Indication device

U.S. Patent Number: 5394165

Abstract: In an indication device comprising a plurality of indicators of the present invention, each indicator has an indicator control section inputting each signal except for data signals, and a logic section inputting data signals. The logic section receives an output of a logic section in an adjacent indicator, adds and/or subtracts a pre-determined number to and/or from a received signal, then outputs a result to a logic section in another indicator. More, the logic section outputs a signal corresponding to a location of the indicator to an indicator control section.

Inventors: Sugiura; Masami (Tokyo, JP)

Assignee: NEC Corporation (JP)

Application Number: 08/027,256

Issued: 1995-02-28

Expired: 2007-02-28

Classes: 345/82 ; 345/204; 345/903

Field of search: 345/56,34,82,83,127,55,1,2,98,204,205,903

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