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Image priority video switch

US5185858A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Filing dateDec 1, 1989
Grant dateFeb 9, 1993
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Expiry dateDec 1, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/12
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A video switch having at least two inputs from separate frame buffers and being controlled by a select control signal as to which buffer signal will control the electron guns in the cathode ray tube. The determination of which frame buffer signal is applied on a pixel-by-pixel basis is determined by priority bits from priority buffers. In case of a tie in priority, a tie bit is provided.

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