Selection,distribution and display system
Abstract
Abstract DISCLOSED IS A SELECTION, DISTRIBUTION AND DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR USE WITH ONE OR MORE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS. THE APPARATUS FEATURES, IN ONE EMBODIMENT, AN OPTICAL DISPLAY HAVING ROWS OF INDICATORS POSITIONED ADJACENT AND IN THE OPTICAL PATH OF AN OPTICAL SCREEN. A SELECTION CONTROL SELECTS AN IDENTIFYING OPTICAL IMAGE, TO BE DISPLAYED ON THE SCREEN, FROM A PLURALITY OF IMAGES AND ALSO SELECTS A SET OF SYSTEM CONDITIONS TO BE DISPLAYED BY THE INDICATORS. THE INDICIA OF THE OPTICAL IMAGE SELECTED IDENTIFY THE SYSTEM CONDITIONS WHICH ARE BEING DISPLAYED BY THE INDICATORS. AFTER SELECTION OF AN IMAGE AND THEREBY THE CORRESPONDING SET OF CONDITIONS TO BE DISPLAYED, CONDITION SIGNALS ARE MULTIPLEXED OVER A MULTIPLEX BUS TO THE DISPLAY AT A RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED CAPABLE OF ENERGIZING THE INDICATORS. ALTERNATIVELY, THE SAME CONDITIONS ARE SELECTED AND GATED AT FAST SYSTEM SPEEDS AND ARE DISTRIBUTED OVER THE SAME MULTIPLEX BUS TO OTHER SYSTEM LOCATIONS (E.G. SYSTEM STORAGE). ADDITIONALLY, STORED CONDITIONS PREVIOUSLY SENSED AT FAST SYSTEM SPEEDS MAY BE RETRIEVED FROM OTHER LOCATIONS AND DISPLAYED AT INDICATOR SPEEDS.
Inventors
- 👤 David S Bagley
- 👤 Anthony J Di Benardo
- 👤 Charles R Doty Jr
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