Character generator apparatus including function generator employing memory matrix

Claim 1

IN CHARACTER GENERATION APPARATUS INCLUDING DISPLAY MEANS FOR THE LINE-BY-LINE GENERATION AND DISPLAY OF CHARACTERS OR SYMBOLS, A FUNCITON GENERATOR COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS; DISTRUBUTOR MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT TERMINALS EACH ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO A DIFFERENT ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS FOR ENERGIZING SAID CONDUCTORS SUCCESSIVELY; A MEMORY MATRIX HAVING CONNECTED TO EACH OF SAID PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS A FIRST SET OF GATES CORRESPONDING TO AT LEAST ONE POINT OF JORIGIN FOR CHARACTER OR SYMBOL COMPONENT LINES IN A CHARACTER MATRIX AND A SECOND SET OF GATES CORRESPONDING TO A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT COMPONENT LINE LENGTHS, EACH OF SAID GATES HAVING AN OUTPUT TERMINAL CONNECTED TO SAID DISPLAY MEANS AND A CONTROL TERMINAL; AND SELECTION SIGNAL RECEIVING AND DECODING MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID GATE CONTROL TERMINALS FOR CAUSING SELECTED ONES OF SAID GATES TO CONDUCT IN RESPONSE TO SELECTION SIGNALS, WHEREBY TIME-SEQUENCED SETS OF CHARACTER OR SYMBOL LINE DESCRIBING SIGNALS MAY BE PROVIDED ON SELECTED ONES OF SAID GATE OUTPUT TERMINALS.