Character generation system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM OF CHARACTER GENERATION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND DEFLECTION MEANS THEREFOR PRODUCING A SCANNING RASTER, A PLURALITY OF CHARACTER GENERATORS, EACH OF SAID GENERATORS INCLUDING A DELAY LINE AND A PLURALITY OF COILS SPACED AXIALLY ALONG SAID DELAY LINE, EACH OF SAID COILS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE WINDINGS THEREON, SAID WINDINGS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO DEFINE A MATRIX REPRESENTING A SELECTED CHARACTER WITH CERTAIN CORRESPONDING WINDINGS OF SAID COILS BEING CONNECTED IN PARALLEL REPRESENTING ALINEMENT OF THE MATRIX IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND THE WINDINGS ON EACH COIL ITSELF REPRESENTING ALINEMENT OF THE MATRIX IN A SECOND DIRECTION, AN OUTPUT LEAD FOR EACH OF SAID CORRESPONDING WINDINGS SO THAT WHEN SAID DELAY LINE IS EXCITED A SEQUENTIAL SIGNAL TRAIN CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CATHODE-RAY TUBE IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE RASTER THEREOF, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT SYNCHRONOUSLY CONNECTED TO SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE DEFLECTION MEANS FOR DRIVING THE DEFLECTION MEANS AND CONNECTED TO SAID PLURALITY OF CHARACTER GENERATORS TO DRIVE SAID DELAY LINE IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID RASTER, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING ONE OF SAID CHARACTER GENERATORS TO SAID CIRCUIT AND TO SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE IN RESPONSE TO A RECEIVED SIGNAL FROM AN EXTERNAL ACTUATION SOURCE, SAID MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL ELECTRODE OF SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND SYNCHRONIZED WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WHEREBY SAID SEQUENTIAL SIGNAL TRAIN WILL ALLOW A BEAM OF ELECTRONS TO STRIKE THE SCREEN OF THE CATHODE-RAY TUBE UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID DEFLECTION MEANS AND PRODUCE A RASTER IN TIMED RELATION WITH SAID CIRCUIT WHEREBY THE CHARACTER DETERMINED BY THE MATRIX OF THE SELECTED CHARACTER GENERATOR WILL BE VISUALLY REPRODUCED.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM OF CHARACTER GENERATION, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION, A CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND DEFLECTION MEANS THEREFOR PRODUCING A SCANNING RASTER, A PLURALITY OF CHARACTER GENERATORS, EACH OF SAID GENERATORS INCLUDING A DELAY LINE AND A PLURALITY OF COILS SPACED AXIALLY ALONG SAID DELAY LINE, EACH OF SAID COILS HAVING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATE WINDINGS THEREON, SAID WINDINGS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO DEFINE A MATRIX REPRESENTING A SELECTED CHARACTER WITH CERTAIN CORRESPONDING WINDINGS OF SAID COILS BEING CONNECTED IN PARALLEL REPRESENTING ALINEMENT OF THE MATRIX IN A FIRST DIRECTION AND THE WINDINGS ON EACH COIL ITSELF REPRESENTING ALINEMENT OF THE MATRIX IN A SECOND DIRECTION, AN OUTPUT LEAD FOR EACH OF SAID CORRESPONDING WINDINGS SO THAT WHEN SAID DELAY LINE IS EXCITED A SEQUENTIAL SIGNAL TRAIN CAN BE APPLIED TO THE CATHODE-RAY TUBE IN TIMED RELATION WITH THE RASTER THEREOF, AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT SYNCHRONOUSLY CONNECTED TO SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE DEFLECTION MEANS FOR DRIVING THE DEFLECTION MEANS AND CONNECTED TO SAID PLURALITY OF CHARACTER GENERATORS TO DRIVE SAID DELAY LINE IN TIMED RELATION TO SAID RASTER, AND MEANS FOR SELECTIVELY CONNECTING ONE OF SAID CHARACTER GENERATORS TO SAID CIRCUIT AND TO SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE IN RESPONSE TO A RECEIVED SIGNAL FROM AN EXTERNAL ACTUATION SOURCE, SAID MEANS BEING CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL ELECTRODE OF SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE AND SYNCHRONIZED WITH SAID ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WHEREBY SAID SEQUENTIAL SIGNAL TRAIN WILL ALLOW A BEAM OF ELECTRONS TO STRIKE THE SCREEN OF THE CATHODE-RAY TUBE UNDER THE CONTROL OF SAID DEFLECTION MEANS AND PRODUCE A RASTER IN TIMED RELATION WITH SAID CIRCUIT WHEREBY THE CHARACTER DETERMINED BY THE MATRIX OF THE SELECTED CHARACTER GENERATOR WILL BE VISUALLY REPRODUCED.