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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. 20, 1985
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald V DiMassimo, Liverpool, NY (US);
John B May, Liverpool, NY (US);
Michael D Lemmon, Syracuse, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Somersworth, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340706 ; 340760 ; 340717 ;
Abstract
A display controller drives a nine digit, seven segment display in accordance with desired display formats for preselected lengths of time. The controller accepts control commands and data by means of a serial three wire asynchronous link. The display controller includes the capability for receiving binary data and converting it to binary coded decimal data for subsequent display and further includes the capability for scaling data as well as performing self tests to insure that the display is functioning correctly following a power outage.