Binary digital single-brush readout device

Claim 1

AN ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTER COMPRISING, A CODE TRANSLATOR BEARING NATURAL BINARY CODE REPRESENTATIONS THEREON IN ALTERNATE 1 AND 0 BINARY AREAS SEPARATED BY BOUNDARIES IN A PLURALITY OF ZONES OF INCREASING DIGITAL SIGNIFICANCE, A SINGLE READOUT DEVICE PER ZONE EACH ASSOCIATED WITH A RESPECTIVE ONE OF SAID ZONES, AN ADDITIONAL PAIR OF SENSING DEVICES POSITIONED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE SINGLE READOUT DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEXT TO LEAST SIGNIFICANT ZONE, SAID ADDITIONAL PAIR OF SENSING DEVICES TOGETHER WITH THE SINGLE READOUT DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT ZONE CONSTITUTING MOTION-SENSING READOUT DEVICES, ALL OF SAID READOUT DEVICES PRODUCING READOUT SIGNALS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BINARY DIGITS 1 OR 0 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED ZONES, MEANS FOR PRODUCING RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN SAID CODE TRANSLATOR AND ALL OF SAID READOUT DEVICES AS A GROUP WHEREBY THE TRANSITION OF ANY BOUNDARY BY ANY READOUT DEVICE CHANGES THE SIGNAL PRODUCED THEREBY FROM ONE TO THE OTHER OF SAID REPRESENTATIVE SIGNALS, SAID READOUT DEVICES BEING SO POSITIONED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CODE REPRESENTATIONS THAT A CHANGE IN SIGNAL PRODUCED IN A READOUT DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY ONE ZONE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY A CHANGE IN SIGNAL IN THE READOUT DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH ALL ZONES OF LESSER SIGNIFICANCE, MEANS INCLUDING SAID MOTION-SENSING READOUT DEVICES FOR PRODUCING A PAIR OF DIRECTION-INDICATION SIGNALS IN RESPECTIVE ONES OF A PAIR OF CONDUCTORS, ONE OF SAID PAIR OF SIGNALS IN ONE OF SAID PAIR OF CONDUCTORS BEING INDICATIVE OF RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN SAID CODE TRANSLATOR AND SAID GROUP OF READOUT DEVICES IN ONE DIRECTION AND THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF SIGNALS IN THE OTHER OF SAID PAIR OF CONDUCTORS BEING INDICATIVE OF RELATIVE MOTION IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, A PLURALITY OF PARALLEL BINARY OUTPUT TERMINALS, AND AN AND CIRCUIT OPERATED BY THE COINCIDENCE OF ONE OF SAID PAIR OF DIRECTION SIGNALS AND THE SIGNAL PRODUCED BY THE READOUT DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT OF THE ZONES IN WHICH SIGNAL CHANGE OCCURS FOR PRODUCING AN EXECUTING SIGNAL, MEANS OPERATED BY SAID EXECUTING SIGNAL FOR CHANGING THE SIGNALS IN THE BINARY OUTPUT TERMINALS REPRESENTING THE READOUTS OF SAID MOST SIGNIFICANT ZONE IN WHICH SIGNAL CHANGE OCCURS AND ALL LESS SIGNIFICANT ZONES, AND MEANS OPERATED BY SAID EXECUTING SIGNAL FOR REPEATING THE OUTPUT SIGNALS AT THE OUTPUT TERMINALS REPRESENTING READOUT DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH ALL OTHER ZONES, AND MEANS INCLUDING AN AND CIRCUIT AND AN INHIBIT-AND CIRCUIT TO PRODUCE SAID OUTPUT CHANGES WHEN THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ZONES WHICH PRODUCES A SIGNAL CHANGE IN ITS ASSOCIATED READOUT DEVICE IS THE HIGHEST ORDER ZONE AND THE SIGNAL CHANGE THEREOF IS OF THE SAME KIND AS THAT PRODUCED IN THE READOUT DEVICES ASSOCIATED WITH ALL ZONES OF LESSER SIGNIFICANCE.