Circuit control panel displaying changeable graphics
AssigneeIntertactile Technologies Corporation
InventorDenny Jaeger
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AssigneeIntertactile Technologies Corporation
InventorDenny Jaeger
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The operator manipulated rotary knob, sliding knob, depressible button or the like of an electrical circuit control device is situated at the face of an image display screen within the image display area. This enables display of calibration marks and/or other graphics pertinent to operation of the control including at locations immediately adjacent to the operator manipulated component. The graphics may change instantly when the function of the control is changed. Conductors for connecting the control device with the controlled circuit extend along a front or back surface of the transparent cover plate of the display or an overlay cover plate within the image display area. The conductors, which may be opaque or transparent, are positioned to avoid or minimize obscuring of images by the conductors. At least portions of the conductors overlay zones which are between the parallel rows or columns of image pixels and may be angled relative to the rows and columns and/or be spaced apart by a distance which is not an integral multiple of the spacing of the rows or columns.
A control panel for an electrical circuit which control panel has at least one control device that can be manually operated to change an electrical condition in said circuit, said control panel having at least one circuit connecting conductor for electrically connecting said control device to said circuit and an electrically controlled image display screen which displays changeable images that convey information pertinent to operation of the control device, the image display screen having a transparent cover plate and an image display area thereat and wherein said changeable images are defined by a plurality of parallel lines of image pixels, wherein the improvement comprises:
A control panel for an electrical circuit which control panel is comprised of:
A control panel for an electrical circuit which control panel is comprised of:
A control panel for an electrical circuit which control panel is comprised of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.