Aesthetically pleasing CRT-display of single-source signals

Abstract

An aesthetically pleasing Lissajous figure is derived from a single signal source which feeds a common signal to both the horizontal and vertical deflection circuits of a cathode ray tube. Between the signal source and one or the other of said deflection circuits, a time delay is utilized to retard the transit of the signal to that deflection circuit. With a fixed frequency source, the Lissajous figure presented will be an ellipse whose eccentricity will be determined by the frequency of the signal output by said source. Where the signal source provides an output which randomly varies in frequency, the Lissajous figures presented will be reentrant in nature and of a character determined by the rate of change of frequency from said source and the magnitude of the time delay inserted in the selected deflection circuit. The invention lends itself to use with single or multiple gun CRT's and in either case may be used with monochromatic or polychromatic phosphorescent screens. When utilized with the three-color CRT employed by today's color television sets, three Lissajous figures may be produced, each in their own purety of hue.

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