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Graphic display processing apparatus and method for improving the speed and efficiency of a window system

US5353403A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 23, 1992
Grant dateOct 4, 1994
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Expiry dateMar 23, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/24
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A graphic display processing apparatus which includes having a CPU, a VRAM and a display controller, a data operation unit, an access cycle generator, an address generator and a sequential transfer sequencer. The graphic display processing apparatus also includes a mask pattern generator, dot mask generator and data position transformer. In the graphic display processing apparatus block transfer and character drawing are performed at high speeds, thereby making a window system more practical and offering comfortable operational environment to the user.

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