System for displaying alphanumeric messages
First Claim
1. An alphanumeric visual display system for displaying a preprogrammed message made up of a number of complete message units in a sequence, said system comprising:
- a unitary visual display device having a limited number of character stations at each of which any one of a multiple of characters may be displayed by the application thereto of a set of binary coded signals;
memory means for storing a plurality of complete message units, each of said complete message units including a plurality of characters not greater in number than the number of character stations of said display device and having binary coded signals representative of each character to be displayed at each of the number of character station locations stored at corresponding character locations in said memory means, said complete message units forming a plurality of complete messages and at least one of the complete messages is made up of a number of the complete message units in sequence;
sequencing means for causing each of said complete message units of a complete message to be displayed by said visual display device in a time-spaced relationship one complete message unit at a time;
first signal means for indicating the first complete message unit in a sequence of complete message units in a complete message, each of said complete message units having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a first binary coded signal representative of said first signal means;
first sensing means for sensing said first signal means, andmeans responsive to the sensing of said first signal means for activating said sequencing means.
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Abstract
A system for displaying alphanumeric messages includes a unitary visual display device having a limited number of character display stations at each of which a character may be created in response to a set of signals applied to the character station. A memory stores a plurality of complete message units which form a number of complete messages and some of the complete messages are multiple-message unit messages made up of a number of complete message units in a sequence. The message units in a multiple-message unit message are automatically accessed from memory and displayed in a time-spaced relationship by the display device one complete message unit at a time. The memory may also store complete message units having a stored message component and a real time message component. A predetermined number of character stations are automatically reserved to display real time characters in a complete message unit having a stored and real time message component.
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15 Claims
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1. An alphanumeric visual display system for displaying a preprogrammed message made up of a number of complete message units in a sequence, said system comprising:
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a unitary visual display device having a limited number of character stations at each of which any one of a multiple of characters may be displayed by the application thereto of a set of binary coded signals; memory means for storing a plurality of complete message units, each of said complete message units including a plurality of characters not greater in number than the number of character stations of said display device and having binary coded signals representative of each character to be displayed at each of the number of character station locations stored at corresponding character locations in said memory means, said complete message units forming a plurality of complete messages and at least one of the complete messages is made up of a number of the complete message units in sequence; sequencing means for causing each of said complete message units of a complete message to be displayed by said visual display device in a time-spaced relationship one complete message unit at a time; first signal means for indicating the first complete message unit in a sequence of complete message units in a complete message, each of said complete message units having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a first binary coded signal representative of said first signal means; first sensing means for sensing said first signal means, and means responsive to the sensing of said first signal means for activating said sequencing means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An alphanumeric visual display system for displaying a preprogrammed message made up of a number of complete message units in a sequence, said system comprising:
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a unitary visual display device having a limited number of character stations at each of which any one of a multiple of characters may be displayed by the application thereto of a set of binary coded signals; memory means for storing a plurality of complete message units, each of said complete message units including a plurality of characters not greater in number than the number of character stations of said display device and having binary coded signals representative of each character to be displayed at each of the number of character station locations stored at corresponding character locations in said memory means, said complete message units forming a plurality of complete messages and at least one of the complete messages is made up of a number of complete message units in sequence and at least one of the complete message units is a combination message unit made up of a stored message component and a real time message component, said stored message component having a number of characters which number is less than the number of said character stations of the display device; sequencing means for causing each of said complete message units of a complete message to be displayed by said visual display device in a time-spaced relationship one complete message unit at a time; first signal means for indicating the first complete message unit in a sequence of complete message units in a complete message, each of said complete message units having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a first binary coded signal representative of said first signal means; first sensing means for sensing said first signal means; means responsive to the sensing of said first signal means for activating said sequencing means; real time signal means associated with at least one real time condition and providing at least one real time message component varying in time with variations in the value of its corresponding real time condition so as to represent at any given instant the instantaneous value of said corresponding condition; reserve digit signal means for indicating that a complete message unit is a combination message unit having a stored message component and a real time message component, each said combination message unit having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a predetermined binary coded signal representative of said reserve digit signal means; sensing means for sensing said reserve digit signal means in a said combination message unit, and means responsive to the sensing of said reserve signal means for reserving a plurality of character display stations for displaying in a combination message unit at the reserved character stations a corresponding number of characters comprising a said real time message component. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. An alphanumeric visual display system for displaying a preprogrammed message made up of a number of complete message units in a sequence, said system comprising:
