Display of partly randomized time

U.S. Patent Number: 5386398

Abstract: Apparatus for displaying data such as time or weight samples, comprising a data generator means, a pseudorandom number generator, a function generator for generating modified data samples functionally related to the original data samples and the pseudorandom numbers, and display means for displaying the modified data. The function generator may be an adder, for example. The data may represent time, weight, or another quantity.

Inventors: Hiemke; Levan (Boston, MA), Kwak; Emanuel (New York, NY)

Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)

Application Number: 07/635,955

Issued: 1995-01-31

Expired: 2007-01-31

Classes: 368/10 ; 368/12; 368/223; 368/250

Field of search: 368/72,75,244,245,246,248,10,119,120,29,248 273/86C 340/756

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