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Polygon-filling apparatus

US5167018A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 13, 1991
Grant dateNov 24, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 13, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T15/80
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Polygon filling apparatus in which data are obtained through registers from memory files for holding accumulated addition values and incremental values, such data are added in a single addition circuit, the accumulated addition values in one of said registers are supplied to a linear drawing unit and the addition results are loaded in the memory loading files for accumulated addition values through a register, a series of the operations above-mentioned being carried out in a pipe-line manner at a high speed.

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