Adaptive message display apparatus
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1. A message display apparatus comprising:
- at least one sensor which outputs data representing a current state of at least one monitored phenomenon;
first means, responsive to an output of said at least one sensor, for determining one or more display elements corresponding to a sensed state of said at least one monitored phenomenon and for determining a priority ranking of each display element corresponding to the sensed state of said at least one phenomenon;
second means, responsive to the output of said at least one sensor, for calculating a time allowance within which a human being must make a judgment regarding the sensed state of said at least one monitored phenomenon; and
third means responsive to outputs of said first and second means for establishing a form of a display.
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Abstract
Sensors are used to detect data representing the current state of at least one monitored phenomena. The time available for a human being to make a judgment concerning the detected phenomena is determined and an appropriate number of messages corresponding to the current state of the monitored phenomena is determined for output. At the same time, the priority of each of the messages to be displayed is determined. The number of messages deemed to be appropriate are output and displayed in the order of priority.
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1. A message display apparatus comprising:
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at least one sensor which outputs data representing a current state of at least one monitored phenomenon; first means, responsive to an output of said at least one sensor, for determining one or more display elements corresponding to a sensed state of said at least one monitored phenomenon and for determining a priority ranking of each display element corresponding to the sensed state of said at least one phenomenon; second means, responsive to the output of said at least one sensor, for calculating a time allowance within which a human being must make a judgment regarding the sensed state of said at least one monitored phenomenon; and third means responsive to outputs of said first and second means for establishing a form of a display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A message display apparatus comprising:
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at least one sensor which outputs data representing a current state of at least one monitored phenomenon; first means, responsive to the output of said at least one sensor, for determining a time allowance within which a human being must make a judgment concerning said at least one monitored phenomenon, said first means comprising inference means which makes fuzzy inferences based on said current state to determine said time allowance; second means, for calculating a number of messages which can be output within the time allowance determined by said first means; and third means for outputting messages, said third means containing a number of pre-stored messages, said third means including means for outputting a number of said pre-stored messages corresponding to the number of messages calculated by said second means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A message display apparatus comprising:
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at least one sensor which outputs data representing a current state of at least one monitored phenomenon; means for storing a plurality of display elements associated with the current state of said at least one monitored phenomenon; first means, responsive to the output of said at least one sensor, for determining a priority ranking of said display elements, said first means comprising inference means which makes fuzzy inferences based on said current state to decide the ranking of each display element; and second means for determining which of said display elements to display according to the priority ranking determined by said first means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A message display apparatus comprising:
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at least one sensor which outputs a current state of at least one monitored phenomenon; first means responsive to the outputs of said at least one sensor for determining a plurality of possible display elements corresponding to the current state of said at least one monitored phenomenon; second means, for calculating a number of said possible display items which are to be displayed, said second means comprising inference means which makes fuzzy inferences based on said current state to determine the number of possible display items based on an urgency of the current state; and third means for outputting the number of display elements calculated by said second means.
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