Character generator apparatus

Claim 1

IN A HIGH SPEED DATA DISPLAYING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A PATTERN ON A CATHODE RAY TUBE IN THE FORM OF A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY PARALLEL, CLOSELY SPACED CONTINUOUS LINE SEGMENTS OF SELECTIVELY VARIABLE LENGTH, THE COMBINATION OF PRIMARY STORAGE MEANS THAT INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF INTERSECTING FIRST AND SECOND CONDUCTORS AND A PLURALITY OF MEMORY ELEMENTS, SAID MEMORY ELEMENTS BEING GEOMETRICALLY ARRANGED ONLY AT INTERSECTIONS OF SAID CONDUCTORS CORRESPONDING TO THE ENDS OF THE LINE SEGMENTS OF THE PATTERN TO BE GENERATED, MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST CONDUCTORS FOR ENERGIZING SAID MEMORY ELEMENTS IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THEY CAUSE SIGNALS TO APPEAR ON SAID SECOND CONDUCTORS, SECONDARY STORAGE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND CONDUCTORS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO STORE SIMULTANEOUSLY SIGNALS RECEIVED THEREFROM, CONVERTING MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID SECONDARY STORAGE MEANS WHICH IS ADAPTED TO CONVERT SIGNALS STORED ON SAID SECONDARY STORAGE MEANS SEQUENTIALLY TO PULSES OF VARIABLE LENGTH FOR CONTROLLING THE INTENSITY OF THE BEAM ON A CATHODE RAY TUBE, VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCAN GENERATORS FOR SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE, AND SYNCHRONIZING MEANS CONNECTING SAID PRIMARY AND SECONDARY STORAGE MEANS AND SAID CONVERTING MEANS TO THE VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL SCAN GENERATORS OF SAID CATHODE RAY TUBE.