Terminal display and storage system
First Claim
1. A system for recording, storing and later displaying document information including means for capturing and recording a given document, storing the captured information and displaying the captured information at a CRT terminal in a remote location from said storage location comprising:
- at least one television camera;
means for providing a document to be viewed by said television camera for capture and storage;
a CRT for later displaying the document captured by said television camera;
a processor connected to said television camera for controlling and activating said television camera and formatting the picture provided by said document into digital information;
means to activate said processor;
a main central processing unit (CPU) for connection to said processor; and
,storage means connected to said main CPU for storing the digitized video information corresponding to the document that has been captured by said television camera.
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Abstract
A terminal display incorporates a cathode ray tube (CRT) that is mounted in conjunction with a keyboard for use by an operator such as a bank clerk. Main and remote CPU'"'"'s are accessed by the keyboard to provide an input for recording a signature card through a signature capture device including a television camera. The signature information in the form of the relevant bits or characters is transmitted to the main CPU for storage through a buffered system that incorporates a portion of this invention. In order to save storage space, only those relevant bits that relate to a given character designating the number of spaces is recorded in a manner whereby blanks and the appropriate number thereof are recorded as a single character form, indicating the number of blanks, thereby compressing the signature character bits substantially. After storage, the operator at the terminal is able to retrieve and display a signature that has been stored, which is then displayed on the lower portion of the CRT at the operator'"'"'s remote location from the main CPU. The lower portion of the CRT is utilized in lieu of the entire CRT so that the data on the upper portion of approximately the top two thirds of the screen can be provided with an alphanumeric representation on the top of the screen and a video display on the bottom of the screen by means of a unique display timer of this invention.
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17 Claims
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1. A system for recording, storing and later displaying document information including means for capturing and recording a given document, storing the captured information and displaying the captured information at a CRT terminal in a remote location from said storage location comprising:
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at least one television camera; means for providing a document to be viewed by said television camera for capture and storage; a CRT for later displaying the document captured by said television camera; a processor connected to said television camera for controlling and activating said television camera and formatting the picture provided by said document into digital information; means to activate said processor; a main central processing unit (CPU) for connection to said processor; and
,storage means connected to said main CPU for storing the digitized video information corresponding to the document that has been captured by said television camera. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A storage system for storing video information related to the signature of a bank customer and later retrieving said signature for display on a CRT at a remote location from said source area comprising:
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a signature capture means in the form of a television camera for viewing a signature card; means to access said signature capture means with respect to said card; a processor for processing the video information from said television camera connected thereto; a main CPU having storage means connected thereto and connected to said processor for receiving and storing the video information; and
,means to access the information stored by said main CPU in conjunction with a CRT display for displaying the signature that had been previously captured and stored by said processing unit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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