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Teaching apparatus

Assignee: Brown Boveri & AG Cie
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Filing: 1965-04-22
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Granted: 1967-10-03
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Expires: 1985-04-22
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Anschutz Herbert
  • 👤 Weyss Norbert

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-25 13:44
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B5/00; G09B5/06; G09B5/067; G09B7/00; G09B7/02; G09B7/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 298 words
IN AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED TEACHING APPARTUS, STRIP MEANS HAVING SPACED FIRST FRAMES THEREON DESIGNATED BY RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT FIRST NUMBERS CONTAINING INTELLIGIBLE GRAPHIC SUBJECT MATTER, FIRST AREAS BETWEEN SAID FIRST FRAMES AND CONTAINING A CHOSEN NUMBER OF INFORMATION BITS THEREON FOR RESPECTIVELY DERIVING THEREFROM FIRST BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID FIRST NUMBERS, SPACED SECOND FRAMES THEREON DESIGNATED BY RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT SECOND NUMBERS AND CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF COMBINATIONS OF CONTROL BITS THEREON REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF STEPS IN A PREDETERMINED TEACHING PROGRAM PERTINENT TO A PARTICULAR FIRST FRAME AND THE ADDRESS OF THE NEXT FRAME OF SAID PROGRAM, SECOND AREAS DESIGNATED BY RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT SECOND NUMBERS BETWEEN SAID SECOND FRAMES CONTAINING A GIVEN NUMBER OF CONTROL BITS THEREON FOR RESPECTIVELY DERIVING THEREFROM SECOND BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID SECOND NUMBERS, A FIRST DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SAID FIRST FRAMES, A SECOND DEVICE FOR SCANNING SAID SECOND FRAMES TO PRODUCE BINARY COMBINATIONS OF SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID STEPS, FIRST AND SECOND CONTROL REGISTERS FOR CONTAINING THEREIN SETTINGS OF SAID BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID FRAME NUMBERS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID STRIP MEANS, SAID MOVING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR SCANNING SAID FIRST AND SECOND AREAS TO DERIVE SAID FIRST AND SECOND BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, AND CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLICATION THERETO OF THE SETTINGS IN SAID CONTROL REGISTERS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND BINARY ELECTRICAL SIGNAL COMBINATIONS FOR HALTING SAID MOVING MEANS UPON THE MATCHING OF SAID CONTROL REGISTER SETTINGS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND BINARY COMBINATIONS, AND MEANS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTING DIFFERENT COMMANDS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLICATION THERETO OF SAID COMMANDS AND TO THE COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID STEPS FOR EFFECTING SAID COMMANDS, AND FOR CARRYING OUT SAID STEPS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 298 words
IN AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED TEACHING APPARTUS, STRIP MEANS HAVING SPACED FIRST FRAMES THEREON DESIGNATED BY RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT FIRST NUMBERS CONTAINING INTELLIGIBLE GRAPHIC SUBJECT MATTER, FIRST AREAS BETWEEN SAID FIRST FRAMES AND CONTAINING A CHOSEN NUMBER OF INFORMATION BITS THEREON FOR RESPECTIVELY DERIVING THEREFROM FIRST BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID FIRST NUMBERS, SPACED SECOND FRAMES THEREON DESIGNATED BY RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT SECOND NUMBERS AND CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF COMBINATIONS OF CONTROL BITS THEREON REPRESENTING A PLURALITY OF STEPS IN A PREDETERMINED TEACHING PROGRAM PERTINENT TO A PARTICULAR FIRST FRAME AND THE ADDRESS OF THE NEXT FRAME OF SAID PROGRAM, SECOND AREAS DESIGNATED BY RESPECTIVE DIFFERENT SECOND NUMBERS BETWEEN SAID SECOND FRAMES CONTAINING A GIVEN NUMBER OF CONTROL BITS THEREON FOR RESPECTIVELY DERIVING THEREFROM SECOND BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID SECOND NUMBERS, A FIRST DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING SAID FIRST FRAMES, A SECOND DEVICE FOR SCANNING SAID SECOND FRAMES TO PRODUCE BINARY COMBINATIONS OF SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID STEPS, FIRST AND SECOND CONTROL REGISTERS FOR CONTAINING THEREIN SETTINGS OF SAID BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID FRAME NUMBERS, MEANS FOR MOVING SAID STRIP MEANS, SAID MOVING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS FOR SCANNING SAID FIRST AND SECOND AREAS TO DERIVE SAID FIRST AND SECOND BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS, AND CONTROL MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLICATION THERETO OF THE SETTINGS IN SAID CONTROL REGISTERS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND BINARY ELECTRICAL SIGNAL COMBINATIONS FOR HALTING SAID MOVING MEANS UPON THE MATCHING OF SAID CONTROL REGISTER SETTINGS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND BINARY COMBINATIONS, AND MEANS FOR GENERATING A PLURALITY OF BINARY COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTING DIFFERENT COMMANDS, SAID CONTROL MEANS BEING RESPONSIVE TO THE APPLICATION THERETO OF SAID COMMANDS AND TO THE COMBINATIONS OF ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING SAID STEPS FOR EFFECTING SAID COMMANDS, AND FOR CARRYING OUT SAID STEPS.

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