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US3094609A
US3094609A US799489A US79948959A US3094609A US 3094609 A US3094609 A US 3094609A US 799489 A US799489 A US 799489A US 79948959 A US79948959 A US 79948959A US 3094609 A US3094609 A US 3094609A
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  1. 4. IN A COMPUTER, THE COMBINATION OF MEMORY MEANS FOR STORING SIGNALS CORRESPONDING RESPECTIVELY TO A PLURALITY OF COMPUTER WORDS AND TO A PLURALITY OF COMPUTER COMMANDS, EACH OF SAID COMMANDS HAVING AN INSTRUCTION PORTION AND AN ADDRESS PORTION, EACH OF SAID WORDS HAVING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF BITS OF BINARY INFORMATION, AN N-BINARY BIT INSTRUCTION REGISTER HAVING 2N POSSIBLE STATES COUPLED TO SAID MEMORY MEANS FOR RECEIVING AND STORING THE SIGNALS FROM SAID MEMORY MEANS CORRESPONDING TO SELECTED ONES OF THE INSTRUCTION PORTIONS OF SAID COMMANDS, DECODING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER INCLUDING AN OUTPUT TERMINAL CORRESPONDING TO EACH OF THE 2N POSSIBLE STATES OF SAID N-BINARY BIT INSTRUCTION REGISTER, A COUNTER HAVING A PLURALITY OF BISTABLE STAGES, EACH OF SAID BISTABLE STAGES HAVING INPUT TERMINALS AND OUTPUT TERMINALS, MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID BISTABLE STAGES, MEANS INCLUDING GATING CIRCUITS CONNECTING DIFFERENT ONES OF SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS OF SAID DECODING MEANS TO SELECTED ONES OF THE INPUT TERMINALS OF SAID BISTABLE STAGES TO PROVIDE A PREDETERMINED NON-BINARY SEQUENCE OF CONGURATIONS OF SAID BISTABLE STAGES FOR A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF COMPUTER WORD TIMES FOR EACH OF SAID OUTPUTS, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID OUTPUT TERMINALS OF SAID BISTABLE STAGES OF SAID COUNTER AND TO SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER FOR PRODUCING AN OUTPUT CORRESPONDING TO THE COMBINED STATES OF SAID COUNTER AND OF SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER FOR EXECUTING SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS IN SAID COMPUTER FOR EACH OF SAID CONFIGURATIONS AS DICTATED BY SAID INSTRUCTION PORTION OF SAID COMMAND, AND ADDITIONAL BISTABLE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID COUNTER FOR ESTABLISHING A PREDETERMINED CONFIGURATION IN SAID COUNTER, AND MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID COUNTER AND TO SAID REGISTER FOR TRANSFERRING A NEW COMMAND FROM SAID MEMORY MEANS TO SAID INSTRUCTION REGISTER.
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US3344406A (en) * 1964-11-09 1967-09-26 Ibm Sampled data reduction and storage system
US3345617A (en) * 1964-02-04 1967-10-03 Jr Fred B Cox Digital data processing apparatus
US3363331A (en) * 1963-02-21 1968-01-16 Gen Precision Systems Inc Flight simulator
US3371318A (en) * 1964-06-08 1968-02-27 Dixie Yarns Automatic control system for process of package dyeing yarn
US3375354A (en) * 1958-03-31 1968-03-26 Bunker Ramo Signal generating circuits for machine tool control systems
US3404377A (en) * 1965-10-01 1968-10-01 Stanley P. Frankel General purpose digital computer
US3414884A (en) * 1964-12-21 1968-12-03 Jensen Hermann Borge Funck Electronic process control devices
US3493734A (en) * 1965-07-27 1970-02-03 Magnavox Co Automatic line integrator
US3702989A (en) * 1969-02-28 1972-11-14 United Aircraft Corp Selective data handling apparatus
US3764999A (en) * 1972-08-21 1973-10-09 Itek Corp Shared memory circuit
US3831005A (en) * 1971-03-04 1974-08-20 Barmag Barmer Maschf Textile machine
US3906456A (en) * 1974-01-21 1975-09-16 Us Navy Real-time index register
US4035776A (en) * 1971-09-13 1977-07-12 Picker Corporation Data derandomizer for radiation imaging detection systems and method of operation
US4037087A (en) * 1976-05-27 1977-07-19 Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rolling mill control method and apparatus having operator update of presets
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US3375354A (en) * 1958-03-31 1968-03-26 Bunker Ramo Signal generating circuits for machine tool control systems
US3247487A (en) * 1960-04-19 1966-04-19 Electronic Associates Analog storage device
US3363331A (en) * 1963-02-21 1968-01-16 Gen Precision Systems Inc Flight simulator
US3311894A (en) * 1963-12-10 1967-03-28 T R G Inc System for controlling amplitude of an analog signal by use of a digital signal derived from said analog signal
US3345617A (en) * 1964-02-04 1967-10-03 Jr Fred B Cox Digital data processing apparatus
US3371318A (en) * 1964-06-08 1968-02-27 Dixie Yarns Automatic control system for process of package dyeing yarn
US3344406A (en) * 1964-11-09 1967-09-26 Ibm Sampled data reduction and storage system
US3414884A (en) * 1964-12-21 1968-12-03 Jensen Hermann Borge Funck Electronic process control devices
US3493734A (en) * 1965-07-27 1970-02-03 Magnavox Co Automatic line integrator
US3404377A (en) * 1965-10-01 1968-10-01 Stanley P. Frankel General purpose digital computer
US3702989A (en) * 1969-02-28 1972-11-14 United Aircraft Corp Selective data handling apparatus
US3831005A (en) * 1971-03-04 1974-08-20 Barmag Barmer Maschf Textile machine
US4035776A (en) * 1971-09-13 1977-07-12 Picker Corporation Data derandomizer for radiation imaging detection systems and method of operation
USRE29685E (en) * 1972-04-06 1978-06-27 The Foxboro Company Process control system
US3764999A (en) * 1972-08-21 1973-10-09 Itek Corp Shared memory circuit
US3906456A (en) * 1974-01-21 1975-09-16 Us Navy Real-time index register
US4037087A (en) * 1976-05-27 1977-07-19 Bethlehem Steel Corporation Rolling mill control method and apparatus having operator update of presets

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