Advances in data processing have created a need for devices capable of displaying large amounts of
complex information in ways useful to human operators. Recognizing the importance of such devices for effective decision making, Burroughs Corporation has pioneered in the research and development of electronic character generation and related display techniques.
NORAD's color electronic wall display - A seven-color electronic wall display has been developed for use in the NORAD Combat Operations Center. The display was supplied by Burroughs in its role as equipment contractor to the Electronic Systems Division of the USAF Systems Command. The display provides ClNC NORAD (Commander-In-Chief, North American Air De-fense Command) and his staff with the ability to observe and evaluate airbreathing, NUDETS (nuclear detonations), and BMEWS (Ballistic Missile Early Warning System) information as it is obtained by remote electronic sur- veillance euipment. With this information, vital decisions involving the use of aerospace defense forces can be made.
| The display system consists of two elements: the basic display unit (BDU) containing the display generation and control equipment, and the projection unit containing the camera, processor, and projector to produce the large screen images. The BDU changes the stored information received from the display data controller to any of 128 different type symbols and to map-forming lines that appear on the face of a 5-inch cathode ray tube. The film is automatically developed by the film processor, and the display is projected onto one of the two 12'x16' wall screens provided as part of the group display. Only ten seconds are required between film exposure by the CRT and the presentation of the seven-color projection upon the screen. |
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| Console display assembly for a United States Navy. |
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Burroughs MONITOR DISPLAYS - A monitor display is being provided to the Federal Avia- tion Agency as part of Burroughs AN/FYQ-40 Common Digitizer for use in the National Airspace System. The Common Digitizer is designed to process raw video and beacon target information as part of the computerized air traffic control system. The monitor display provides a radar-type presentation af the significant steps during target processing and related data on a cathode ray tube for system monitoring under test conditions and for Common Digitizer maintenance. The monitor is unique in that it operates in either a random access plan position indicator (RAPPI) mode or a plan position indicator (PPI) mode. It provides the ability to monitor the entire system in discrete steps, in real time. |
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| Video data prodessing system for the Navy. |
The RAPPl mode provides visual monitoring of processed radar data (range and azimuth) including beacon and search radar targets, and map outlines selected by a ANIFYQ-40 message label. The RAPPl displays target range information for airport surveillance and for air route surveillance radar. The RAPPl contains a built-in symbol generator for displaying 16 symbols to provide a visual indication of the message label, and test switches which can simulate targets (type, range, and azimuth) on the display. In the PPI mode the display uses a rotating sweep oriented to antenna direction and synchronized with the various antenna speeds. Displayed target information includes beacon, moving target indication, normal and gated video, target complete, and target in process.
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