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Display unit
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Inventors: Reid, Dennis;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner: Swarthout; Brent A.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Feix; Donald C.
A display for displaying the dial-in selection of information of a racing vehicle for use by a timing tower in racing includes a display unit which displays a numeric amount or alphanumeric data of a dial-in selection of information. The display unit includes electronic driver circuits, and the display unit is constructed to be mounted on a racing vehicle so that the display can be readily seen from outside of the vehicle and at varied distances and angles with respect to the vehicle. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG.
1 is a top plan view of a race track and race track timing tower showing how displays 31 constructed in accordance with the present invention are mounted on racing vehicles so that the display can readily be seen by the race track timing tower and observers from outside of the vehicle and at varied distances and angles with respect to the vehicle.
The racing event illustrated in FIG.
1 is the start of a drag race and other racing events such as, for example, oval track racing, road racing, etc.
FIG.
1 shows two racing vehicles 33 and 35 lined up at a starting line 37 about to make a run.
FIG.
1 shows additional racing vehicles 39, 41, 43 and 45 at some distance behind the starting line waiting to make a run.
FIG.
1 shows how each of the racing vehicles has a display 31 for displaying to a race track timing tower 47 selected information relating to that particular racing vehicle.
The selected information may be, for example, specific elapsed time information of the racing vehicle and/or the number of the specific vehicle.
Each display 31 is constructed to be mounted on the racing vehicle so that the display can be seen by the race track timing tower 47 from outside the vehicle (as indicated by the sight line arrows 49 extending from the tower to the vehicles in FIG.
1).
The display 31 of the present invention displays a numeric amount of a dial in selection of information.
The display 31 is constructed to be mounted on the racing vehicle so that the display can be seen from outside of the vehicle.
In a preferred embodiment of the present invention the display 31 includes electronic driver circuits, as will be described in more detail below.
In preferred embodiments of the present invention, the display 31 includes lamps arranged in the form of segments of numbers 51 (see FIGS.
5 and 12) and the electronic driver circuits drive selected lamps to display selected numbers.
Various types of lamps can be used.
The lamps may be, for example, light emitting diodes, incandescent lamps, flourescent lamps, nixie tube lamps, glass plasma lamps, liquid crystal displays, or neon lamps
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