High-speed measuring system

Claim 1

A SYSTEM INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONVERTING SUCCESSIVELY SAMPLED MAGNITUDES OF THE OUTPUT OF EACH OF A PLURALITY OF CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES INTO BINARYCODED PULSES GROUPS OF TYPE IN WHICH THE TWO BINARY VALUES ARE RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTED BY ABSENCE AND PRESENCE OF A PULSE, MEANS FOR PRODUCING FOR EACH SAMPLED OUTPUT OF SAID CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES BINARY-CODED PULSE GROUPS OF THE AFORESAID TYPE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE SAMPLED ONE OF SAID CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES, AND CODECONVERTER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE AFORESAID BINARY PULSE GROUPS FOR PRODUCING BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE SAMPLINGS A FIRST GROUP OF ELECTRICAL PULSES WHOSE NUMBER IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF SAID DEVEICES AND THE DURATION OF WHOSE INDIVIDUAL PULSES IS OF ONE OR THE OTHER OF TWO FINITE VALUES, THE DURATION OF THE SUCCESSIVE PULSES OF SAID FIRST GROUP DEFINING A PATTERN UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING THE DEVICE WHOSE OUTPUT HAS BEEN SAMPLED AND FOR PRODUCING A SECOND GROUP OF SUCCESSIVE ELECTRICAL PULSES WHOSE NUMBER IS THE SAME FOR ALL OUTPUT MAGNITUDES OF THE CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES AND THE DURATION OF WHOSE INDIVIDUAL PULSES IS OF ONE OR THE OTHER OF TWO FINITE VALUES, THE DURATIONS OF THE SUCCESSIVE PULSES OF SAID SECOND GROUP DEFINING A PATTERN UNIQUELY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SAMPLED OUTPUT.

Claim 2

A SYSTEM INCLUDING MEANS FOR CONVERTING SUCCESSIVELY SAMPLED MAGNITUDES OF THE OUTPUT OF EACH OF A PLURALITY OF CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES INTO BINARYCODED PULSES GROUPS OF TYPE IN WHICH THE TWO BINARY VALUES ARE RESPECTIVELY REPRESENTED BY ABSENCE AND PRESENCE OF A PULSE, MEANS FOR PRODUCING FOR EACH SAMPLED OUTPUT OF SAID CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES BINARY-CODED PULSE GROUPS OF THE AFORESAID TYPE FOR IDENTIFICATION OF THE SAMPLED ONE OF SAID CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES, AND CODECONVERTER MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE AFORESAID BINARY PULSE GROUPS FOR PRODUCING BETWEEN SUCCESSIVE SAMPLINGS A FIRST GROUP OF ELECTRICAL PULSES WHOSE NUMBER IS THE SAME FOR ALL OF SAID DEVEICES AND THE DURATION OF WHOSE INDIVIDUAL PULSES IS OF ONE OR THE OTHER OF TWO FINITE VALUES, THE DURATION OF THE SUCCESSIVE PULSES OF SAID FIRST GROUP DEFINING A PATTERN UNIQUELY IDENTIFYING THE DEVICE WHOSE OUTPUT HAS BEEN SAMPLED AND FOR PRODUCING A SECOND GROUP OF SUCCESSIVE ELECTRICAL PULSES WHOSE NUMBER IS THE SAME FOR ALL OUTPUT MAGNITUDES OF THE CONDITION-RESPONSIVE DEVICES AND THE DURATION OF WHOSE INDIVIDUAL PULSES IS OF ONE OR THE OTHER OF TWO FINITE VALUES, THE DURATIONS OF THE SUCCESSIVE PULSES OF SAID SECOND GROUP DEFINING A PATTERN UNIQUELY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SAMPLED OUTPUT.