An improved storage device is provided for enhanced protection from fire and theft. It has advantages of lightweight for transportation and installation, heavyweight for protection when in use, steel construction for theft protection, dry insulation for heat flow retardation, fluid for limiting internal temperature rise and low cost. These capabilities are achieved by constructing a multi-walled storage device having an inner wall of steel for theft protection, an outer chamber of insulation to reduce heat flow from an external source, and an internal chamber for filling with a fluid to absorb heat and thereby reduce the maximum temperature. The fluid boils off at a particular temperature and pressure to limit internal temperature. The outer insulation limits heat flow, thereby reducing the rate that fluid boils off. Duration of temperature limit protection is a function of heat capacity and heat of vaporization of the fluid and heat flow through the insulation.
A system is provided for operator interaction having a computer for enhanced operation. The computer performs switch debounce operations under program control and performs display refresh operations under program control. The computer is a fully integrated circuit computer in a preferred embodiment having an integrated circuit read only memory for storing a program and an integrated circuit scratchpad memory for storing operands.
A kernel processor system having a buffer memory, a kernel memory, and a kernel processor provides improved kernel processing capability. The disclosed arrangement comprises an input circuit generating input information; a buffer memory storing buffered information; a write address circuit generating write addresses; a buffer memory write access circuit writing buffered information into the buffer memory in response to the input information and in response to the write addresses; a read address circuit generating read addresses; a buffer memory read access circuit generating buffered output information in response to the buffered information and in response to the read addresses; a kernel memory storing a kernel of information in response to the buffered output information; a kernel processor generating filtered output information in response to the kernel of information; and a display monitor displaying a filtered image in response to the filtered output information.
A machine and a control system are provided for generating high registration photomasks with a contact printing arrangement. Further, a unique control arrangement is provided for controlling a machine such as a high registration contact print machine or other type of machine. In a preferred embodiment, a control system generates signals to a step and repeat contact printing machine that exposes many prints of master die images on a photographic film, where these prints have a high registration characteristic. In a further embodiment a unique control arrangement is provided for machine control operations.
An improved data processor architecture is provided having integrated circuit (IC) memories. Provision is made for dynamic memories with a memory refresh arrangement. Memory refresh is provided in response to instruction execution, synchronized with computer control signals to minimize contension or conflicts with computer operations and to share control circuitry.
Control of illumination with illumination amplifier devices provides a basis for implementing scanner systems. Illumination amplifiers in closed illumination servo loops provide improved illumination control. An illumination control system provides precise control of camera operations for photographic and photoplotter applications. Illumination amplifier devices are used in conjunction with electronic control circuits to provide flexibility and precision in camera systems, reducing reliance on prior art mechanical devices. Illumination control circuits are presented in the form of digital gates and flip-flops and in the form of analog computational elements to provide illumination computer systems. In addition, a batch fabricated illumination computer arrangement is presented for improved implementation of illumination control systems.
Colored illumination control systems implemented with illumination amplifiers, such as liquid crystal devices, are provided. Heat transfer devices remove heat, such as heat caused by the high intensity illumination, from the illumination amplifier. The colored illumination amplifiers can be implemented in either transmissive or reflective modes. In a reflective mode, illumination can be reflected from a front side and heat can be removed from a back side of the illumination amplifier. Color is provided, such as generating multiple channels of different color images and projecting the different color images to generate a multicolored image.
Control of illumination with illumination amplifier devices provides a basis for implementing various types of illumination systems. Also illumination amplifiers in closed illumination servo loops provide improved illumination control. An illumination control system provides precise control of camera operations for photographic and photoplotter applications. Illumination amplifier devices are used in conjunction with electronic control circuits to provide flexibility and precision in camera systems, reducing reliance on prior art mechanical devices. Illumination control circuits are presented in the form of digital gates and flip-flops and in the form of analog computational elements to provide illumination computer systems. In addition, a batch fabricated illumination computer arrangement is presented for improved implementation of illumination control systems. Illumination amplifiers are further configured for control of illumination in buildings and automobiles.