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Graphic construction display generator

  • US 3,418,459 A
  • Filed: 06/16/1967
  • Issued: 12/24/1968
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/25/1959
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. AN ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SIMULATED THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY ON A TWO-DIMENSIONAL UTILIZATION DEVICE TO PRODUCE A PERSPECTIVE VIEW ILLUSTRATING THE POSTURE OF AN OBSERVER WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE SURFACE COMPRISING:

  • MEANS FOR PRODUCING A DISPLAY OF RANDOMLY-SPACED DISPLAY MEMBERS PROVIDING AN ILLUSION OF THE PERSPECTIVE PICTURE OF SAID REFERENCE SURFACE MOVING WITH RESPECT TO SAID OBSERVER;

    SAID MEANS COMPRISING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SET OF X AND Y DEFLECTION VOLTAGES RESPONSIVE TO POSTURAL DATA AND PRODUCING A FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF LINES, THE LINES IN EACH SAID PLURALITY FORMING A PERSPECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF RANDOMLY-SPACED COPLANAR PARALLEL LINES HAVING A COMMON VANISHING POINT, WITH THE LINES IN SAID FIRST PLURALITY APPEARING ORTHOGONAL TO THE LINES IN SAID SECOND PLURALITY AND COPLANAR THEREWITH;

    MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID SET OF X AND Y DEFLECTION VOLTAGES TO A DISPLAY DEVICE SUCH THAT SAID RESPECTIVE PLURALITIES OF LINES ARE DISPLAYED;

    ELECTRONIC MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID DISPLAY FOR PROVIDING A VIDEO SIGNAL COMBINING SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITY OF LINES IN PERSPECTIVE REPRESENTATION OF SAID REFERENCE SURFACE;

    AND MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID VIDEO SIGNAL TO SAID UTILIZATION DEVICE.

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