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Display apparatus with display screen splitting function

US4766427A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1985
Grant dateAug 23, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G1/007
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display apparatus for displaying any data on split blocks on a display screen of a CRT. The apparatus comprises a circuit for producing a horizontal address and a vertical address of a display position on the display screen; a block address generator comparing the horizontal and vertical addresses of the display position with predetermined horizontal split addresses and vertical split addresses for generating a block address which shows one of the split blocks on the display screen according to the comparison result; a code converter for converting the block address to a predetermined code; a memory start address generator for generating a memory start address according to the code outputted from the code converter; a memory address generator for generating a memory address from the memory start address and the horizontal and vertical addresses of the display position; a display memory storing display data and output the display data according to the memory address; and a display monitor for displaying the display data outputted from the display memory on the CRT.

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