Arabic numeral display having binary code conversion matrix

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A DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING A REPRESENTATION OF ARABIC NUMERALS FROM ZERO TO NINE IN RESPONSE TO BINARY CODED REPRESENTATIONS THEREOF IN THE FORM OF BITS AND COMPLEMENTS INCLUDING IN COMBINATION A PLURALITY OF ILLUMINABLE ELEMENTS, MEANS MOUNTING SAID ELEMENTS TO FORM AS A COMPOSITE UNIT A CONFIGURATION OF THE ARABIC NUMERAL EIGHT, A TRANSLATION MATRIX HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS ARRANGED IN PAIRS TO BE RESPONSIVE TO A BINARY CODED INPUT, A BINARY BIT BEING APPLIED TO ONE TERMINAL OF EACH PAIR AND THE COMPLEMENT OF SAID BIT BEING APPLIED TO THE OTHER TERMINAL OF THE PAIR, A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT TERMINALS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN CORRESPONDING TO SAID PAIRED ARRANGEMENT OF INPUT TERMINALS, SWITCHING MEANS FOR EACH OF SAID ELEMENTS, AND MEANS COMPRISING SAID SWITCHING MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID ELEMENTS TO SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS IN A PREDETERMINED PATTERN WHEREBY UPON THE ENERGIZATION OF SAID PAIRS OF INPUT TERMINALS IN ACCORDANCE WITH A BINARY NUMBER SIGNAL REPRESENTATION SAID SWITCHING MEANS ARE OPERATED TO CAUSE ENERGIZATION OF SAID ILLUMINABLE ELEMENTS IN A PATTERN CORRESPONDING TO THE ARABIC NEUMERAL DISPLAY OF SAID BINARY NUMBER.