Digital comparator classifying device

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL MAGNITUDE IN ONE OF A PLURALITY OF REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISIONS BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS COMPRISING: (A) REFERENCE MEANS FOR PRODUCING SAID PLURALITY OF REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISIONS BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS, (B) VARIABLE MEANS FOR SELECTING ONE OF SAID REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISIONS, (C) COMPARISION MEANS HAVING A REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION INPUT, AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL INPUT, A DOWN PULSE OUTPUT, AND AN UP PULSE OUTPUT, (D) MEANS FOR APPLYING UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS TO SAID REFERENCE MEANS, (E) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID VARIABLE MEANS TO SAID REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION INPUT, (F) MEANS FOR COUPLING AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL TO SAID UNKNOWN SIGNAL INPUT, (G) SAID COMPARISON MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO PRODUCE DOWN PULSES AT SAID DOWN PULSE OUTPUT IN RESPONSE TO A REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION GREATER THAN AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL AND TO PRODUCE UP PULSES AT SAID UP PULSE OUTPUT IN RESPONSE TO AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL GREATER THAN A REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION, (H) DOWN SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A DOWN PULSE INPUT AND A DOWN CONTROL OUTPUT, (I) UP SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A DOWN PULSE INPUT UP CONTROL OUTPUT, (J) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID DOWN PULSE INPUT TO SAID DOWN PULSE OUTPUT AND FOR COUPLING SAID UP PULSE INPUT TO SAID UP PULSE OUTPUT, (K) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID DOWN CONTROL OUTPUT AND SAID UP CONTROL OUTPUT TO SAID VARIABLE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID VARIABLE MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID DOWN AND UP SWITCHING MEANS, (L) INDICATOR MEANS, (M) AND MEANS COUPLING SAID DOWN AND UP CONTROL OUTPUTS TO SAID INDICATOR MEANS.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR CLASSIFYING AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL MAGNITUDE IN ONE OF A PLURALITY OF REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISIONS BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS COMPRISING: (A) REFERENCE MEANS FOR PRODUCING SAID PLURALITY OF REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISIONS BETWEEN SAID UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS, (B) VARIABLE MEANS FOR SELECTING ONE OF SAID REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISIONS, (C) COMPARISION MEANS HAVING A REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION INPUT, AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL INPUT, A DOWN PULSE OUTPUT, AND AN UP PULSE OUTPUT, (D) MEANS FOR APPLYING UPPER AND LOWER LIMITS TO SAID REFERENCE MEANS, (E) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID VARIABLE MEANS TO SAID REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION INPUT, (F) MEANS FOR COUPLING AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL TO SAID UNKNOWN SIGNAL INPUT, (G) SAID COMPARISON MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO PRODUCE DOWN PULSES AT SAID DOWN PULSE OUTPUT IN RESPONSE TO A REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION GREATER THAN AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL AND TO PRODUCE UP PULSES AT SAID UP PULSE OUTPUT IN RESPONSE TO AN UNKNOWN SIGNAL GREATER THAN A REFERENCE SIGNAL DIVISION, (H) DOWN SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A DOWN PULSE INPUT AND A DOWN CONTROL OUTPUT, (I) UP SWITCHING MEANS HAVING A DOWN PULSE INPUT UP CONTROL OUTPUT, (J) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID DOWN PULSE INPUT TO SAID DOWN PULSE OUTPUT AND FOR COUPLING SAID UP PULSE INPUT TO SAID UP PULSE OUTPUT, (K) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID DOWN CONTROL OUTPUT AND SAID UP CONTROL OUTPUT TO SAID VARIABLE MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE OPERATION OF SAID VARIABLE MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID DOWN AND UP SWITCHING MEANS, (L) INDICATOR MEANS, (M) AND MEANS COUPLING SAID DOWN AND UP CONTROL OUTPUTS TO SAID INDICATOR MEANS.