US3357006A
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Electronic means for repetitively displaying analog signals upon a display device
Assignee: Dart Industries Inc
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Filing: 1964-09-08
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Granted: 1967-12-05
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Expires: 1984-09-08
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Walter R Wisniefski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 05:15
CPC Classifications
G; G08; G08C; G08C15/00; G08C15/06; G08C15/08; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G06F3/153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
224 words
ELECTRONIC SOLID-STATE SWITCHING MEANS FOR MONITORING AND DISPLAYING DATE FROM A PLURALITY OF REMOTE LOCATIONS COMPRISING OSCILLATOR MEANS FOR GENERATING PULSES AT A CONSTANT PREDETERMINED REPETITION RATE; ELECTRONIC MULTISTAGE COUNTER MEANS BEING STEPPED BY SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS; DIODE MATRIX MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT MEANS COUPLED TO SAID COUNTER MEANS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT LINES; SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS FURTHER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DIODE MEANS SELECTIVELY COUPLED BETWEEN ITS INPUT MEANS AND ITS OUTPUT TERMINALS FOR SEQUENTIALLY PLACING ONLY ONE OUTPUT LINE IN THE BINARY ONE STATE AT ANY GIVEN INSTANT WITH THE REMAINING OUTPUT LINES BEING AT THE BINARY ZERO STATE; A PLURALITY OF ANALOG SENSING MEANS; DISPLAY MEANS; A PLURALITY OF GATING MEANS EACH HAVING AN OUTPUT TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO AN ASSOCIATED ANALOG SENSING MEANS WHICH NORMALLY SHUNTS THE OUTPUT OF ITS ASSOCIATED ANALOG SENSING MEANS TO GROUND; EACH GATING MEANS HAVING A CONTROL TERMINAL CONTROLLED BY AN ASSOCIATED OUTPUT LINE OF SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY REMOVING THE SHUNT TO GROUND FOR COUPLING ITS ASSOCIATED ANALOG SENSING MEANS TO SAID DISPLAY MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS; SAID DISPLAY MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION BY SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS; SAID DISPLAY MEANS BEING AN OSCILLOSCOPE FOR DISPLAYING THE OUTPUT OF EACH ANALOG SENSING MEANS IN A REPETITIVE MANNER.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
224 words
ELECTRONIC SOLID-STATE SWITCHING MEANS FOR MONITORING AND DISPLAYING DATE FROM A PLURALITY OF REMOTE LOCATIONS COMPRISING OSCILLATOR MEANS FOR GENERATING PULSES AT A CONSTANT PREDETERMINED REPETITION RATE; ELECTRONIC MULTISTAGE COUNTER MEANS BEING STEPPED BY SAID OSCILLATOR MEANS; DIODE MATRIX MEANS HAVING A PLURALITY OF INPUT MEANS COUPLED TO SAID COUNTER MEANS AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF OUTPUT LINES; SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS FURTHER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF DIODE MEANS SELECTIVELY COUPLED BETWEEN ITS INPUT MEANS AND ITS OUTPUT TERMINALS FOR SEQUENTIALLY PLACING ONLY ONE OUTPUT LINE IN THE BINARY ONE STATE AT ANY GIVEN INSTANT WITH THE REMAINING OUTPUT LINES BEING AT THE BINARY ZERO STATE; A PLURALITY OF ANALOG SENSING MEANS; DISPLAY MEANS; A PLURALITY OF GATING MEANS EACH HAVING AN OUTPUT TERMINAL BEING CONNECTED TO AN ASSOCIATED ANALOG SENSING MEANS WHICH NORMALLY SHUNTS THE OUTPUT OF ITS ASSOCIATED ANALOG SENSING MEANS TO GROUND; EACH GATING MEANS HAVING A CONTROL TERMINAL CONTROLLED BY AN ASSOCIATED OUTPUT LINE OF SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS FOR SEQUENTIALLY REMOVING THE SHUNT TO GROUND FOR COUPLING ITS ASSOCIATED ANALOG SENSING MEANS TO SAID DISPLAY MEANS UNDER CONTROL OF SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS; SAID DISPLAY MEANS BEING COUPLED TO SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS FOR SYNCHRONIZATION BY SAID DIODE MATRIX MEANS; SAID DISPLAY MEANS BEING AN OSCILLOSCOPE FOR DISPLAYING THE OUTPUT OF EACH ANALOG SENSING MEANS IN A REPETITIVE MANNER.
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