EP0525986A3 - Apparatus for fast copying between frame buffers in a double buffered output display system - Google Patents

Apparatus for fast copying between frame buffers in a double buffered output display system Download PDF

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EP0525986A3
EP0525986A3 EP19920305993 EP92305993A EP0525986A3 EP 0525986 A3 EP0525986 A3 EP 0525986A3 EP 19920305993 EP19920305993 EP 19920305993 EP 92305993 A EP92305993 A EP 92305993A EP 0525986 A3 EP0525986 A3 EP 0525986A3
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display system
output display
frame buffers
buffered output
double buffered
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Curtis Priem
Bruce Mcintyre
Chris Malachowsky
Guy Moffat
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Sun Microsystems Inc
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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
    • G09G5/36—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
    • G09G5/399—Control 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
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
    • G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
    • G09G1/00—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with cathode-ray tube indicators; General aspects or details, e.g. selection emphasis on particular characters, dashed line or dotted line generation; Preprocessing of data
    • G09G1/06—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with cathode-ray tube indicators; General aspects or details, e.g. selection emphasis on particular characters, dashed line or dotted line generation; Preprocessing of data using single beam tubes, e.g. three-dimensional or perspective representation, rotation or translation of display pattern, hidden lines, shadows
    • G09G1/14—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with cathode-ray tube indicators; General aspects or details, e.g. selection emphasis on particular characters, dashed line or dotted line generation; Preprocessing of data using single beam tubes, e.g. three-dimensional or perspective representation, rotation or translation of display pattern, hidden lines, shadows the beam tracing a pattern independent of the information to be displayed, this latter determining the parts of the pattern rendered respectively visible and invisible
    • G09G1/16—Control arrangements or circuits, of interest only in connection with cathode-ray tube indicators; General aspects or details, e.g. selection emphasis on particular characters, dashed line or dotted line generation; Preprocessing of data using single beam tubes, e.g. three-dimensional or perspective representation, rotation or translation of display pattern, hidden lines, shadows the beam tracing a pattern independent of the information to be displayed, this latter determining the parts of the pattern rendered respectively visible and invisible the pattern of rectangular co-ordinates extending over the whole area of the screen, i.e. television type raster
EP92305993A 1991-07-26 1992-06-29 Apparatus for fast copying between frame buffers in a double buffered output display system Expired - Lifetime EP0525986B1 (en)

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US73668691A 1991-07-26 1991-07-26
US736686 1991-07-26

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EP0525986A2 EP0525986A2 (en) 1993-02-03
EP0525986A3 true EP0525986A3 (en) 1993-07-21
EP0525986B1 EP0525986B1 (en) 1996-11-13

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JP (1) JPH06214549A (en)
KR (1) KR100196686B1 (en)
DE (1) DE69215155T2 (en)

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KR930002926A (en) 1993-02-23
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EP0525986B1 (en) 1996-11-13
EP0525986A2 (en) 1993-02-03
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