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Vector generator

  • US 4,027,148 A
  • Filed: 09/10/1975
  • Issued: 05/31/1977
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/10/1975
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. Method for drawing line segments having normalized visual intensity on a cathode ray tube display screen from digital information including for each segment the steps of:

  • a. receiving a first set of digital values of planar coordinates of a starting point of a line segment to be drawn from a source of digital information;

    b. converting said digital starting point values into deflection voltages directly related to the magnitudes of said values;

    c. charging a pair of matched passive networks having the same predetermined time constant which remains unchanged regardless of line segment length to the respective levels of said deflection voltages;

    d. positioning a drawing beam of said display at said starting point by said deflection voltages stored in said networks;

    e. normalizing a second set of digital values defining said line segment relative to the starting point thereof by repeatedly multiplying said second set of digital values by the same factor until the larger of the two final products resulting therefrom equals or exceeds a predetermined normalization constant;

    f. digitally adding each of said two final products to the corresponding one of said starting point coordinate values respectively to produce digital sums;

    g. converting said digital sums into drawing voltages directly related to the magnitudes of said sums;

    h. turning on said beam to start drawing, and simultaneously applying said drawing voltages to said charged networks to deflect said beam along the display locus of said segment to be drawn;

    i. reducing the drawing time required to complete said segment by an amount related to the number of multiplication repetitions utilized in normalizing said digital values defining said line segment relative to the starting point;

    j. turning off said drawing beam when a terminal end of said segment has been reached.

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