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Elliptical arc generator for display systems

US4941116A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 15, 1988
Grant dateJul 10, 1990
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Expiry dateJul 15, 2008

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2101/04
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A symbol generator useful for stroke based and raster display systems provides the ability of generating ellipses and elliptical arc segments. A look-up table provides cosine and sine values for incremental angles which are multiplied by major and minor axis scale factors for a selected ellipse. Global input parameters permit rotation of all arcs and vectors to generate orthogonal projections, thereby producing 2-D and 3-D symbology.

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