Waveform generator for providing tape display of continuously changing data

Claim 2

In a video display system for providing a display on a video display device of a selected segment of a tape display having numeric characters located at predetermined positions thereon comprising input means for providing an input signal set representative of one point on the tape segment to be displayed, translation means for providing signals which identify the segment of said tape to be displayed comprised of a plurality of points including said one point and at least one numeric character, means connected to said translation means comprising a first decoding means for providing a first signal set which represents successive increments of said segment, and numeric generator means for providing a second signal set for each numeric which occurs at the predetermined positions in the selected segment, and circuit control means responsive to said first signal set to control advance of the beam along said indicated tape segment and responsive to said second signal set to control a calligraphic trace of a numerIc pattern as the beam advances to a predetermined position which occurs within the selected segment.

Claim 3

A display system as set forth in claim 1 in which said translation means is operative in response to a change in the point represented by said input signal set to effect a corresponding change in the segment of the tape which is presented on said display.

Claim 4

A display system as set forth in claim 1 in which said translation means comprises counter means, means for presetting said counter means to a starting count determined by the value of said input signal set, and means for driving said counter means a preset number of counts to provide signals which successively identify the plurality of points in the selected segment.

Claim 5

A system as set forth in claim 1 in which said input signal set represents the information to be presented in the middle of the tape segment to be displayed, and in which said translation means includes means for modifying said input signal set to a value which represents the starting point of the tape segment on said display.

Claim 6

A display system as set forth in claim 1 which includes output means for said translation means, and index marker means connected to said output means for providing index marker signals for modulating the beam generation of said display device to provide index markers between the numerics presented on said display.

Claim 7

In a video display system for providing a display of only a selected segment of a numeric tape on a video display device which segment includes a plurality of positions and at least one numeric character at a predetermined one of said positions, said system comprising input means for providing an input signal set representative of a selected position in said tape segment, translation means connected to said input means, means connected to said translation means including first decoding means for providing a first signal set representing a segment of said tape of a predetermined length which includes said selected position, and second decoding means for providing a second signal set which represents the numeric in said segment to be displayed on said tape, numeric generator means for providing a third signal set to effect a numeric pattern trace at each of said predetermined positions in the selected segment with advance of the beam thereto, and beam control means for adjusting the electron beam of said display device responsive to said first, second and third signal sets in the trace of the selected tape segment including the calligraphic trace of a numeric pattern at each predetermined position in the selected segment.

Claim 8

In a video display system for providing a display of only a selected segment of a numeric tape on a video display device which segment includes a plurality of positions and at least one numeric character at a predetermined one of said positions, said system comprising input means for providing an input signal set representative of a selected position in said tape segment, translation means connected to said input means, means connected to said translation means including first decoding means for providing a first signal set representing a segment of said tape of a predetermined length which includes said selected position, and second decoding means for providing a second signal set which represents the numeric in said segment to be displayed on said tape, numeric generator means for providing a third signal set to effect a numeric pattern trace at each of said predetermined positions in the selected segment with advance of the beam thereto, and beam control means for adjusting the electron beam of said display device responsive to said first, second and third signal sets in the trace of the selected tape segment including the calligraphic trace of a numeric pattern at each predetermined position in the selected segment.

Claim 9

A display system as set forth in claim 6 which includes further symbol generation means for providing enabling signals to said beam control means to effect the trace of further symbols on said display, and main timer means including means for enabling said further symbol generating means during one period of a predetermined program, and means for enabling said translation means during a different period of said program.

Claim 10

A display system as set forth in claim 6 in which said beam control means comprises a first reversible counter for providing digital output signals identifying the X coordinate of the beam, and a second reversible counter for providing digital output signals identifying the Y coordinate of the beam, and means for adjusting the beam to a position related to the output counts of said first and second reversible counters, and in which said beam control means further includes enabling means responsive to said first and third signal sets to provide up, down and stop signals to said reversible counters to vary the count output thereof.

Claim 11

A display system as set forth in claim 8 in which each of said reversible counters has a clock pulse input for driving the counter in the direction determined by the signals from said enabling means, and means for adjusting the rate of the clock pulses input to different values.

Claim 12

A display system as set foRth in claim 8 which includes preset means for each of said reversible counters, and means for selectively marking said preset means to a predetermined value to thereby move said beam directly to a desired position on the display.

Claim 13

A display system as set forth in claim 8 in which said beam control means further includes a digital to analog converter connected to the outputs of said reversible counters, summer circuits for coupling the analog output of said converter to said display device, and signal multiplex means for selectively coupling analog signal inputs to said summer means for mixing with the analog output of said converters.

Claim 14

A display system as set forth in claim 6 in which said numeric generator means comprises an auxiliary timer, and a plurality of logic gates, means connecting said auxiliary timer to enable said logic gates in a predetermined sequence, and means connecting the output of said logic gates to said beam control means to effect a predetermined trace on said display, and which further comprises logic gates responsive to said second signal set for enabling said beam during the calligraphic trace of the numeric patterns to effect display of the numeric thereat represented by said second signal set.

