Stroboscopic readout of display tape

Claim 1

A READOUT DEVICE COMPRISING: CIRCUIT MEANS FOR CONTINUOUSLY SUPPLYING A PLURALITY OF INPUT SIGNALS AT THE SAME TIME, EACH OF SAID SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF A PARTICULAR CHARACTER; A TAPE HAVING CLEARED PORTIONS CARRYING DISPLAYABLE CHARACTERS REPRESENTED BY SAID INPUT SIGNALS AND OTHER PORTIONS CARRYING CODE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH EACH CHARACTER; A PLURALITY OF VIEWING POSITIONS, ONE FOR EACH CHARACTER TO BE DISPLAYED, FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING ALL THE CHARACTERS REPRESENTED BY SAID INPUT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS SUPPLIED AT THE SAME TIME; MEANS FOR REPETITIVELY MOVING SAID TAPE SEQUENTIALLY PAST ALL OF SAID VIEWING POSITIONS SO THAT EACH DISPLAYABLE CHARACTER ON THE TAPE IS SEQUENTIALLY MOVED PAST EACH VIEWING POSITION; CODE DETECTION MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CODE INFORMATION FOR CONTINUOUSLY DEVELOPING ELECTRICAL CODE SIGTION; CODE DETECTION MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CODE INTION AS SAID TAPE MOVES, SAID CODE DETECTION MEANS SO POSITIONED THAT WHEN A PARTICULAR CODE ON SAID TAPE PASSES SAID CODE DETECTION MEANS THE CHARACTER ASSOCIATED WITH SAID PARTICULAR CODE PASSES A SELECTED VIEWING POSITION, WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, OTHER CHARACTERS PASS THE OTHER VIEWING POSITIONS; A PLURALITY OF CIRCUIT MEANS, ONE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID VIEWING POSITIONS, AND EACH JOINTLY RESPONSIVE TO SAID CODE SIGNALS AND THE INPUT ELECTRICAL SIGNAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CHARACTER TO BE VIEWED IN THE ASSOCIATED VIEWING POSITION, FOR DEVELOPING CONTROL SIGNALS WHENEVER A PARTICULAR CODE SIGNAL IS REPRESENTATIVE TO CODE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE SAME CHARACTER AS THE CHARACTER REPRESENTED BY SAID INPUT ELECTRICAL SIGNAL; MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID CONTROL SIGNALS FOR REPETITIVELY MAKING VISIBLE, DURING EVERY CYCLE OF SAID TAPE, THE PARTICULAR CHARACTERS ON SAID TAPE REPRESENTED BY SAID INPUT ELECTRICAL SIGNALS; AND MEANS FOR COMPENSATING FOR THE TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TIME THAT CHARACTERS ON SAID TAPE PASS VIEWING POSITIONS OTHER THAN SAID SELECTED ONE AND THE TIME THE CODE INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH THESE CHARACTERS PASSES SAID CODE DETECTION MEANS.