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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:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1998
Craig A. Thorner, Howell, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A modular and reconfigurable Multi-Function Display (MFD) system allows a computer system to drive one or more Multi-Function Displays that display information independently of other display screens driven by a computer simulation. Video channels generated by a computer simulation are carried in parallel to one or more MFD modules. A channel selector on each MFD determines which single video channel is to be displayed on that MFD. Each MFD consists of a relatively small and flat color display screen that displays images supplied by the computer simulation. Each MFD provides a plurality of user input devices that are connected to the computer host via a digital I/O bus. The MFDs are modular such that a first MFD is attached directly to the computer system, and an optional second MFD is attached to the first, and a third optional MFD is attached to the second, and so on, thereby providing every MFD thus attached a parallel connection to the digital I/O bus of the computer simulation system and to the available video channels.
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