Claim 15

A system as set forth in claim 6 in which said translation means comprises a first counter means which is operative a predetermined number of counts to define the selected segment of information to be presented on the display, and said numeric generator means comprises a second counter means which disables said first counter means during trace of the numeric pattern on said display at one of said predetermined positions.

Claim 16

In a video display system for providing a display of vehicle heading information in a numeric scale presentation on a video display device comprising an input circuit for continually providing input signals representative of the changing heading of the vehicle, translation means responsive to said input heading signal to provide signals which represent a segment of the numeric scale which includes the heading represented by said heading input signal and at least one numeric at a predetermined position in said segment, output means for said translation means, decoding means connected to said output means, beam control means for adjusting the beam of said display device to different positions on said display device, first logic means controlled by said decoding means to enable said beam control means in the trace of successive segments of the scale, numeric generator means including means for generating signals to enable said beam trace control means in the calligraphic trace of a numeric pattern responsive to advance of the beam to a numeric position on said segment, and second logic means selectively enabling said beam during the trace of each numeric pattern to provide a visual display of each numeric indicated by the output of said translation means.

Claim 17

In a video display system for providing a display of vehicle heading information in a numeric scale presentation on a video display device comprising an input circuit for continually providing input signals representative of the changing heading of the vehicle, translation means responsive to said input heading signal to provide signals which represent a segment of the numeric scale which includes the heading represented by said heading input signal and at least one numeric at a predetermined position in said segment, output means for said translation means, decoding means connected to said output means, beam control means for adjusting the beam of said display device to different positions on said display device, first logic means controlled by said decoding means to enable said beam control means in the trace of successive segments of the scale, numeric generator means including means for generating signals to enable said beam trace control means in the calligraphic trace of a numeric pattern responsive to advance of the beam to a numeric position on said segment, and second logic means selectively enabling said beam during the trace of each numeric pattern to provide a visual display of each numeric indicated by the output of said translation means.

Claim 18

In a video display system for providing a display of aircraft heading in a window compass type presentation, the window portion of the display comprising only a segment of the 360* display capability of the compass presentation, said system comprising input means for continuously providing an input signal set representative of the actual aircraft heading, means for converting said input signal set for said heading to a further signal set which represents one limit of the compass segment to be displayed with said actual heading in the middle of the displayed segment, means responsive to said further signal set for providing a series of successive signals which represent successive positions on the selected segments and the numeric positions thereon, numeric generator means for generating signals to provide a numeric pattern trace at predetermined positions on each segment, and means responsive to said series of successive signals for controlling the electron beam of said display device to correspondingly advance along said segment with the receipt of each of said successive signals and responsive to the signals from said numeric generator means to calligraphically write each numeric as the tape advances to the corresponding predetermined position on the selected segment.

Claim 19

In a video display system for providing a display of aircraft heading in a window compass type presentation, the window portion of the display comprising only a segment of the 360* display capability of the compass presentation, said system comprising input means for continuously providing an input signal set representative of the actual aircraft heading, means for converting said input signal set for said heading to a further signal set which represents one limit of the compass segment to be displayed with said actual heading in the middle of the displayed segment, means responsive to said further signal set for providing a series of successive signals which represent successive positions on the selected segments and the numeric positions thereon, numeric generator means for generating signals to provide a numeric pattern trace at predetermined positions on each segment, and means responsive to said series of successive signals for controlling the electron beam of said display device to correspondingly advance along said segment with the receipt of each of said successive signals and responsive to the signals from said numeric generator means to calligraphically write each numeric as the tape advances to the corresponding predetermined position on the selected segment.

Claim 20

In a video display system for providing a display of tape having numeric information at predetermined positions thereon in a window type presentation, the window portion of the display comprising only a segment of the entire display capability of the entire tape, said system comprising input means for providing an input signal set representative of one position on said tape, first means for converting said input signal set to a first plurality of signal sets, each of which signal sets represents a successive position on a tape segment of predetermined length which includes said one position, and a second signal set which represents each numeric which occurs in said segment, and beam control means connected to said first means for advancing the electron beam along the selected segment in response to said first signal set and responsive to said second signal set to calligraphically write said numeric which occurs in said segment.

Claim 21

In a video display system for providing a display of tape having numeric information at predetermined positions thereon in a window type presentation, the window portion of the display comprising only a segment of the entire display capability of the entire tape, said system comprising input means for providing an input signal set representative of one position on said tape, first means for converting said input signal set to a first plurality of signal sets, each of which signal sets represents a successive position on a tape segment of predetermined length which includes said one position, and a second signal set which represents each numeric which occurs in said segment, and beam control means connected to said first means for advancing the electron beam along the selected segment in response to said first signal set and responsive to said second signal set to calligraphically write said numeric which occurs in said segment.

