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Apparatus for distinguishing information stored in a frame buffer

US5274753A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 19, 1993
Grant dateDec 28, 1993
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Expiry dateApr 19, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T1/0007
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An arrangement for storing video and graphic information from video and graphics sources to be displayed on a computer output display including a single frame buffer having first and second separately addressable areas, the first of such areas being adapted to store pixel information, the second of such areas being adapted to store information regarding the type of information stored at each pixel of the first of such areas.

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