Time compressor

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TIME COMPRESSED SEQUENTIAL REPLICA OF A PLURALITY OF INPUT SIGNALS AVAILABLE ON A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING SCANNING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS FOR TAKING PERIODIC ANALOG SAMPLES OF SAID INPUT SIGNALS IN A CONSTANT ORDER OF ROTATION; MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SCANNING MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID ANALOG SAMPLES INTO DIGITAL SIGNALS; MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST DELAY DEVICE AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS FOR CONTINUALLY RECIRCULATING THE LAST OCCURRING DIGITAL SIGNALS THERETHROUGH, SAID FIRST DELAY DEVICE BEING ADAPTED TO OPERATE AT A PREDETERMINED CLOCK PULSE REPETITION RATE, AN INTEGRAL NUMBER OF WHICH OCCUR DURING EACH PERIODICITY OF SAID ANALOG SAMPLES, AND FOR PROVIDING A BIT DELAY EQUAL TO ONE LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER WHEREBY SAID INPUT SIGNALS TIMES SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER WHEREBY SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS ARE FORMED INTO GROUPS OF DIGITAL SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO EACH RESPECTIVE INPUT TERMINAL; MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND DELAY DEVICE RESPONSIVE TO GROUPS OF SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS OCCURRING ONCE FOR EACH SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER THEREOF AND HAVING A BIT DELAY EQUAL TO SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER TIMES ONE LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF SAID NUMBER OF INPUT SIGNALS TIMES SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER FOR RECIRCULATING THE LAST RECEIVED GROUPS THERETHROUGH THEREBY TO ORGANIZE ALL GROUPS FROM EACH INPUT TERMINALS IN SEQUENCE; AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND DELAY DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS INTO ANALOG SIGNALS THEREBY TO GENERATE A TIME-COMPRESSED TIME-SEQUENTIAL REPLICA OF SAID PLURALITY OF INPUT SIGNALS.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A TIME COMPRESSED SEQUENTIAL REPLICA OF A PLURALITY OF INPUT SIGNALS AVAILABLE ON A CORRESPONDING PLURALITY OF INPUT TERMINALS, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING SCANNING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INPUT TERMINALS FOR TAKING PERIODIC ANALOG SAMPLES OF SAID INPUT SIGNALS IN A CONSTANT ORDER OF ROTATION; MEANS COUPLED TO SAID SCANNING MEANS FOR CONVERTING SAID ANALOG SAMPLES INTO DIGITAL SIGNALS; MEANS INCLUDING A FIRST DELAY DEVICE AND RESPONSIVE TO SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS FOR CONTINUALLY RECIRCULATING THE LAST OCCURRING DIGITAL SIGNALS THERETHROUGH, SAID FIRST DELAY DEVICE BEING ADAPTED TO OPERATE AT A PREDETERMINED CLOCK PULSE REPETITION RATE, AN INTEGRAL NUMBER OF WHICH OCCUR DURING EACH PERIODICITY OF SAID ANALOG SAMPLES, AND FOR PROVIDING A BIT DELAY EQUAL TO ONE LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF THE NUMBER WHEREBY SAID INPUT SIGNALS TIMES SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER WHEREBY SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS ARE FORMED INTO GROUPS OF DIGITAL SIGNALS CORRESPONDING TO EACH RESPECTIVE INPUT TERMINAL; MEANS INCLUDING A SECOND DELAY DEVICE RESPONSIVE TO GROUPS OF SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS OCCURRING ONCE FOR EACH SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER THEREOF AND HAVING A BIT DELAY EQUAL TO SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER TIMES ONE LESS THAN THE PRODUCT OF SAID NUMBER OF INPUT SIGNALS TIMES SAID INTEGRAL NUMBER FOR RECIRCULATING THE LAST RECEIVED GROUPS THERETHROUGH THEREBY TO ORGANIZE ALL GROUPS FROM EACH INPUT TERMINALS IN SEQUENCE; AND MEANS CONNECTED TO THE OUTPUT OF SAID SECOND DELAY DEVICE FOR CONVERTING SAID DIGITAL SIGNALS INTO ANALOG SIGNALS THEREBY TO GENERATE A TIME-COMPRESSED TIME-SEQUENTIAL REPLICA OF SAID PLURALITY OF INPUT SIGNALS.