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Flexible formatting interface for pictorial data transfer

US4891709A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 1989
Grant dateJan 2, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 31, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N1/33307
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a pictorial information processor/previewer system including one or more graphic input/output devices, a flexible, bi-directional, interface utilizing a system of latches controlled by a high speed state machine, which performs system handshakes and synchronization, as well as formatting or sequencing, of the transmission of pictorial data, according to a selection among a plurality of software-selectable modes of operation.

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