment in a central position, and has a pair of two relatively longer segments disposed on opposing sides of the relatively shorter central segment, and wherein each of the top and bottom sides has a relatively shorter segment disposed between each pair of relatively longer segments;
eleven additional segments disposed to define horizontal and vertical dividers that divide the generally rectangular character display to define four quadrants thereof, wherein six segments of the eleven additional segments are arranged to divide the generally rectangular character display in the horizontal direction between the relatively shorter central segment of each vertical side thereof and wherein four segments of the eleven additional segments are arranged to divide the generally rectangular character display in the vertical direction between the relatively shorter central segments of the top and bottom sides thereof, wherein one segment of the eleven additional segments is located where lines defined by the six segments and the four segments intersect and is relatively centrally located within the generally rectangular character display; and
five segments disposed within each of the four quadrants, each quadrant including a generally centrally located relatively shorter segment and four relatively longer segments radiating diagonally from the relatively shorter central segment toward the relatively shorter segments disposed at each of the four corners of each quadrant.
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Abstract
A character display comprises fifty-nine segments arranged into rows and columns. Twenty eight of the fifty-nine segments define a periphery of the display, eleven additional segments define horizontal and vertical dividers that define four quadrants, and five additional segments are disposed in each of the four quadrants to define diagonals thereof.
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1. A character display having fifty nine segments arranged in rows and columns comprising:
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twenty eight segments defining a periphery of a generally rectangular character display, the twenty eight segments including one relatively shorter segment disposed at each corner of the generally rectangular periphery, seven additional segments disposed to define a top side thereof, seven additional segments disposed to define a bottom side thereof, five additional segments disposed to define a first vertical side thereof and five additional segments disposed to define a second vertical side thereof, wherein each of the top, bottom and two vertical sides thereof has a relatively shorter segment in a central position, and has a pair of two relatively longer segments disposed on opposing sides of the relatively shorter central segment, and wherein each of the top and bottom sides has a relatively shorter segment disposed between each pair of relatively longer segments;
eleven additional segments disposed to define horizontal and vertical dividers that divide the generally rectangular character display to define four quadrants thereof, wherein six segments of the eleven additional segments are arranged to divide the generally rectangular character display in the horizontal direction between the relatively shorter central segment of each vertical side thereof and wherein four segments of the eleven additional segments are arranged to divide the generally rectangular character display in the vertical direction between the relatively shorter central segments of the top and bottom sides thereof, wherein one segment of the eleven additional segments is located where lines defined by the six segments and the four segments intersect and is relatively centrally located within the generally rectangular character display; and
five segments disposed within each of the four quadrants, each quadrant including a generally centrally located relatively shorter segment and four relatively longer segments radiating diagonally from the relatively shorter central segment toward the relatively shorter segments disposed at each of the four corners of each quadrant. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A character display having fifty nine segments arranged in rows and columns comprising:
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twenty eight segments defining a periphery of a generally rectangular character display, the twenty eight segments including one segment disposed at each corner of the generally rectangular periphery, and four groups of five or more additional segments each disposed to define a respective side thereof;
eleven additional segments disposed to define intersecting dividers that divide the generally rectangular character display to define four quadrants thereof, wherein one segment of the eleven additional segments is disposed generally centrally within the generally rectangular character display and the ten other segments of the eleven additional segments are arranged to extend from the one generally centrally disposed segment of the eleven additional segments to the respective sides of the generally rectangular character display; and
five segments disposed within each of the four quadrants, each quadrant including a generally centrally located segment and four segments radiating diagonally from the central segment toward each of the four corners of each quadrant. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A display embodied in a woven article for displaying a number of characters, each character having segments arranged in a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, said character display comprising:
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a number of characters each comprising;
a plurality of functional yarn woven generally parallel to each other in the woven article and defining a number M of columns of the display, each of said plurality of functional yarn including a plurality of display elements thereon defining a number N of rows of the display, wherein the display elements define the segments of the display, and wherein M and N are positive integers;
each one of said plurality of functional yarn further comprising an addressable latched driver thereon for receiving an addressing signal and selectively energizing ones of the plurality of display elements of said one of said plurality of functional yarn responsive to the addressing signal;
a plurality of insulating yarn interwoven in the woven article in a direction parallel to said plurality of functional yarn between adjacent ones of the characters for defining a spacing therebetween;
a plurality of insulating yarn interwoven in the woven article in a direction transverse to said plurality of functional yarn;
a plurality of electrically conductive yarn interwoven in the woven article in a direction transverse to said plurality of functional yarn, wherein one of said electrically conductive yarn contacts the plurality of functional yarn at its intersections therewith for applying electrical power thereto, and wherein another of said electrically conductive yarn contacts the plurality of functional yarn at its intersections therewith for applying addressing signal thereto for addressing the addressable latched drivers thereon. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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