Hand-held manually operable instruments determining and displaying lap speeds about a track and comparing different laps and racers
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1. A manually operable portable electronic data processing instrument for instantaneously displaying to an observing race track patron in an off-track location the lap speeds of selected racers on a race track, comprising in combination:
- digital timing means responsive to manually entered start and stop signals,manually operable switching means for supplying said start and stop signals by observation of the patron as the racer passes a selected marker of the patron'"'"'s choice along the patron'"'"'s line of sight indicative precisely of a racer'"'"'s position about the track,track length entry means for establishing the distance of a lap about a given race track, andspeed computing means responsive to the digital timing means, the manually entered start and stop signals and the established distance of a lap for determining the speed of a racer traversing one lap on the racetrack.
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Abstract
A hand-held and operated, instantaneous readout, portable electronic instrument is disclosed, which may be used by an observer from the grandstands to determine the speed of racers such as racing cars, horses, athletes, etc. over a lap of a race-track and to comparatively display the speeds of one racer over different laps and the speeds of different racers.
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1. A manually operable portable electronic data processing instrument for instantaneously displaying to an observing race track patron in an off-track location the lap speeds of selected racers on a race track, comprising in combination:
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digital timing means responsive to manually entered start and stop signals, manually operable switching means for supplying said start and stop signals by observation of the patron as the racer passes a selected marker of the patron'"'"'s choice along the patron'"'"'s line of sight indicative precisely of a racer'"'"'s position about the track, track length entry means for establishing the distance of a lap about a given race track, and speed computing means responsive to the digital timing means, the manually entered start and stop signals and the established distance of a lap for determining the speed of a racer traversing one lap on the racetrack. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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