EP0073916A3 - Circuit for individually controlling the color of the font and background of a character displayed on a color tv receiver or monitor - Google Patents

Circuit for individually controlling the color of the font and background of a character displayed on a color tv receiver or monitor Download PDF

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EP0073916A3
EP0073916A3 EP82106645A EP82106645A EP0073916A3 EP 0073916 A3 EP0073916 A3 EP 0073916A3 EP 82106645 A EP82106645 A EP 82106645A EP 82106645 A EP82106645 A EP 82106645A EP 0073916 A3 EP0073916 A3 EP 0073916A3
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font
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Jesus Andres Saenz
Mark Edward Dean
David Allen Kummer
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International Business Machines Corp
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    • 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
    • G09G5/02—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed
    • G09G5/024—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the way in which colour is displayed using colour registers, e.g. to control background, foreground, surface filling

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  • Controls And Circuits For Display Device (AREA)
  • Processing Of Color Television Signals (AREA)
EP19820106645 1981-08-12 1982-07-23 Circuit for individually controlling the color of the font and background of a character displayed on a color tv receiver or monitor Expired EP0073916B2 (en)

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US29206781A 1981-08-12 1981-08-12
US292067 1981-08-12
US06/292,074 US4442428A (en) 1981-08-12 1981-08-12 Composite video color signal generation from digital color signals
US292074 1981-08-12

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EP0073916A2 EP0073916A2 (en) 1983-03-16
EP0073916A3 true EP0073916A3 (en) 1984-06-06
EP0073916B1 EP0073916B1 (en) 1988-05-25
EP0073916B2 EP0073916B2 (en) 1992-01-29

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DE (1) DE3278546D1 (en)
HK (1) HK4290A (en)
SG (1) SG62089G (en)

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US4591842A (en) * 1983-05-26 1986-05-27 Honeywell Inc. Apparatus for controlling the background and foreground colors displayed by raster graphic system
EP0383367B1 (en) 1983-12-26 1999-03-17 Hitachi, Ltd. Graphic pattern processing apparatus and method
US5523736A (en) * 1993-06-18 1996-06-04 Mendes Inc. Automated bowling scoring system

Citations (4)

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US3668686A (en) * 1969-06-06 1972-06-06 Honeywell Inc Control apparatus
US4149152A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-04-10 Rca Corporation Color display having selectable off-on and background color control
DE2940322A1 (en) * 1978-10-04 1980-08-21 Sharp Kk SOUND PICTURE SYSTEM
FR2477745A1 (en) * 1980-03-04 1981-09-11 Thomson Brandt Colour graphics display with reduced screen memory requirement - uses two memories, one for each screen point with bit defining two colours allocated to it

Patent Citations (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3668686A (en) * 1969-06-06 1972-06-06 Honeywell Inc Control apparatus
US4149152A (en) * 1977-12-27 1979-04-10 Rca Corporation Color display having selectable off-on and background color control
DE2940322A1 (en) * 1978-10-04 1980-08-21 Sharp Kk SOUND PICTURE SYSTEM
FR2477745A1 (en) * 1980-03-04 1981-09-11 Thomson Brandt Colour graphics display with reduced screen memory requirement - uses two memories, one for each screen point with bit defining two colours allocated to it

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EP0073916B2 (en) 1992-01-29
DE3278546D1 (en) 1988-06-30
SG62089G (en) 1990-01-26
HK4290A (en) 1990-01-25
EP0073916A2 (en) 1983-03-16
EP0073916B1 (en) 1988-05-25

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