Recording of information from gaseous discharge display memory panel

Abstract

Abstract THERE IS DISCLOSED THE GENERATING AND RECORDING OF IMAGE INFORMATION FROM A MULTIPLE GASEOUS DISCHARGE DISPLAY/MEMORY PANEL HAVING AN ELECTRICAL MEMORY AND CAPABLE OF SIMULTANEOUSLY PRODUCING INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF A VISUAL OR LATENT IMAGE, THE PANEL BEING FURTHER CHARACTERIZED BY AN IONIZABLE GASEOUS MEDIUM IN A GAS CHAMBER FORMED BY A PAIR OF OPPOSED DIELECTRIC MATERIAL CHARGE STORAGE MEMBERS WHICH ARE RESPECTIVELY BACKED BY A SERIES OF PARALLEL-LIKE CONDUCTOR (ELECTRODE) MEMBERS, THE CONDUCTOR MEMBERS BEHIND EACH DIELECTRIC MATERIAL MEMBER BEING TRANSVERSELY ORIENTED WITH RESPECT TO THE CONDUCTOR MEMBERS BEHIND THE OPPOSING DIELECTRIC MATERIAL MEMBER SO AS TO DEFINE A PLURALITY OF DISCRETE DISCHARGE VOLUMES, EACH OF WHICH CONSTITUTES A DISCHARGE UNIT, THE VISUAL OR LATENT IMAGE BEING COMPRISED OF ONE OR MORE DISCHARGE UNITS, AND IMAGE RADIATION FROM THE DISCHARGE UNITS BEING PROJECTED ONTO A PHOTOSENSITIVE SURFACE ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND RECORD THE IMAGE. THE PROJECTED IMAGE RADIATION MAY BE VISIBLE OR LATENT (INVISIBLE) RELATIVE TO THE HUMAN EYE.

Inventors

• 👤 F Brown

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