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Method and apparatus of detecting and displaying abnormal conditions utilizing a display control apparatus

US5805134A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 1996
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/1446
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A highly reliable display control apparatus and method suitable for use in a computer control system which is required to have high degree of reliability, such as control systems for railroad traffic or a nuclear power station. A meaningful symbol is divided into a plurality of sections and these sections are independently input to either one of the inputs of an interactive man-machine system through different systems so that these sections of the meaningful symbol are displayed in the same frame of the man-machine system, thus enabling the operator to visually detect any abnormality as to whether the displayed meaningful symbol is complete or not, whereby a high degree of reliability of the display is obtained.

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