Data converter system

• US 3,293,614 A
• Filed: 04/29/1963
• Issued: 12/20/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Gerald E. Fenimore, Leland M. Nave, William R. Mcconnell
• Original Assignee: Gerald E. Fenimore, Leland M. Nave, William R. Mcconnell
• Inventors: Fenimore, Gerald E., Mcconnell, William R., Nave, Leland M.
• Application Number:
  US04/276,295
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• US Class Current: 345/690
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 1/06 using single beam tubes G09G1/26, G09G1/28 take precedence, e.g. three-dimensional or perspective representation, rotation or translation of display pattern, hidden lines, shadows G09G1/28 takes precedence; stereoscopic TV-systems, details thereof H04N13/00; oscilloscopes for three-dimensional representation G01R13/206; vectorscopes G01R13/208
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/02 characterised by the way in which colour is displayed details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/222 Control of the character-code memory
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/363 Graphics controllers
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/39 Control of the bit-mapped memory

Claims

1. A DATA COVERTER SYSTEM IN WHICH INFORMATION SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF DISCRETE SYMBOLS AND THEIR CORRESPONDING LOCATIONS WITHIN A DISPLAY AREA ARE CONVERTED TO A SECOND SIGNAL FOR REPRODUCTION IN A LINE SCAN TYPE DISPLAY WHEREIN THE ENTIRE DISPLAY AREA COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF ILLUMINABLE DOT ELEMENTS, SAID SYSTEM COMPRISING:

MEANS FOR ACCEPTING SAID INFORMATION SIGNALS;

MEANS FOR CONVERTING THAT PART OF SAID INFORMATION SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYMBOLS INTO SAID SECOND SIGNAL IN WHICH EACH OF THE SYMBOLS ARE REPRESENTED BY A PLURALITY OF INFORMATION BITS CORRESPONDING TO UNIQUE DOT ELEMENTS IN THE LINE SCAN DISPLAY;

STORAGE MEANS HAVING A SEPARATE STORAGE ELEMENT FOR EACH DOT ELEMENT IN THE ENTIRE DISPLAY AREA;

MEANS FOR PLACING EACH INFORMATION BIT IN THE STORAGE ELEMENT THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE DOT ELEMENT AT WHCH IT IS TO BE DISPLAYED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THAT PART OF SAID INFORMATION SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SYMBOL'"'"''"'"'S LOCATION;

AND MEANS FOR READING FROM SAID STORAGE MEANS SAID INFORMATION BITS AT A RATE CORRESPONDING TO THE RATE AT WHICH THEY ARE TO BE PRESENTED ON SAID LINE SCAN DISPLAY.