Claim 22

In a video display system for providing a display of a selected tape segment having numeric information at predetermined positions thereon, said system comprising input means for continuously providing an input signal set representative of a position on said tape, means responsive thereto to provide a plurality of digital signal sets which represent a segment including said position for display, and a further digital signal set comprised of X and Y signals for effecting trace of a numeric on said segment, and beam control means for controlling calligraphic writing of the indicated numeric on the display device comprising digital responsive means including first means for providing a digital signal for advancing the beam along the tape segment in response to each of said plurality of digital signal sets, said first means being responsive to store X signals of said further digital set with advance of the beam to a numeric position to provide a digital value related to the desired X position of the beam, and second means for providing a digital value related to the desired Y position of the beam indicated by the Y signal of said further digital set, a digital to analog converter for each of said first and second means, and means for coupling the analog output of said converters to the deflection circuits for said display device.

Claim 23

In a video display system for providing a display of a selected tape segment having numeric information at predetermined positions thereon, said system comprising input means for continuously providing an input signal set representative of a position on said tape, means responsive thereto to provide a plurality of digital signal sets which represent a segment including said position for display, and a further digital signal set comprised of X and Y signals for effecting trace of a numeric on said segment, and beam control means for controlling calligraphic writing of the indicated numeric on the display device comprising digital responsive means including first means for providing a digital signal for advancing the beam along the tape segment in response to each of said plurality of digital signal sets, said first means being responsive to store X signals of said further digital set with advance of the beam to a numeric position to provide a digital value related to the desired X position of the beam, and second means for providing a digital value related to the desired Y position of the beam indicated by the Y signal of said further digital set, a digital to analog converter for each of said first and second means, and means for coupling the analog output of said converters to the deflection circuits for said display device.

Claim 24

A display system as set forth in claim 17 in which said first means includes a first reversible counter for providing digital output signals identifying the X coordinate of the beam, and said second means includes a second reversible counter for providing digital output signals identifying the Y coordinate of the beam, and in which said first and second means each include enabling means for providing up and down signals to said reversible counters to vary the count output thereof in response to the digital set input thereto.

Claim 25

A display system as set forth in claim 18 in which each of said reversible counters has a clock pulse input for driving the counter in the direction determined by the signals input thereto from said enabling means, and means for adjusting the rate of the clock pulses input to different values.

Claim 26

In a video display system for providing a display of a selected segment of an aircraft heading tape having numeric characters located at predetermined positions thereon, said system comprising input means for continuously providing an input signal set representative of the actual aircraft heading, means for converting said input signal set to a digital signal which represents one limit of the tape segment to be displayed with said actual heading in the middle of said display window, counter means, transfer means for setting said counter means to a value which represents the lower limit of the tape segment to be displayed, clock means for advancing Said counter means through a series of counts related to the length of the segment to be displayed, output means for said counter means for providing counts representative of different positions along said tape segment, beam control means for adjusting the beam to different positions on said display device, decoding means for decoding each count of said counter means including number decoding logic means for providing a first signal set for each successive count to indicate correspondingly different positions on said compass segment, gate means controlled by said first signal set to enable said beam control means to advance said beam to successive positions along the tape segment to be displayed, auxiliary timer means connected to said counter means for providing a second signal set for each numeric to be displayed in the selected compass segment, first logic means controlled by the second signal set output therefrom responsive to a count indicating advance of the beam along the segment to a predetermined position at which a numeric is to be displayed to enable said beam control means in the trace of a preprogrammed pattern, and second logic means connected to said number decoding logic means and said auxiliary timer means operative to enable said beam during the trace of each preprogrammed pattern to display each numeric at its predetermined position on the tape segment.

Claim 27

In a video display system for providing a display of a selected segment of an aircraft heading tape having numeric characters located at predetermined positions thereon, said system comprising input means for continuously providing an input signal set representative of the actual aircraft heading, means for converting said input signal set to a digital signal which represents one limit of the tape segment to be displayed with said actual heading in the middle of said display window, counter means, transfer means for setting said counter means to a value which represents the lower limit of the tape segment to be displayed, clock means for advancing Said counter means through a series of counts related to the length of the segment to be displayed, output means for said counter means for providing counts representative of different positions along said tape segment, beam control means for adjusting the beam to different positions on said display device, decoding means for decoding each count of said counter means including number decoding logic means for providing a first signal set for each successive count to indicate correspondingly different positions on said compass segment, gate means controlled by said first signal set to enable said beam control means to advance said beam to successive positions along the tape segment to be displayed, auxiliary timer means connected to said counter means for providing a second signal set for each numeric to be displayed in the selected compass segment, first logic means controlled by the second signal set output therefrom responsive to a count indicating advance of the beam along the segment to a predetermined position at which a numeric is to be displayed to enable said beam control means in the trace of a preprogrammed pattern, and second logic means connected to said number decoding logic means and said auxiliary timer means operative to enable said beam during the trace of each preprogrammed pattern to display each numeric at its predetermined position on the tape segment.