Method and means for information presentation

• US 3,968,573 A
• Filed: 10/24/1974
• Issued: 07/13/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1974
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Jean-Paul Poliniere
• Original Assignee: Allen Grossman
• Inventors: Poliniere, Jean-Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Mancene, Louis G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wolff, John H.
• Application Number:
  US05/517,748
• Time in Patent Office: 628 Days
• Field of Search: 35/7, 40/2 R, 283/1 A, 283/34
• US Class Current: 434/153
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 21/00 Information retrieval from punched cards designed for manual use or handling by machine G06K19/00 takes precedence; detection or correction of errors by rescanning patterns G06V10/98; checking correct operation of card-conveying mechanisms G06K13/06; Apparatus for handling such cards, e.g. marking or correcting
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/00 Signs, name or number plates, letters, numerals, or symbols vehicle registration number plates B60R13/10; Panels or boards show-cards G09F1/00; indicating arrangements for variable information G09F9/00, G09F11/00; illuminated signs G09F13/00; boards for notices or posters G09F15/00

Abstract

A new information display system for the student, the technician and the general public which arranges consolidated information in a visual presentation form for rapid and comprehensive understanding. The system interrelates dependent or independent data or operational information, in a fashion that facilitates action or learning, through five basic operations: (1) defining the limits of bodies of information that concern given classes of objects or actions by identifying the fixed and variable factors related to the users'"'"' needs; (2) dividing each body of information into open movable vertical display panels that present the minimum amount of information needed for selection or action; (3) dividing each panel into a plurality of charts that summarize standardized data, recommendations and facts; (4) adding to the side of any such panel a marginal scale that characterizes a common factor such as space or time; (5) rearranging ad-hoc panels side by side to answer the users'"'"' needs for more complex comparisons.

Claims

1. An information display system for presenting information about objects, such as tourist attractions, having a common characteristic throughout, namely a location within a particular geographical area, said system comprising:

a plurality of separate and distinct, portable panels, said panels being disposable substantially in parallel columns and/or rows and orientated in the same upright position for ready viewing, each said panel including a carrier having the following information disposed thereon;

a. a geographical chart consisting of a map of said geographical area, and means for dividing said map into a plurality of subsections, each of said subsections identified by a unique character positioned thereon,

b. a marginal scale, said scale consisting of a predetermined order of said unique characters disposed upon said carrier at intervals along the edge of said carrier, said marginal scale identically disposed on each said carrier,

c. a plurality of separate and physically independent, self-sufficient and self-contained, main charts, each of said main charts expressing an essential element of said information, said main charts disposed, one after the other, along the length of said carrier, each of said main charts containing at least one of the same forms of information, said forms of information positioned within said main chart identically from chart to chart, said forms of information limited in number to facilitate comparison of the content of each of said forms of information within each panel and between said panels, said information within each main chart related to a particular object located within said geographical area,

d. means for referencing each said particular object described in each said main chart to the location along said marginal scale representing the geographical location of said particular object, said referencing means identical in form for each said main chart,

said identical position and same forms of information in each main chart, said identical marginal scales along the edge of said panel and said identical means for referencing each said particular object to the marginal scale combining to facilitate the comparison of the different objects described in each of the main charts both within and between panels.

2. An information display system for presenting information directed to achieving a given objective, such as recommended operations to a growth cycle of a rose, having a common characteristic throughout, namely, a recommended operation during a particular time interval, said system comprising:

a plurality of separate and distinct, portable panels, said panels being disposable substantially in parallel rows and/or columns and orientated in the same upright position for ready viewing, each said panel including a carrier having the following information disposed thereon;

a. a marginal scale, said scale consisting of suitable indicia representing said time interval, disposed upon said carrier at intervals along the edge of said carrier, said marginal scale identically disposed on each said carrier,

b. a plurality of separate and physically independent, self-sufficient and self-contained, main charts, each of said main charts expressing an essential element of said information, said main charts disposed, one after the other, along the length of said carrier, each of said main charts containing at least one of the same forms of information, said forms of information positioned within said main chart identically, from chart to chart, said forms of information limited in number to facilitate comparison of the content of each of said forms of information within each panel and between said panels, said information within each main chart related to an independent, elementary operation, directed to the achievement of said objective,

c. means for referencing each said elementary operation described in each said main chart to the location along said marginal scale representing the point within said time interval when said elementary operation is to take place, said referencing means identical in form for each said main chart,

said identical position and same forms of information in each main chart, said identical marginal scales along the edge of said panel and said identical means for referencing each said elementary operation to the marginal scale combining to facilitate the comparison of the different operations described in each of the main charts both within and between panels.

3. An information display system for presenting information about a series of events, such as important social events in Great Britain, having a common characteristic throughout, namely, occurrence during a particular time interval, said system comprising:

a plurality of separate and distinct, portable panels, said panels being disposable substantially in parallel rows and/or columns and orientated in the same upright position for ready viewing, each said panel including a carrier having the following information disposed thereon;

a. a marginal scale, said scale consisting of suitable indicia representing said time interval, disposed upon said carrier at intervals along the edge of said carrier, said marginal scale identically disposed on each said carrier,

b. a plurality of separate and physically independent, self-sufficient and self-contained, main charts, each of said main charts expressing an essential element of said information, said main charts disposed, one after the other, along the length of said carrier, each of said main charts containing at least one of the same forms of information, said forms of information positioned within said main chart identically from chart to chart, said forms of information limited in number, to facilitate comparison of the content of each of said forms of information within each panel and between said panels, said information within each main chart related to the occurrence of a particular event within said time interval,

c. means for referencing each said particular event described in each said main chart to the location along said marginal scale representing the point within said time interval when said particular event took place, said referencing means identical in form for each said main chart,

said identical position and same forms of information in each main chart, said identical marginal scales along the edge of said panel and said identical means for referencing each said particular event to the marginal scale combining to facilitate the comparison of the particular events described in each of the main charts both within and between panels.