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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 1978
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Marvin Stanley Towsend, Oxon Hill, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340524 ; 3401 / ; 340539 ; 3403 / ; 340381 ;
Abstract
A central console monitoring system for simultaneously monitoring a plurality of remote stations distributed in a matrix array comprising: (a). a matrix array of remote stations; (b). a matrix array of two families of intersecting energy waveguides; (c). a signaling system utilizing wave energy sources, energy waveguides, energy beam splitters, energy beam couplers, energy beam combiners, and energy wave detectors; and (d). a display of linear visual display elements which intersect in a matrix pattern which indicates, in microcosm, the macrocosmic matrix array of the remote stations.