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Graphics subsystem for digital television

US5519450A · kind A · utility

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20Claims
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Filing dateNov 14, 1994
Grant dateMay 21, 1996
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Expiry dateNov 14, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/10
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An SLM-based digital display system (10) having a graphics display subsystem (13 and 18) for closed captioning, on-screen displays, and other graphics images that are overlaid on the video image. The graphics display subsystem (13 and 18) has a graphics processor (21) that prepares the graphics data, which is inserted into the video data path after video data processing and prior to a look-up table unit (27). A select logic unit (24) provides a control signal to a multiplexer (26) that selects between video data and graphics data for input to the look-up table unit (27). The look-up table unit (27) performs its mapping according to the type of data received, such as by linearizing video data or palletizing graphics data.

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