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Addressable event display and control system

  • US 4,193,120 A
  • Filed: 09/13/1978
  • Issued: 03/11/1980
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1978
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An addressable event display and control system for use with a clock controlled programmable memory having the capability of storing a multitude of time related program events, which events are utilized, chronologically, for controlling a video frequency recorder, the content of each said event comprising a plurality of pieces of information, said event display and control system comprising:

  • an array of light-emitting devices coupled to the memory, each of said devices constituting an event designator and signifying, when energized, storage of a programmed event in the memory;

    a bank of light-emitting day-of-the-week indicators also coupled to the memory, as well as to said array, and selectively energizable to visually identify a particular day;

    means for selecting a particular one of said day indicators;

    means responsive to selection of said particular day indicator for interrogating said array of event designators to ascertain which of said designators have been programmed for said particular day;

    means for selecting a desired one of said event designators for said particular day to afford review of the program content of said selected event designator;

    visual signaling means, responsive to said designator selecting means, for identifying said selected event designator;

    programming means, including visual readout means, for selecting and visually displaying the time, channel and recording duration information that identifies an event to be associated with said selected event designator; and

    means for entering said program information into the memory for subsequent retrieval upon said selected day to control the recorder.

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