Signal processing system

Claim 1

IN AN APPARATUS USEFUL IN CORRELATING A SIGNAL WITH KNOWN CHARACTERISTICS THEREOF: SIGNAL RECEIVER MEANS FOR RECEIVING A SIGNAL INCLUDING A MESSAGE HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS SERIALLY ARRANGED IN A PREDETERMINED ORDER HAVING A BEGINNING ELEMENT AND AN ENDING ELEMENT; CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY MEANS COUPLED WITH SAID SIGNAL RECEIVER MEANS TO PROVIDE A DISPLAY DEPICTING INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF AT LEAST SAID ELEMENTS OF SAID MESSAGE AS RECEIVED BY SAID SIGNAL RECEIVER MEANS, SAID ELEMENTS OF SAID MESSAGE BEING ARRANGED IN SAID ORDERS RANGING FROM A DIRECT CORRESPONDENCE TO SAID PREDETERMINED ORDER TO ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF ORDERS WHEREIN SAID ELEMENTS ARE ARRANGED ONTO TWO GROUPS AND SERIALLY ARRANGED TO DISPOSE SAID ENDING ELEMENT BEFORE AND SERIALLY ADJACENT TO SAID BEGINNING ELEMENT; VISUAL ENERGY RESPONSIVE PICKUP MEANS ARRANGED FOR RECEPTION OF RADIANT ENERGY FROM SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY; ENERGY MASKING MEANS DISPOSED INTERMEDIATE SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY MEANS AND SAID VISUAL ENERGY RESPONSIVE PICKUP MENS; A VARIABLE OPACITY PATTERN CARRIED BY SAID ENERGY MASKING MEANS, SAID PATTERN HAVING A PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS DEPICTING SAID CHARACTERISTICS OF SAID MESSAGE AND SERIALLY ARRANGED IN ORDERS ECH EQUIVALENT TO AND PROPORTIONALLY SMALLER THAN SAID PREDETERMINED ORDER OR ANY ONE OF SAID PLURALITY OF ORDERS AND INCLUDING A TOTAL OF AT LEAST TWO TIMES THE SQUARE ROOT OF SAID PLURALITY OF ELEMENTS LESS ONE ELEMENT WITH THIS RESULTANT QUANTITY SQUARED, SAID ORDERS EACH BEING POSITIONED IN SAID PATTERN IN ADJACENT REDUNDANT RELATIONSHIPS WHEREBY TO EFFECT CONVERGENCE OF SAID RADIANT ENERGY BEING TRANSMITTED THROUGH ANY ONE OF SAID ORDERS OF ELEMENTS AT A SPECIFIC POINT AT SAID VISUAL ENERGY RESPONSIVE PICKUP MEANS; ADDTIONAL VISUAL DISPLAY MEANS CONNECTED TO RECEIVE AND DISPLAY AN OUTPUT FROM SAID VISUAL ENERGY RESPONSIVE PICKUP MEANS; AND TIMMING CONTROL MEANS FOR MAINTAINING SYNCHRONOUS OPERATION OF SAID CATHODE-RAY TUBE DISPLAY MEANS, SAID VISUAL ENERGY RESPONSIVE PICKUP MENS AND SAID ADDITIONAL VISUAL DISPLAY MEANS.