DATA ENTRY AND RETRIEVAL COMPOSITE DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 3,753,240 A
• Filed: 03/08/1971
• Issued: 08/14/1973
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1971
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Roy L. Merwin
• Original Assignee: Roy L. Merwin
• Inventors: Merwin, Roy L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Shaw, Gareth D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Woods, Paul R.
• Application Number:
  US05/122,003
• Time in Patent Office: 890 Days
• Field of Search: 340/172.5 178/6.8
• US Class Current: 358/401
• CPC Class Codes: B41B 27/00 Control, indicating, or safety devices or systems for composing machines of various kinds or types computers in general G06F
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/153 using cathode-ray tubes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00283 with a television apparatus

Abstract

A data entry and retrieval composite display system which by electronic means transforms film, microfiche, transparent slides, video tape data and like data into a video signal and combines the same with computer originated data reduced to a video signal and displays the combined signals as a composite video display embodying the use of integrated electronic control and operating apparatus and programming, providing for selective electronic blanking and substitution of data, for electronic verification of identity of data and for electronic registration of position of data.

Claims

1. A composite display system converting data from independent sources into video signals and combining the same for a composite display having in combination, a computer comprising a programmed data source including instructions for selection of data from a second data source, means comprising a second data source, position control means selecting data from said second data source, terminal control means coupled to said computer receiving programmed instructions therefrom and transmitting the same to said second mentioned means for said selection of data from said second data source, means reading said last mentioned data and converting the same into video signals, a video signal mixing means, gating means controlling the passage of said video signals from said fourth mentioned means to said last mentioned means, a memory bank receiving data from said computer data source through said control means, said memory bank being coupled to said gating means and receiving programmed instructions with said data from said computer data source through said control means for the selective control of the passage of said second source data through said gating means, a signal generating means coupled to said memory bank receiving data therefrom and converting the same into video signals transmitted to said fifth mentioned means, said fifth mentioned means integrating video signals from said second data source and from said computer data source forming a composite signal for output, a composite video gating means coupled to said last mentioned means receiving video signals therefrom, means coupled to said last mentioned means receiving said video signals therefrom for display and/or recording, and timing means synchronizing said video signals from said computer data source through said memory bank with said video signals from said second data source.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1, wherein said memory bank comprises a random access magnetic core memory.

3. The structure set forth in claiM 1, including video signal synchronization means coupled with said fourth mentioned means adjusting the position of the same to be in registration with a predetermined location.

4. The structure set forth in claim 3, including means generating a standard synchronization marker signal, said second source data including a registration marker for synchronization with said standard marker signal, said fourth mentioned means converting said registration marker into a video signal, said position control means comparing the synchronization of said first mentioned marker signal with said second mentioned marker signal as to the position by said position control means of said second source data, said position control means being coupled to biasing means which communicates with said fourth mentioned means adjusting the position of same to synchronize said registration marker signal of said second source data with said first mentioned marker signal, and said last mentioned means being coupled to said gating means transmitting video signals therethrough upon synchronization of the respective positions of said marker signals.

5. The structure set forth in claim 1, including means verifying identification of data from said second source comprising, a plurality of pairs of registers, comparing means for each pair of said registers, said terminal control means coupled to said comparing composite video gating means through said comparing means to control transmission of data through said composite video gating means, a keyboard coupled to said computer through said terminal control means, said data from said second source including an identification code signal, said keyboard through said terminal control means transmitting said code signal to a first register of a first pair of registers and through said terminal control means transmitting said code signal to said computer, said computer transmitting through said control means said code signal to the second register of said first pair of registers and further transmitting said code signal to said position control means for the selection of second source data, a second pair of registers comprising one register of said first pair of registers, the other register of said second pair of registers receiving said identification code signal from said fourth mentioned means, one of said comparing means receiving said identification code signals from said first pair of registers for comparison thereof and the other of said comparing means receiving said identification code signals from said second pair of registers, a blanking/unblanking signal generator controlling transmission of data through said composite video gate, and said first and second mentioned comparing means actuating said blanking/unblanking signal generator.

6. The structure set forth in claim 5, including a display means, said keyboard being coupled to said memory bank transmitting said identification code signal therefrom to said display means, said keyboard instructing said computer to send an identification code signal through said memory bank to said display means, the register of said second pair of registers which receives said identification code signal from said fourth mentioned means transmitting said code signal through said terminal control means and said memory bank to said display means, and means actuating said composite video gating means for transmission of said identification code signals to said display means for visual observation thereof.

7. The structure set forth in claim 6, including said fourth mentioned means reading the identification code of said second source data converting the same to a video signal, and means transmitting said video signal to said display means.

8. The structure set forth in claim 6, including a comparator status detector coupled to said comparing means detecting an identification code signal eRror condition, said detector being coupled through said terminal control means to said computer and upon detection of an identification error condition, said detector commands an error message to be sent by said computer to said display means to indicate a failure of comparison of said identification code signals.

9. A composite display system converting data from independent sources to video signals and combining the same for a composite display having in combination, a computer comprising a programmed data source, means comprising a second data source, said second data source embodying identification codes, said programmed data source embodying identification codes corresponding to said identification codes of said second source data, position control means selecting data from said second source data, means converting said second source data into video signals, means receiving and mixing said video signals, gating means controlling the passage of said video signals from said third mentioned means to said last mentioned means, terminal control means communicating with said computer receiving data therefrom for transmission to said position control means for the selection and retrieval of data from said second source, said terminal control means coupled to a memory bank transmitting data from said computer data source to said memory bank, means coupled to said memory bank receiving data therefrom and converting the same into video signals and transmitting said video signals to said means mixing video signals, said video signal mixing means integrating said video signals from said second data source and from said computer data source forming composite signals, a composite video gating means coupled to said video signal mixing means receiving said composite signals, means verifying the identification codes with respect to said second source data, said last mentioned means controlling transmission of data through said last mentioned gating means, means receiving said composite signals from said gating means displaying and/or recording the same.

10. The structure set forth in claim 3, wherein said video signal position synchronization means comprises, means generating a standard synchronization signal, said second source data embodying a synchronization signal, means comparing synchronization of said signal from said standard signal generator with said signal from said data to detect an absence of said synchronization, means detecting and separating said second mentioned synchronization signal from other video signals, means detecting synchronization of said second mentioned synchronization signal and said standard synchronization signal, biasing means in connection with said comparing means generating repositioning signals, said biasing means being coupled with said reading means to adjust the same for synchronization of said synchronization signal from said data with said standard synchronization signal, and said detecting means being coupled to said terminal control means and through it to said computer to instruct said computer to transmit data.