Communications: electrical – Vehicle position indication – Map display
Patent
1981-12-17
1984-11-20
Groody, James J.
Communications: electrical
Vehicle position indication
Map display
340721, 340727, 340731, 364449, 364460, G08G 112, G06F 314, G08B 700
Patent
active
044841922
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a moving map display having a mass memory storing a complete map of the terrain to be traversed by a vehicle, a scan memory storing a portion of the complete map corresponding to the area immediately surrounding the vehicle, a computer for controlling the updating of the portion of map stored in the scan memory and for controlling the refreshing of the map data displayed on a cathode ray tube display, a scan memory address generator receiving parameters computed by the computer for generating addresses sequential outputting the digital map data stored in the scan memory in a predetermined sequence, a video display generator for converting the map data output from the scan memory for utilization by the cathode ray tube display, and a timing generator for synchronizing the generation of the addresses by the scan memory address generator with the scan field of the cathode ray tube display.
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"Television Receiving Equipment", Cocking, 1940, pp. 19-20.
Brumm Gerald A.
Evans Lansing B.
Farrah Harry R.
Seitz William R.
Walter Chris J.
Cuoco Anthony F.
Groody James J.
Ignatowski James R.
The Bendix Corporation
Wells Russel C.
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