Patent Document ID: 4122444
Application ID: 05656923

Base Claim:
1. An apparatus responsive to encoded signals representing numerical value information for displaying said numerical value information selectively in one of a plurality of different sets of numeral characters, said apparatus comprising means for receiving said encoded signals, converting means connected to said receiving means for converting said encoded signals into a plurality of different kinds of element select signals respectively corresponding to said different sets of numeral characters, and display means comprising a plurality of sets of different display elements corresponding respectively to said different sets of numeral characters, said display means being connected to said converting means for receiving said different kinds of element select signals and responsive to each different kind of element select signal for activating at least one selected display element from a respective one of said corresponding sets of different display elements.

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Claim 29:
29. An apparatus in accordance with claim 1, wherein each set of different display elements, corresponding to one of said plurality of different sets of numeral characters, comprises a plurality of display segments, various combinations of which correspond to said numerical value information able to be selectively displayed.