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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:
Mar. 13, 1979
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bryce G Fossum, Rochester, MN (US);
Kenneth J Markson, Mazeppa, MN (US);
Phillip C Schloss, Rochester, MN (US);
James W Wing, Zumbro Falls, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235 / ; 235 / ; 235 / ; 235 / ; 235 / ; 328 48 ;
Abstract
A device control circuit is disclosed which includes the provision of control commands at precise time intervals by gating each command at a time controlled by a continuously running counter to which is added the next event delay value. Upon reaching a predetermined fixed value the next event gating signal is generated. The delay value may be entered at any time prior to the elaspe of the delay time and all gating signals are accurately time related with regard to a fixed reference and to one another.