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Display using ordered dither

US4956638A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 16, 1988
Grant dateSep 11, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G3/2051
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A color display device which includes dither apparatus for each primary color to be displayed. A dither matrix provides a dither signal output as a function of the position of a pixel on the color display device. An input primary color signal includes an integer signal and a fraction signal. The integer signal is incremented by an incrementer. There is means for providing an output primary color signal which is the incremented signal whenever a predetermined relationship exists between the dither signal and the fraction signal, and which is the integer signal whenever the predetermined relationship does not exist.

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