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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1976
Filed:
Sep. 16, 1974
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuya Horichi, Yokohama, JA;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JA;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; G01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324133 ; 324 96 ; 324122 ;
Abstract
Level indicating apparatus includes a plurality of light emitting indicators each indicating a different level of analog signal encoded in pulse form, and two indicators responsive to the most significant bit of the pusle signal to indicate polarity and further responsive, by means of a logic circuit, to pulse coded signals indicating the maximum acceptable analog signal amplitude. Pulse lengthening circuits are provided to keep the indicators turned on for a predetermined time after the signal that actuates them has been removed.