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Display processors accommodating the description of color pixels in variable-length codes

US4821208A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 14, 1986
Grant dateApr 11, 1989
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Expiry dateOct 14, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/06
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display processor, as for a small computer, processes pixel codes of various lengths. Three addressable color maps have their read addresses generated independently from portions of each pixel code. The portions of each pixel code used in generating each read address can be selected by programming.

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