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United States Patent | 3,573,732 |
Greenblum , et al. | April 6, 1971 |
An information storage and display system having a memory element in which items of information to be displayed on a plurality of display devices are stored. The information may be displayed in any one of a plurality of different forms with the information in a given form which is to be displayed on a given display device being stored in an identifiable address position of tee memory element. Information of various types is sequentially applied to the system and is selectively stored, under control of item and form selecting means, in positions of the memory element. Also provided are means for selecting a display form for a given display device and means operable in response to the selecting means for gating information from the appropriate position in the memory element to control the display on a display device.
Inventors: | Greenblum; Carl (Stamford, CT), Metz; Robert L. (Nichols, CT) |
Assignee: |
The Bunker-Ramo Corporation
(Stamford,
CT)
|
Appl. No.: | 04/703,052 |
Filed: | February 5, 1968 |
Current U.S. Class: | 340/4.51 ; 345/27 |
Current International Class: | G06F 3/023 (20060101); H04L 12/18 (20060101); G08b 011/00 () |
Field of Search: | 235/157,166 340/172.5,154,152,153,324,324.1 |
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