Electroluminescent-photoconductive tape reader and display system

Claim 1

A BINARY DATA READ-OUT AND DISPLAY SYSTEM INCLUDING: A BINARY DATA SOURCE PRODUCING A PLURALITY OF LIGHT SIGNALS RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTING THE DIFFERENT BINARY DIGITS OF THE DATA; A LIGHT INVERTER MEANS OPTICALLY COUPLED TO SAID SOURCE FOR PRODUCING A TRUE LIGHT SIGNAL AND A COMPLEMENTED LIGHT SIGNAL IN RESPONSE TO EACH OF THE LIGHT SIGNALS FROM SAID SOURCE; A LIGHT BINARY-TO-DECIMAL TRANSLATOR MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT TERMINALS AND OPTICALLY COUPLED TO SAID LIGHT INVERTER MANS AND RESPONSIVE TO THE TRUE AND COMPLEMENTED LIGHT SIGNALS THEREFROM FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL OUTPUT SIGNALS AT DIFFERNT ONES OF SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS CORRESPONDING TO THE DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS OF THE BINARY DIGITS REPRESENTED BY THE LIGHT SIGNALS FROM SAID SOURCE; AND DECIMAL-TO-SEGMENT TRANSLATOR MANS ELECTRICALLY COUPLED TO THE RESPECTIVE OUTPUT TERMINALS OF SAID BINARY-TO-DECIMAL TRANSLATOR MEANS AND RESPONSIV TO THE ELECTRICAL OUTPUT SIGNALS AT SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS FOR PROVIDING AN ILLUMINATED INDICATION OF THE DECIMAL EQUIVALENTS OF THE BINARY DATA FROM SAID SOURCE.