Signal converter for video display system

Claim 1

IN A CONVERTER SYSTEM FOR CONVERTING SIGNALS CYCLICALLY PROVIDED AT A FIRST FREQUENCY TO SIGNALS FOR USE WITH EQUIPMENT OPERATIVE AT A SECOND DIFFERENT FREQUENCY, AN INPUT CIRCUIT OVER WHICH SIGNALS ARE CYCLICALLY RECEIVED AT SAID FIRST FREQUENCY, A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT SIGNAL STORAGE MEANS, SWITCHING MEANS FOR DIVIDING SAID SIGNALS RECEIVED IN EACH CYCLE INTO SEGMENTS INCLUDING MEANS FOR COUPLING EACH DIFFERENT SEGMENT OF THE SIGNALS TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID STORAGE MEANS FOR STORAGE THEREIN, SAMPLING MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY GENERATING SAMPLING SIGNALS AT SAID SECOND FREQUENCY, SIGNAL DERIVATION MEANS COUPLED TO SAID STORAGE MEANS, AND MEANS FOR COUPLING SUCCESSIVE SAMPLING SIGNALS FROM SAID SAMPLING MEANS TO SAID SIGNAL DERIVATION MEANS TO PROVIDE SUCCESSIVE READOUT SIGNALS RELATED IN VALUE TO THE STORED SIGNALS IN SUCCESSIVE ONES OF SAID STORAGE MEANS.