Abstract: A graphics display terminal is disclosed having a capability of responding to at least two unique input commands. A first assigns a segment to a group of classes and also removes the segment from membership in another group of classes. A second is a matching condition which requests that all the segments lying within a certain group of classes and/or not lying within another group of classes be identified, the CRT terminal highlighting these identified segments in response to a command from the operator. The second command is called a matching condition. Once all of the segments in a memory are located, which satisfy the matching condition, the operator can direct the terminal to blink or otherwise highlight the identified segments retrieved from memory.

Abstract: A gate array is used as the base component of a custom-circuit LSI. A number of logic cells are arranged in the form of a matrix in the first area of the gate array. These logic cells are interconnected by a metal pattern or patterns to build a custom-circuit. Driver cells for energizing the output and input signals of the custom-circuit are formed in the second area of the gate array. Bonding pads, which will be used as the input/output terminals of the custom-circuit, are formed in the third area of the gate array.

Abstract: A digital control system is provided with an error monitor system which applies dummy loads to an actuator and a monitor lamp in order to check the operation thereof. The digital control system also has a watch-dog timer responsive to a periodic signal produced as long as a microprocessor of the control system is operating normally. The control system is adapted to be initialized in response to the onset of power supply and in response to error signals from the watch-dog timer. A discriminator is provided in the control system to discriminate the cause of initialization of the control system. The discriminator enables the error monitor system when initialization due to onset of power supply is detected but not when initialization is due to errors detected by the watch-dog timer.

Abstract: A wire packing method for packing wire segments in wiring bays of large-scale integrated circuit devices and integrated circuit devices produced employing such a method. Each wiring segment to be placed in a channel of a wiring bay is assigned a score in accordance with criteria developed for the particular application. The start point, end point and a segment identifier is recorded for each segment to be packed. For each channel, segments which can be considered candidates for packing in that channel are extracted from the list. For that channel, moving forwardly from one end of the channel, at the end point of each segment, a total score is calculated by adding to the score of that segment a best score occurring before the start point of the segment. If the total score exceeds a present value of a best string score for nonoverlapping segments, the present value of the best string score is replaced by the new total score, otherwise the present value of the best string score is retained.

Abstract: For designing the layout of a master-slice VLSI chip steps for placing components and for determining the wiring pattern interconnecting them are alternated in an iterative process. The chip area is partitioned into subareas of decreasing size, the set of components is partitioned into subsets which fit to the respective subareas, and after each partitioning step the global wiring is determined for the existing subnets of the whole network. Due to this interrelation of placement and wiring procedures, advantages with respect to total wire length, overflow number of wires, and processing time can be gained.

Abstract: A rod straightness measuring system and method. A rod, such as a nuclear fuel rod, is supported and rotated in such a manner that if the rod were straight, it would be rotated about its longitudinal axis and remain straight without transverse translational motion, and in such a manner that if the rod were cambered, it would remain so cambered while supported and rotated. A multiplicity of separated and fixed range finders are placed apart from and directed towards the rod so that they would be directed perpendicular to a straight rod's longitudinal axis. The range finders measure the distance to the rotating rod. Differences in maximum and minimum measurements for each range finder indicate the degree of straightness of the rod. In a preferred system and method, the range finders are placed at known distances from a straight rod, and differences in distance measurements from the known distances for each range finder indicate the degree of rod straightness.

Abstract: An anomaly detection system (10) and method including; a plurality of sensor means (12) for providing an output representative of the current operational environment of the subject premises. There are means (14), responsive to the output, for translating the output to a signal, and control means (18) for statistically defining the normal operational parameters of the subject premises.Stochastic means (16), responsive to the output representatives of the current operational environment periodically adjust the definition of the normal operational parameters of the subject premises. There are processor means (20) for comparing the output representative of the current operational environment with the updated definition of the normal operational parameters of the subject premises, and for detecting a deviation therebetween.

Abstract: A numerical control device having a non-volatile, large-capacity magnetic bubble memory and a volatile, high-speed integrated circuit memory as memories for storing machining program data. Machining program data which has been stored in the magnetic bubble memory is transferred to and stored in the integrated circuit memory through an interface circuit by introducing power from a power source, the interface circuit functioning to administer the transfer of the data between both of the memories. Numerical control processing is executed by allowing a processor to access the integrated circuit memory.

Abstract: A novel and innovative series of programs are deployed to actuate and control the novel embodiment of an automated laser wave detection and emissive delivery system known as the Improved Coherent Beam Coupler which is useful in surgical operations and high resolution analytic procedures. The programs are collectively designed to provide the highest resolution of optical electronic spectra data and to promote the fastest most reliable response time necessary to control the electronic composition, dispersal, and wave amplitude modulation of emissive sources. High energy multiple emissions are generated in discrete steps which are specified by impulses derived or obtained from an array of feedback sensors. The necessary tactical and logistic information necessary to engage target loci, analyze specific chemical species or any associated processes are specified by pre-existing data contained within the existing framework of readily accessible programs.

Abstract: Disclosed in a history information providing device for use in a printer, such as a laser beam printer, having a print producing section, operation watching sensors and a programmable control section for controlling the print producing section. The history information providing device includes a non-volatile memory for taking-out the latest failure information such as the number of times of paper jam and the number of times of toner supply, and the latest maintenance information such as the total number of pages of printed paper and the total number of pages of printed paper by paper sizes, from the sensors and storing the latest failure and/or maintenance information therein. The device also includes a print-out instructing circuit for producing a print-out instruction to print out at least a part of the failure and/or maintenance information stored in the non-volatile memory and the secondary history information obtained from the failure and/or maintenance information.