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a unitary visual display device having a limited number of character stations at each of which stations any one of a multiple of characters may be displayed by the application thereto of a set of binary coded signals; memory means for storing a plurality of complete message units, each of said complete message units including a plurality of characters not greater in number than the number of character stations of said display device and having binary coded signals representative of each character to be displayed at each of the number of character station locations stored at corresponding character locations in said memory means, said complete message units forming a plurality of complete messages and at least one of the complete messages is made up of a number of said complete message units in sequence and at least one of the complete message units is a combination message unit, said combination message unit being made up of a stored message component and a real time message component, said stored message component having a number of characters which number is less than the number of said character stations of the display device; real time signal means associated with at least one real time condition and providing at least one real time message component consisting of at least one character and varying in time with variations in the value of its corresponding real time condition so as to represent at any given instant the instantaneous value of said corresponding condition; sequencing means for causing each of said complete message units of a complete message to be displayed by said visual display in a time-spaced relationship one complete message unit at a time; first signal means for indicating the first complete message unit in a sequence of complete message units in a complete message, each of said complete message units having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a binary coded signal representative of said first signal means; second signal means for indicating the last complete message unit in a sequence of complete message units in a complete message, each of said complete message units having a second predetermined character location in said memory for storing a second binary coded signal representative of said second signal means; first sensing means for sensing the presence of said first signal means in said one predetermined character location of a complete message unit; first responsive means responsive to the sensing of said first signal means for activating said sequencing means; second sensing means for sensing the presence of said second signal means in said second predetermined character location of a complete message unit; second responsive means responsive to the sensing of said second signal means for deactivating said sequencing means; third signal means for indicating a complete message unit is a combination message unit having a stored message component and a real time message component, each of said combination message units having a third predetermined character location in said memory for storing a binary coded signal representative of said third signal means; third sensing means for sensing the presence of said third signal means in said third predetermined character location of a combination message unit; and third responsive means responsive to the sensing of said third signal means for reserving a plurality of character display stations in a combination message unit to display at the reserved character stations a corresponding number of characters comprising a said real time message component.
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13. An alphanumeric visual display system for displaying a preprogrammed message made up of a number of complete message units in a sequence, said system comprising:
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a unitary visual display device having a limited number of character stations at each of which any one of a multiple of characters may be displayed by the application thereto of a set of binary coded signals; memory means for storing a plurality of complete message units, each of said complete message units including a plurality of characters not greater in number than the number of character stations of said display device and having binary coded signals representative of each character to be displayed at each of the number of character station locations stored at corresponding character locations in said memory means, said complete message units forming a plurality of complete messages and at least one of the complete message units is a combination message unit made up of a stored message component and a real time message component, said stored message component having a number of characters which number is less than the number of said character stations of the display device; sequencing means for causing each of said complete message units of a complete message to be displayed by said visual display device in a time-spaced relationship one complete message unit at a time; first signal means for indicating the first complete message unit in a sequence of complete message units in a complete message, each of said complete message units having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a first binary coded signal representative of said first signal means; first sensing means for sensing said first signal means; means responsive to the sensing of said first signal means for activating said sequencing means; real time signal means associated with at least one real time condition and providing at least one real time message component varying in time with variations in the value of its corresponding real time condition so as to represent at any given instant the instantaneous value of said corresponding condition; reserve digit signal means for indicating that a complete message unit is a combination message unit having a stored message component and a real time message component, each said combination message unit having one predetermined character location in said memory for storing a predetermined binary coded signal representative of said reserve digit signal means; sensing means for sensing said reserve digit signal means in a said combination message unit; means responsive to the sensing of said reserve signal means for reserving a plurality of character display stations for displaying in a combination message unit at the reserved character stations a corresponding number of characters comprising a said real time message component, and said predetermined character location in memory for storing said reserve digit binary coded signal comprising the character location immediately preceding the character location associated with the first character station of the number of reserved character stations. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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