US3631457A - Display apparatus - Google Patents
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- Patented Dec. 28, 1971 18 Sheets-Sheet 9 bm b 9% mmnvm M Tw 0 hww U u Patented Dec. 28, 1971 3,631,457
- the present invention proposes a display apparatus in which intensity modulation is applied to scanning lines of a cathoderay tube with suitable timing so as to display a character, symbol or pattern by an assembly of bright spots or dots, that is, by a suitable combination of horizontal and vertical dots.
- the display section may merely consist of a television receiver of the standard television system, and circulating memories, such as delay line memories or dynamic shift registers, are employed in the control circuit to obtain an inexpensive display apparatus.
- Another object of the present invention is to provide a display apparatus which can display patterns including a graph in spite of a very small memory capacity.
- FIG. I is a diagram illustrating the basic principle of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the basic structure of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 is a block diagram for the explanation of a basic control circuit and a character-generating circuit in an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 4 and 5 show a time chart for the explanation operation of the circuits shown in FIG. 3.
- FIG. 6a is a block diagram showing the structure of a memory 4 in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 6b is a circuit diagram of one of the blocks shown in FIG. 60.
- FIGS. 7a and 7b are block diagrams respectively showing the structure of a memory control circuit and a cursor control circuit in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIGS. 80 and 8! show a time chart for the explanation of the operation of the memory control and cursor control.
- FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the structure of a circuit for writing data from a keyboard in the memory in the embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. [0 shows a time chart for the explanation of operation of the circuit shown in FIG. 9.
- FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating how a pattern and a character are simultaneously displayed by the present invention.
- FIGS. 12a through 12d illustrate a circuit diagram of another embodiment of the present invention for effecting a display as shown in FIG. 11.
- FIG. 13 is a view showing the relation between FIGS. 12a, 12b, 12c and IZd.
- FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a practical example comprising a combination of a display apparatus and a television receiver.
- FIG. I5 shows a time chart for the explanation of write-in operation with a high-speed shift register.
- FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the basic principle of the present invention.
- FIG. Ia shows diagrammatically a part of the display on the screen of a cathode-ray tube.
- intensity modulation is applied to the rasters with suitable timing so as to display a character, symbol or pattern by an assembly of bright spots or dots.
- the video signal corresponding to the respective raster may be controlled in a manner as seen in FIG. lb so that they can display a specific character or symbol.
- I4 rasters are allotted to one line of a character or symbol to be displayed, with 7 rasters being used for display and the remaining rasters are used to provide a space between lines, while in the horizontal direction, eight dots are allotted, with five dots used for display and the remaining dots used to provide a space between characters or symbols.
- any desired character or symbol can be displayed by the combination of 35 dots consisting of five horizontal dots and seven vertical dots.
- the display apparatus comprises a keyboard and printer unit I, a memory control circuit 2, a data processing unit 3 such as a computer or data logger, a memory 4, a basic control circuit 5, a charactergenerating circuit 6 and a display unit 7.
- the keyboard and printer unit I writes in desired characters or symbols and prints displayed characters or symbols for preservation.
- the memory control circuit 2 controls the acceptance and delivery of data between the keyboard and printer unit I, the computer 3 and the memory 4 and readout of data from the memory 4 for delivery to the character-generating circuit 6 for the sake of display.
- the memory 4 stores the code of the characters to be displayed on the screen and effects readout and write-in of data under the control of the memory control circuit 2.
- the basic control circuit 5 produces the horizontal and vertical synchronizing signals to be applied to the display unit 7, and at the same time, applies signals designating the position of the characters, space between characters and space between lines to the character-generating circuit 6 and memory control circuit 2.
- the character-generating circuit 6 generates a video signal according to the timing designated by the basic control circuit 5 on the basis of the code supplied from the memory 4 and delivers the video signal to the display unit 7.
- the display unit 7 displays a character or symbol on the face of a cathode ray tube when it receives the video signal described above and the synchronizing signals supplied from the basic control circuit 5.
- a display apparatus having a plurality of input units
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US3792613A (en) * | 1972-05-19 | 1974-02-19 | Krautkramer Branson | Pulse-echo ultrasonic test apparatus with cathode ray tube digital display |
US3793483A (en) * | 1972-11-24 | 1974-02-19 | N Bushnell | Video image positioning control system for amusement device |
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US3872461A (en) * | 1972-10-26 | 1975-03-18 | Mennen Greatbatch Electronics | Waveform and symbol display system |
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US4475172A (en) * | 1978-05-30 | 1984-10-02 | Bally Manufacturing Corporation | Audio/visual home computer and game apparatus |
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US3750135A (en) * | 1971-10-15 | 1973-07-31 | Lektromedia Ltd | Low resolution graphics for crt displays |
US3798366A (en) * | 1972-03-06 | 1974-03-19 | R Winkler | Infrared imaging system |
US3792613A (en) * | 1972-05-19 | 1974-02-19 | Krautkramer Branson | Pulse-echo ultrasonic test apparatus with cathode ray tube digital display |
US3746793A (en) * | 1972-08-09 | 1973-07-17 | Phonics Corp | Telephone communication system for the hearing impaired |
US3872461A (en) * | 1972-10-26 | 1975-03-18 | Mennen Greatbatch Electronics | Waveform and symbol display system |
US3793483A (en) * | 1972-11-24 | 1974-02-19 | N Bushnell | Video image positioning control system for amusement device |
US3906480A (en) * | 1973-02-23 | 1975-09-16 | Ibm | Digital television display system employing coded vector graphics |
US3958225A (en) * | 1974-01-28 | 1976-05-18 | Teletype Corporation | Apparatus and method for controlling a communications terminal |
US4139903A (en) * | 1976-03-31 | 1979-02-13 | Hewlett-Packard Company | Logic state analyzer |
US4015846A (en) * | 1976-04-30 | 1977-04-05 | Robert Ralph Runte | Handicapping circuit for electronic games |
JPS5315937A (en) * | 1976-07-28 | 1978-02-14 | Kawai Musical Instr Mfg Co | Game apparatus by pictureetube display |
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US4155095A (en) * | 1976-09-16 | 1979-05-15 | Alpex Computer Corporation | Chroma control for television control apparatus |
US4202041A (en) * | 1977-07-11 | 1980-05-06 | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology | Dynamically variable keyboard terminal |
US4475172A (en) * | 1978-05-30 | 1984-10-02 | Bally Manufacturing Corporation | Audio/visual home computer and game apparatus |
US5125671A (en) * | 1982-12-22 | 1992-06-30 | Ricoh Co., Ltd. | T.V. game system having reduced memory needs |
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