Segment ordering for television receiver control unit

A method of arranging information defining a display for a display surface area which is scanned over a period of time by a scanning system to produce said display, comprising the steps of:

• A. storing at predetermined locations in memory apparatus, sets of information respectively defining a plurality of spatial display segments, each of which at least partially defines an object image that it may be desired be included in said display;
• B. placing in memory apparatus in a predetermined order correlated with the order of appearance in said display of those spatial display segments to be included therein, indicia uniquely associated with each of the sets of information defining those spatial display segments to appear in said display, said order of appearance being the order in time in which said segments are required by said scanning system to produce said display;
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• C. responding to said predetermined order of indicia by extracting from said memory apparatus in their order of appearance in said display, those sets of information defining the spatial display segments to be included in said display.

A method of arranging information defining a display of spatial display segments for a display surface area which is scanned by a scanning system to produce said display and wherein it is desired that said display include a showing of background at all locations not having a spatial display segment, comprising the steps of:

• A. storing at predetermined locations in memory apparatus, sets of information respectively defining a plurality of spatial display segments, each of which at least partially defines an object image that it may be desired be included in said display;
• B. placing in memory apparatus in a predetermined order correlated with the order of appearance in said display of those spatial display segments to be included therein, indicia uniquely associated with each of the sets of information defining those spatial display segments to appear in said display;
• C. responding to said predetermined order of indicia by extracting from said memory apparatus in their order of appearance in said display, those sets of information defining the spatial display segments to be included in said display;
• D. calculating for said display the time-distance between spatial display segments which are to be displayed thereon;
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• E. providing to said scanning system background control signals directing said scanning system to produce said background display between spatial display segments for said calculated time-distance.

A method of arranging information defining a display for a display surface area which is scanned by a scanning system to produce said display by sequentially scanning adjacent lines to produce a raster scan defining said display, comprising steps of:

• A. storing at predetermined locations in memory apparatus, sets of information respectively defining a plurality of spatial display segments, each of which at least partially defines an object image that it may be desired be included in said display;
• B. placing in memory apparatus in a predetermined order correlated with the order of appearance in said display of those spatial display segments to be included therein, indicia uniquely associated with each of the sets of information defining those spatial display segments to appear in said display;
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• C. responding to said predetermined order of indicia by extracting from said memory apparatus in their order of appearance in said display, those sets of information defining the spatial display segments to be included in said display, including the step of sequentially composing each of said adjacent lines individually to produce said raster scan by extracting from each of said sets of information only that information required for each of said adjacent lines.

Apparatus for arranging information defining a display for a display surface area which is scanned by a scanning system to produce said display and wherein it is desired that said display include a showing of background at all locations not having a spatial display segment, comprising:

• A. means to store at predetermined locations sets of information respectively defining a plurality of spatial display segments, each of which at least partially defines an object image that it may be desired be included in said display;
• B. means to store in a predetermined order correlated with the order of appearance in said display of those spatial display segments to be included in said display, indicia uniquely associated with each of the sets of information defining the spatial display segments to appear in said display;
• C. means responsive to said predetermined order of indicia by extracting from storage those sets of information defining the spatial display segments to be included in said display in their order of appearance in said display;
• D. means to calculate for said display the time-distance between spatial display segments which are to be displayed on said area;
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• E. means responsive to said means to calculate, by providing to said scanning system background control signals directing said scanning system to produce said background display between spatial display segments for said calculated time-distance.

Apparatus for arranging information defining a display for a display surface area which is scanned by a scanning system to produce said display comprising:

• A. means to store at predetermined locations sets of information respectively defining a plurality of spatial display segments, each of which at least partially defines an object image that it may be desired be included in said display;
• B. means to store in a predetermined order correlated with the order of appearance in said display of those spatial display segments to be included in said display, indicia uniquely associated with each of the sets of information defining the spatial display segments to appear in said display;
• C. means responsive to said predetermined order of indicia by extracting from storage those sets of information defining the spatial display segments to be included in said display in their order of appearance in said display;
• D. means to provide information defining a display surface area background for object images to be displayed during said display;
• E. means to convert said spatial display segment information and said background defining information to corresponding control signals for said scanning system;
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• F. means to deliver said background defining information and the set or sets of spatial display segment information defining object images to be included in said display to said converting means at times during scanning for said display correlated with the desired spatial positioning on said display surface area of background and said spatial display segments, which delivery means includes means to discharge information defining image objects at a regular rate correlated with the rate at which said scanning system scans said display surface area to produce said display.