Coordinate generation system

Claim 2

A coordinate generation system comprising: means for signaling incremental changes in a desired direction; means for displaying said direction, said display means having a deflection system utilizing a first coordinate and a second coordinate of said direction; means coupled to said signaling means for storing data relative to incremental changes in said first and said second coordinates, said storage means providing successive incremental coordinate changes in response to successive incremental change signals of said signaling means; and means interconnecting said storage means and said display means for combining successive ones of said incremental coordinate changes to provide said first and said second coordinates.

Claim 3

The system according to claim 1 further comprising means interconnecting said storage means with said signaling means for addressing stored data related to specific ones of said incremental coordinate changes.

Claim 4

The system according to claim 2 further comprising means coupled to said addressing means for controlling said combining means, said control means signaling said combining means to increment and to decrement a value of one of said coordinates.

Claim 5

The system according to claim 3 wherein said combining means comprises a digital-to-analog converter and means for selecting a positive or negative output of said digital-to-analog converter.

Claim 6

The system according to claim 4 wherein said digital-to-analog converter includes means responsive to a scaling signal for scaling the output signal of said digital-to-analog converter.

Claim 7

The system according to claim 5 further comprising a transceiver, said transceiver providing said scaling signal.

Claim 8

The system according to claim 6 wherein said transceiver is coupled to said display means, said display means displaying data provided by said transceiver.

Claim 9

The system according to claim 2 further comprising means responsive to signals of said storage means for controlling said combining means, said control means signaling said combining means to increment and to decrement the value of one of said coordinates in accordance with an incremental coordinate change provided by said storage means.

Claim 10

The system according to claim 8 wherein said combining means comprises a digital-to-analog converter and means for selecting a positive or negative output of said digital-to-analog converter.

Claim 11

The system according to claim 9 wherein said digital-to-analog converter includes means responsive to a scaling signal for scaling the output of said digital-to-analog converter, said system further comprising a transceiver providing said scaling signal, said transceiver being couplEd to said display means, and said display means displaying data of said tranceiver.

Claim 12

The system according to claim 2 wherein said storage means comprises two sections, each of said sections being simultaneously addressed by said addressing means, said storage means including means for selectively coupling said combining means to each of said sections of said storage means.

Claim 13

The system according to claim 11 wherein said combining means includes a digital-to-analog converter and means for selecting a positive or negative output of said digital-to-analog converter.

Claim 14

The system according to claim 12 further comprising means coupled to said signaling means for controlling said addressing means, said combining means, said selection means of said storage means, and said selection means coupled to said digital-to-analog converter; said control means signaling said addressing means to increment its address in a forward direction and in a reverse direction, and said control means signaling said combining means to increment or decrement the value of a coordinate provided by said combining means.

Claim 15

The system according to claim 13 wherein said combining means includes means for scaling the value of a coordinate provided by said combining means.

Claim 16

In combination: means responsive to an angle of rotation for signaling incremental changes in said angle; means responsive to said incremental changes of said signaling means for generating a signal having values related in a presecribed functional manner to said incremental angular changes, said generating means comprising memory means for storing data relative to incremental values of said function for providing said incremental values, means responsive to said incremental angular changes for addressing successive portions of said memory means, and means for combining the stored functional increments of said address portions of said memory means to provide said signal having said functional relationship; and means for combining a plurality of said signals having said functional relationship for displaying said angle of rotation.

Claim 17

In combination: means responsive to an angle of rotation for signaling incremental changes in said angle; means responsive to said incremental changes of said signaling means for generating a signal having values related in a presecribed functional manner to said incremental angular changes, said generating means comprising memory means for storing data relative to incremental values of said function for providing said incremental values, means responsive to said incremental angular changes for addressing successive portions of said memory means, and means for combining the stored functional increments of said address portions of said memory means to provide said signal having said functional relationship; and means for combining a plurality of said signals having said functional relationship for displaying said angle of rotation.

Claim 18

The combination according to claim 15 wherein said angle of rotation is provided by a rotating antenna, said combination further comprising means for rotating said antenna, said signaling means being driven by said rotating means in synchronism with said antenna.

Claim 19

The combination according to claim 16 further comprising transceiver means coupled to said antenna and to said means for combining said functions, said transceiver providing a scaling signal synchronized with a transmission of radiant energy via said antenna, said combining means of said function comprising means for scaling said function in accordance with said scaling signal.

Claim 20

The combination according to claim 17 wherein said combining means comprises cathode ray tube means for said displaying of said angle of rotation, said transceiver means transmitting data received by said antenna to said display means.

Claim 21

In combination: a plurality of means for generating a function, each of said function generation means being responsive to timing signals and scaling signals; programming means providing said timing siangals and said scaling signals to said function generation means; each of said function generation means comprising a memory for storing incremental values of a signal waveform, successive portions of said memory being addressed successively in response to said timing signals, each of said function generation means further comprising means for combining said incremental portions of said signal waveform to produce said signal waveform, each of said function generation means including means for providing a second signal waveform, each of said signal waveforms having a magnitude determined by said scaling signals; means for displaying symbols; the memory in one of said function generation means providing signal waveforms representing the instantaneous values of thE coordinates of a symbol displayed by said display means, the memory in a second one of said function generation means providing a signal waveform representing the values of the coordinates of the position of said symbol on said display means; and said display means comprising means for combining the signal waveforms from each of said function generation means, means for filtering said combined signal waveforms to provide deflection signals suitable for producing said symbol, said display means further comprising means responsive to a signal of said programmer means for modulating the intensity of said display.

Claim 22

In combination: a plurality of means for generating a function, each of said function generation means being responsive to timing signals and scaling signals; programming means providing said timing siangals and said scaling signals to said function generation means; each of said function generation means comprising a memory for storing incremental values of a signal waveform, successive portions of said memory being addressed successively in response to said timing signals, each of said function generation means further comprising means for combining said incremental portions of said signal waveform to produce said signal waveform, each of said function generation means including means for providing a second signal waveform, each of said signal waveforms having a magnitude determined by said scaling signals; means for displaying symbols; the memory in one of said function generation means providing signal waveforms representing the instantaneous values of thE coordinates of a symbol displayed by said display means, the memory in a second one of said function generation means providing a signal waveform representing the values of the coordinates of the position of said symbol on said display means; and said display means comprising means for combining the signal waveforms from each of said function generation means, means for filtering said combined signal waveforms to provide deflection signals suitable for producing said symbol, said display means further comprising means responsive to a signal of said programmer means for modulating the intensity of said display.

Claim 25

In combination: a plurality of generators, each of said generators comprising means for storing differences between values of data; and means for accumulating said differences to provide said values of data; and means coupled to each of said generators for displaying data composed from said values of data, said displaying means including means for vectorially combining said values of each of said generators.

Claim 26

In combination: a plurality of generators, each of said generators comprising means for storing differences between values of data; and means for accumulating said differences to provide said values of data; and means coupled to each of said generators for displaying data composed from said values of data, said displaying means including means for vectorially combining said values of each of said generators.

Claim 27

The combination according to claim 21 further comprising means coupled to each of said generators for selecting individual ones of said differences of said storage means.

Claim 28

The combination according to claim 22 further comprising means coupled between said plurality of generators and said display means for filtering said values of data.

Claim 29

The combination according to claim 23 wherein said filtering means comprises a tapped delay line, means for combining signals obtained from the taps of said delay line and means by-passing said delay line for compensating for a temporal response lag of said delay line and said display means.