Bingo game display

Claim 1

A bingo game display comprising display means including a plurality of light means arranged in a matrix form corresponding to a bingo card, and control means coupled to the display means, the control means including memory means having stored therein information corresponding to a plurality of patterns desired to be displayed, and a single pattern selector switch means coupled to the memory means for providing an output for application to the memory means corresponding to a desired pattern to be displayed, the memory means being responsive at least to the output of the pattern selector switch means for supplying an output to the light means in accordance with the pattern selected for enabling energization of the light means according to the pattern selected, automatic sequencing means coupled to the memory means for providing an output to the memory means which automatically changes at predetermined intervals, said automatic sequencing means includes a counter means for being set to a predetermined number and for counting up to the predetermined number, consecutive pattern selector switch means for setting the predetermined number into the counter means, and means for varying the predetermined intervals including clock means for supplying clock pulses to the counter means, the counter means counting the clock pulses and supplying an output to the adder means in accordance with the count thereof, said clock means provides clock pulses at a fast and a slow rate, and the means for varying the predetermined intervals includes switch means for selecting one of the fast and slow rate clock pulses for application to the counter means, the memory address supplied by the adder means being changed at the rate of the clock pulses for causing sequencing of the memory means and the display patterns displayed by the light means, said memory means being responsive to the automatic sequencing means for automatically changing the output thereof at the predetermined intervals to energize the light means in accordance with different predetermined pattern according to the outputs of the pattern selector switch means and the automatic sequencing means, and digital adder means for supplying a memory address to the memory means, the digital adder means receiving an input from the pattern selector switch means and an input from the automatic sequencing means for supplying as a memory address the sum of the two inputs, and reset means for resetting the counter means in response to the counter means counting up to the predetermined number, whereby different predetermined patterns are displayed during a game.