Universal code translator

Claim 1

A UNIVERSAL CODE TRANSLATOR FOR TRANSLATING A PLURALITY OF INPUT CHARACTERS, EACH PRESENTED SEQUENTIALLY FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE, PRIOR TO STORAGE COMPRISING: AND ADDRESSABLE STORAGE MEANS FOR STORING AT DISCRETE ADDRESSES CODED DATA CHARACTERS AND EQUIVALENTS OF SAID INPUT CHARACTERS IN A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT CODES; A CONTROLLABLE SOURCE OF INPUT CHARACTERS, CAPABLE OF PRESENTING INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS IN A SEQUENTIAL FASHION, FIRST REGISTER MEANS COUPLED TO AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND STORE SAID INPUT CHARACTERS; A FIRST COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICE COUPLED TO SAID ADDRESSABLE STORAGE MEANS, AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND STORE DATA DEFINING A FIRST COORDINATE OF SAID DISCRETE ADDRESSES OF SAID STORAGE MEANS; A SECOND COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICE COUPLED TO SAID ADDRESSABLE STORAGE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND STORE DATA DEFINING A SECOND COORDINATE OF SAID DISCRETE ADDRESSES OF SAID STORAGE MEANS A MULTI-SECTION INSTRUCTION REGISTER, HAVING AT LEAST A FIRST, A SECOND AND A THIRD SECTION FOR RCEIVING AND STORING THE VALUES CONTAINED IN THE FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD PORTIONS OF AN INSTRUCTION RESPECTIVELY; THE SECOND AND THIRD SECTIONS OF SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER FURTHER HAVING GATES COUPLED THERETO TO PERMIT THE VALUES ORIGINALLY SET INTO SAID SECOND AND THIRD SECTIONS TO BE INCREASED OR DECREASED A SWITCHING NETWORK RESPONSIVE TO THE VALUE STORED IN SAID FIRST SECTION DURING A FIRST TIME PERIOD, TO SET FIRST COORDINATE VALUES INTO SAID FIRST AND SECOND COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICES, SAID SELECTION DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE TO CAUSE THE VALUE STORED IN THE ADDRESSABLE STORAGE MEANS AT THE DISCRETE ADDRESS, DEFINED BY THE FIRST COORDINATE VALUES, TO BE READ OUT; SECOND REGISTER MEANS COUPLED TO SAID ADDRESSABLE STORAGE MEANS AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND STORE THE VALUE READ FROM SAID ADDRESSABLE STORE IN RESPONSE TO SAID FIRST COORDINATE VALUES; MEANS COUPLING SAID FIRST REGISTER MEANS TO SAID SECOND COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICE TO PERMIT THE VALUE STORED IN SAID FIRST REGISTER MEANS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO SAID SECOND COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICE, AS A SECOND COORDINATE VALUE, DURING A SECOND TIME PERIOD; MEANS COUPLING SAID SECOND REGISTER MEANS TO SAID FIRST COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICE TO PERMIT THE VALUE STORED IN SAID SECOND REGISTER MEANS TO BE TRANSFERRED TO SAID FIRST COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICE, AS A SECOND COORDINATE VALUE DURING SAID SECOND TIME PERIOD; SAID FIRST AND SECOND COORDINATE SELECTION DEVICES BEING EFFECTIVE DURING SAID SEC-