Programmed presentation system
First Claim
1. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having at least one information track and a single coded data signal track, said coded data signal track having indicia for locations of the information in the information track, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, and means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia of the single coded data signal track for:
- (a) advancing the medium at a normal speed in the forward direction whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, said means for advancing and moving including means for reading the single coded data signal track while the medium is advanced at normal speed and moved at high speeds.
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Abstract
A system for automatically supplying information to an operator, such as a student being taught to repair a piece of equipment, includes a magnetic tape storage medium having audio and video information storage tracks. A coded data signal track having indicia for locations of the information on the video and audio tracks is provided. An operator station includes keys for entering answer and command signals that control movement of the tape, so that the tape is advanced at a normal speed whereby the audio and video information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, the medium is advanced at a high speed to minimize the time that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, the medium is reversed at high speed, or stopped. Indexing of the tape can be performed by the operator selecting predetermined location indicia or in response to the operator selecting certain commands or answers in response to the audio and video information presented to the operator. For example, the operator can request certain portions of the audio and video information to be repeated or skipped, in which cases the tape is rewound or advanced at high speed to portions of the tape indicated on the tape itself. In response to questions presented to the operator by the audio information and answers given by the operator, branching to different portions of the tape is performed by advancing or rewinding the tape at high speed to areas of the tape designated by the signal track indicia. Supervisory control of the actions taken by the operator is provided to selectively prevent or allow the skipping, repeating, fast forward, rewind, play or indexing operations. Pauses in the presentation of the audio visual information can be selectively inserted by the operator independent from signals from the data track.
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69 Claims
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1. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having at least one information track and a single coded data signal track, said coded data signal track having indicia for locations of the information in the information track, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, and means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia of the single coded data signal track for:
- (a) advancing the medium at a normal speed in the forward direction whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, said means for advancing and moving including means for reading the single coded data signal track while the medium is advanced at normal speed and moved at high speeds.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having at least one information track and a single coded data signal track, said coded data signal track having indicia for locations of the information in the information track, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, and means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia of the single coded data signal track for:
- (a) advancing the medium at a normal speed in the forward direction whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, the data track including multi-bit binary words having first and second segments, said first segment including a first code indicative of the second segment having a value commensurate with the medium location where the word is located and a second code indicative of the second segment having a value commensurate with a medium location to which the medium is to be driven, means recognizing the first and second codes and responsive to the command signals for activating the means for moving so that the medium is moved at high speed to the location indicated by the second segment of words having the second code.
- View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having at least one information track and a single coded data signal track, said coded data signal track having indicia for locations of the information in the information track, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, and means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia of the single coded data signal track for:
- (a) advancing the medium at a normal speed in the forward direction whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful inforrmation is presented to the operator, the data track including coded numerical indications for a desired location to which the medium is to be driven, means for detecting the coded numerical indications, and means responsive to a command signal disassociated from the numerical indication for the desired location and the detected coded numerical indication for activating the means for moving so that the medium is moved at high speeds to the desired location.
- View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having information and coded data signals recorded thereon, said coded data signals having indicia for locations of the information, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, and means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia for:
- (a) advancing the medium in the forward direction at a normal speed whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, said data signal including a command code for identifying the beginning of predetermined portions of the information on the medium, means for detecting the command code, and means responsive to the detected command code and a predetermined command signal for activating the means for moving so the medium moves at high speeds to the portion of the information track indicated by the detected command code.
- View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having information and coded data signals recorded thereon, said coded data signals having indicia for locations of the information, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia for:
- (a) advancing the medium in the forward direction at a normal speed whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, the operator station including means for deriving numerical signals indicative of desired locations for the medium, means responsive to the numerical signals and detected numerical locations from the indicia on the medium for activating the moving means so the medium is moved at high speeds until the medium is at the desired location, means for deriving an output signal in response to the medium being at the desired location, and means responsive to the output signal for selectively, in response to a supervisory control, stopping the medium and for activating the means for advancing.
- View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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41. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having information and coded data signals recorded thereon, said coded data signals having indicia for locations of the information, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia for:
- (a) advancing the medium in the forward direction at a normal speed whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, said data indicia including coded numerical indications for a desired location to which the medium is to be driven, means for detecting the coded numerical indications, and means responsive to a command signal disassociated from the numerical indication for the desired location and the detected coded numerical indications for activating the means for moving so that the medium is moved at high speeds to the desired location indicated by the detected indication.
- View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. An audio-visual presentation system comprising a magnetic tape having diagonal video tracks thereon and an audio track extending longitudinally of the tape, said audio track having recorded thereon a single serial coded signal having indicia for locations of the video tracks, an operator station for deriving command signals for controlling longitudinal movement of the tape, means responsive to signals derived from the operator station and from the location indicia for:
- (a) longitudinally advancing the tape in the forward direction at a normal speed, and (b) moving the tape in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds, said means for advancing and moving including means for reading the single coded signal while the tape is advanced at normal speed and moved at high speeds, and means responsive to the video tracks and the tape being driven at the normal speed for deriving a video output signal susceptible to activate a television receiver.
- View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having at least one information track and a single coded data signal track, said coded data signal track having indicia for locations of the information in the information track, means for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, and means responsive to the command signals and the location indicia of the single coded data signal track for:
- (a) advancing the medium at a normal speed in the forward direction whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, said means for advancing and moving including means for reading the single coded data signal track while the medium is advanced at normal speed and moved at high speeds.
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48. A system for automatically supplying information to an operator comprising a dynamic storage medium having recorded thereon information and coded data signals, said coded data signals having indicia for locations of the information recorded on the medium, means for deriving command signals for controlling movement of the medium, means responsive to the command signals and thee location indicia recorded on the medium for:
- (a) advancing the medium at a normal speed in the forward direction whereby the information is presented to the operator at a normal rate, and (b) moving the medium in the forward and reverse directions at high speeds such that no meaningful information is presented to the operator, said means for advancing and moving including means for reading the coded indicia while the medium is advanced at normal speed and moved at high speeds.
- View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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