Abstract: Computerized control of a grinding mill complex to establish a predetermined optomized operating setpoint condition in the presence of chemical additive grinding aids responds to a plurality of input signals representative of mill operating characteristics and controls a plurality of input feed materials for establishing the setpoint condition. Provision is made for accelerating correction when deviations from optimum are large. A prioritized selection of input signals serves to first control mill conditions that could damage elevator motors, or the like. Control signals are derived as a function of error deviations for more effective control and are normalized for lag time. The system combines an arithmetic computer with a multiplexing computer that scans and organizes correction control signals and provides for communication with external computers.

Abstract: A portable instrument used by maintenance technicians to assist in locating an air leak in a pressurized cable sheath. The instrument functions by limiting the area of search thus, permitting a timely repair of the leak to be made. The instrument is comprised of a set of pneumatic hoses that connect the instrument to the cable sheath; a pressure and flow transducer that respectively convert the pressure and flow to proportional d-c voltages; and an analog-to-digital converter that converts the analog voltages to equivalent d-c signals. The digital signals are applied to an electronics calculator that in combination with a keyboard and a computer program solves a set of mathematical equations that when solved, limit the area of search and ultimately provide the location of the air leak. The leak location data is viewed on a digital display and/or the data can be permanently recorded on a hard copy printer.

Abstract: A process controller with power outage analysis capability uses a real time clock generator powered by an uninterruptible power source for providing a real time reference which is used to measure the actual duration of a process controller disabling power outage. A non-volatile memory is also powered by the uninterruptible power source and is used to store the maximum allowable outage time limit for a particular process being controlled. The clock generator is initialized at the start of the power outage by a power outage detector which provides an early warning of an imminent power outage.

Abstract: An analytical instrument and particularly a time-of-flight-mass spectrometer for processing a large number of analog signals irregularly spaced over a spectrum, with programmable masking of portions of the spectrum where signals are unlikely in order to reduce memory requirements and/or with a signal capturing assembly having a plurality of signal capturing devices fewer in number than the analog signals for use in repeated cycles within the data processing time period.

Abstract: A computerized video imaging system is provided which includes a target mount for supporting a target photographic transparency. A lamphouse is positioned to pass light through the transparency and includes light sources for a set of primary colors. An image sensor is positioned to receive light passing from the lamphouse through the transparency and generates video signals representing hue and intensity of the light. Image storage means are provided for storing color reference representations of the reference transparency. A color video monitor receives signals related to the reference representations and the target video signals. A computer interfaces with the light source and the image storage to calculate photographic color correction values for the target transparency.

Abstract: A method and a circuit are provided for tuning or calibrating the gain of the radiation detectors of a radiation detection system. For each radiation detector tuning point the energy map status is measured in parallel. Thereby an energy response vector is obtained, which is multiplied with a predetermined deconvolution matrix. The deconvolution matrix is the inversion of a contribution matrix containing matrix elements C.sub.ij, each such matrix element C.sub.ij of said contribution matrix representing the relative contribution level of a radiation detector j of said detection system for a point radiation source placed at a location i. Thus a calculated gain vector is obtained with respect to which the gains of the radiation detectors are adjusted such that an ideal gain vector is obtained.

Abstract: A joint of a member joined by joining apparatus is tested by detecting an area of the joint and checking if the area has a predetermined value or not. A test apparatus includes an imaging device for imaging the joint on an image plane and converting the image to an electric signal and a processor for extracting the area of the joint from the electric signal from the imaging means to test the joint.

Abstract: The electric parameter metering machine comprises electric parameter pickup circuitry for sensing the instantaneous analog amplitude value of a electric parameter waveform in at least one phase in an electric power distribution system at selected time intervals during each full cycle, an A/D converter for converting the analog amplitude values to digital signals and signal processing circuitry including a memory for storing the digital signals. The signal processing circuitry includes a microprocessor operable to apply a conventional waveform analysis technique to the digital signal information collected with respect to a selected number of cycles of the electric parameter waveform to obtain an instantaneous RMS value of the electric parameter and operable to process a sequence of instantaneous RMS electric parameter values at discrete time intervals to obtain time averaged or demand electric parameter values.

Abstract: A photocomposition system for composing typeface characters on a CRT display using a magnetic font disc formed of plural variable length character sectors wherein each sector includes successive storage cells containing all of the coded signals necessary to describe a single character image which signals may be retrieved and decoded for use by the CRT to create an optical image of the character. An optical scanner system is disclosed for optically determining the coordinate points on the boundary of an original character design for subsequent encoding into successive 3 bit binary codes representing successive end to end translational movements along the boundaries of the character design being encoded. The translational movements are selected from a subset of a total of 24 possible translational paths wherein the paths making up the subset is continually varying dependent on the general direction of the previous translational path.

Abstract: A cathode-ray tube controller uses a content addressable associative storage array (10) to generate repetitively a sequence of video control signals for a CRT to which it is attached. A binary coded counter (4) incremented by the system clock (CL) of the CRT provides a sequence of binary count values representing the running count of the CRT clock. This running count is continuously available and applied as an input search argument to the associative array. A plurality of predetermined count values, derived with reference to the running count, are stored as binary coded words in selected rows of the associative array. The match signals generated on the sense lines of the array as the running count value becomes equal to the predetermined count values in the array provide the video control signals to control the various display functions of the CRT. One of the signals is used to re-set the running count value so that the sequence of signals is repeated at regular intervals.