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Multiple memory image display apparatus

US4849745A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 14, 1988
Grant dateJul 18, 1989
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/393
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an image display apparatus, a frame memory for storing original data and a display memory for storing display data are used as memories for storing image data. The image data is read out from the display memory and is displayed by a display system. When image data transfer from the frame memory to the display memory is performed through a programmable data conversion memory, data conversion is performed as image processing. The image display apparatus has a masking memory having an image area corresponding to the frame memory. The masking memory stores image data indicating a desired transfer area in the frame memory as a mask pattern in advance. The image data transfer from the frame memory to the display memory is performed only for an area designated by the masking memory.

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