EP0194092A3 - Display system and method - Google Patents

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EP0194092A3
EP0194092A3 EP86301351A EP86301351A EP0194092A3 EP 0194092 A3 EP0194092 A3 EP 0194092A3 EP 86301351 A EP86301351 A EP 86301351A EP 86301351 A EP86301351 A EP 86301351A EP 0194092 A3 EP0194092 A3 EP 0194092A3
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memory
data
display
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object elements
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Stephen Maine
Duncan Harrower
Abraham Mammen
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Computer Graphics Laboratories Inc
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Priority claimed from US06/705,367 external-priority patent/US4760390A/en
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    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09GARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/36Control 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
    • G09G5/39Control of the bit-mapped memory
    • G09G5/399Control of the bit-mapped memory using two or more bit-mapped memories, the operations of which are switched in time, e.g. ping-pong buffers
    • GPHYSICS
    • G09EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09GARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G5/00Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
    • G09G5/42Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of patterns using a display memory without fixed position correspondence between the display memory contents and the display position on the screen

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Abstract

A graphic display system and method in which a large number of object elements can be stored in a pattern memory and called up for display in real time is described. The system comprises
A. a pattern memory (A) for storing data representing a plurality of object elements;
B. a system memory (B) for storing data identifying the plurality of object elements and data comprising instructions defining the nature and location of representations of the ob­ ject elements or parts thereof;
C. a third memory (C) for storing instructions as to the identity, nature and location of display of desired ones of the preselected object elements;
D. a buffer memory (F) for storing data corresponding to the desired representation of at least a portion of the scene;
E. first data processing means (D) operatively connected between said system memory (B), the pattern memory (A) and the third memory for transferring data therebetween;
F. second data processing means (E) operatively connect­ ed between the third memory (B), the pattern memory (A) and the buffer memory (F) for depositing in the buffer memory data from the pattern memory in response to instructions from the third memory; and
G. display means for causing the data in the buffer memory (F) to produce a display on the screen corresponding to the desired representation.
EP86301351A 1985-02-25 1986-02-25 Display system and method Withdrawn EP0194092A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (4)

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US06/705,367 US4760390A (en) 1985-02-25 1985-02-25 Graphics display system and method with enhanced instruction data and processing
US705367 1985-02-25
US74083285A 1985-06-03 1985-06-03
US740832 1985-06-03

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EP0194092A2 EP0194092A2 (en) 1986-09-10
EP0194092A3 true EP0194092A3 (en) 1990-02-07

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