Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Plural physical display element control system – Display elements arranged in matrix
Patent
1991-09-05
1993-10-12
Weldon, Ulysses
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Plural physical display element control system
Display elements arranged in matrix
119719, 119905, G09G 334
Patent
active
052529584
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus is provided by which human and dolphin participants may actively progress towards a mutually understandable meaningful communication system. The apparatus includes a three dimensional grid matrix having X and Y electrode wires stacked on top of themselves to form the three dimensional grid. This three dimensional grid system is preferably enclosed in an electrical rheological fluid which is responsive to an electric potential applied across it. The three dimension grid matrix is driven so that selected pixels of the three dimensional grid are activated, and it is thus possible to memorialize or form a three dimensional image of an object or communicable symbols in the electrical rheological fluid. Column and row drivers are controlled by a central processing unit so as to define which pixels should be selectively activated to apply a potential to the electrical rheological fluid contained within the pixel to thereby solidify or vary the viscosity of the electrical rheological fluid in the selected pixels while the unselected pixels remain unchanged. The echolocation clicks and whistles of a dolphin can be inputted to the CPU where they are processed by comparing them to predetermined values to determine the selectivity of the pixels. In this way, the echolocation of the dolphin received by the CPU is used to selectively drive the row and column electrodes of the three dimensional grid system, thereby enabling the presentation of three dimensional image corresponding to the echolocation signals from the dolphin. This image may be perceived by both dolphin and human participants.
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Daniels John J.
Goon Gin
Weldon Ulysses
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