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US3324458A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Monitoring apparatus

Assignee: Bunker Ramo Corp
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Filing: 1964-05-18
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Granted: 1967-06-06
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Expires: 1984-05-18
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Macarthur John Gerard

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-23 04:07
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/001; G06; G06F; G06F11/00; G06F11/30; G06F11/34; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G06F3/147

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 151 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF QUANTATIVELY DETERMINABLE VARIABLES AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF INTERROGATION SEQUENCES, EACH SEQUENCE COMPRISED OF SERIALLY COMPARING CERTAIN ONES OF SAID VARIABLES WITH VALUES STORED BY SAID APPARATUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORRESPONDING CRITERIA ALSO STORED BY SAID APPARATUS, AND FOR ESTABLISHING AN ALARM CONDITION WHENEVER A COMPARISON VIOLATES THE CORRESPONDING CRITERIA; DISPLAY MEANS FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING EACH DIFFERENT INTERROGATION SEQUENCE IN TERMS OF HUMAN LANGUAGE INDICIA AND FOR INDICATING THE PARTICULAR VARIABLE TO BE COMPARED DURING EACH STEP OF THE SEQUENCE; CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAID ALARM CONDITION FOR GENERATING SIGNALS IDENTIFYING BOTH THE VIOLATED COMPARISON AND THE INTERROGATION SEQUENCE IN WHICH IT IS CONTAINED; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID GENERATED SIGNALS FOR CAUSING SAID DISPLAY MEANS TO DISPLAY SAID IDENTIFIED INTERROGATION SEQUENCE AND FOR VISUALLY DISTINGUISHING THE INDICIA THEREON DESCRIBING SAID IDENTIFIED COMPARISON FROM ALL OTHER INDICIA.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 151 words
IN COMBINATION WITH A SYSTEM INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF QUANTATIVELY DETERMINABLE VARIABLES AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING A PLURALITY OF INTERROGATION SEQUENCES, EACH SEQUENCE COMPRISED OF SERIALLY COMPARING CERTAIN ONES OF SAID VARIABLES WITH VALUES STORED BY SAID APPARATUS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CORRESPONDING CRITERIA ALSO STORED BY SAID APPARATUS, AND FOR ESTABLISHING AN ALARM CONDITION WHENEVER A COMPARISON VIOLATES THE CORRESPONDING CRITERIA; DISPLAY MEANS FOR VISUALLY DISPLAYING EACH DIFFERENT INTERROGATION SEQUENCE IN TERMS OF HUMAN LANGUAGE INDICIA AND FOR INDICATING THE PARTICULAR VARIABLE TO BE COMPARED DURING EACH STEP OF THE SEQUENCE; CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SAID ALARM CONDITION FOR GENERATING SIGNALS IDENTIFYING BOTH THE VIOLATED COMPARISON AND THE INTERROGATION SEQUENCE IN WHICH IT IS CONTAINED; AND MEANS RESPONSIVE TO SAID GENERATED SIGNALS FOR CAUSING SAID DISPLAY MEANS TO DISPLAY SAID IDENTIFIED INTERROGATION SEQUENCE AND FOR VISUALLY DISTINGUISHING THE INDICIA THEREON DESCRIBING SAID IDENTIFIED COMPARISON FROM ALL OTHER INDICIA.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1970-06-05 1970-12-05 1971-06-06 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1974-06-05 1974-12-05 1975-06-06 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1978-06-05 1978-12-05 1979-06-06 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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