CA1312683C - Method of drawing in graphics rendering system - Google Patents

Method of drawing in graphics rendering system

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CA1312683C
CA1312683C CA000586151A CA586151A CA1312683C CA 1312683 C CA1312683 C CA 1312683C CA 000586151 A CA000586151 A CA 000586151A CA 586151 A CA586151 A CA 586151A CA 1312683 C CA1312683 C CA 1312683C
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pixel
framebuffer
array
accessed
update
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French (fr)
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Brian Kelleher
Thomas C. Furlong
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Digital Equipment Corp
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Digital Equipment Corp
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06T—IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL
    • G06T11/00—Two-dimensional [2D] image generation
    • G06T11/20—Drawing from basic elements
    • G06T11/23—Drawing from basic elements using straight lines or curves
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/36—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
    • G09G5/39—Control of the bit-mapped memory
    • G09G5/393—Arrangements for updating the contents of the bit-mapped memory

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
  • Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
  • Image Generation (AREA)
  • Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
CA000586151A 1987-12-18 1988-12-16 Method of drawing in graphics rendering system Expired - Fee Related CA1312683C (en)

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US13477387A 1987-12-18 1987-12-18
US135,773 1987-12-18

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CA1312683C true CA1312683C (en) 1993-01-12

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EP (1) EP0349630A1 (de)
JP (1) JPH02500142A (de)
CA (1) CA1312683C (de)
WO (1) WO1989006031A2 (de)

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FR2666165B1 (fr) * 1990-08-23 1995-02-03 Sextant Avionique Procede de presentation d'images sur un ecran matriciel et systeme pour la mise en óoeuvre du procede.
US5774133A (en) * 1991-01-09 1998-06-30 3Dlabs Ltd. Computer system with improved pixel processing capabilities
WO1992012496A1 (en) * 1991-01-09 1992-07-23 Du Pont Pixel Systems Limited Computer system with enhanced image and graphics capabilities
WO1997039437A1 (en) * 1996-04-12 1997-10-23 Intergraph Corporation High-speed video frame buffer using single port memory chips where pixel intensity values for display regions are stored at consecutive addresses of memory blocks
US6278645B1 (en) 1997-04-11 2001-08-21 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd. High speed video frame buffer
CN1950846A (zh) * 2004-04-29 2007-04-18 皇家飞利浦电子股份有限公司 图像处理设备和方法

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WO1989006031A3 (en) 1989-07-13
JPH02500142A (ja) 1990-01-18
WO1989006031A2 (en) 1989-06-29
EP0349630A1 (de) 1990-01-10

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