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Scaled video output overlaid onto a computer graphics output

US5710573A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 4, 1995
Grant dateJan 20, 1998
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Expiry dateMay 4, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/125
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A display control apparatus is provided to generate a scaled video output overlaid onto a computer graphics output. The display control apparatus includes a timing generator, adapted to receive a horizontal synchronization signal of the computer graphics output and the pixel number of horizontal scan line of the scaled video output, for generating a pixel clock of scaled video output and a horizontal lock signal; a scaling buffer, storing a video digital pixel data and having an output port generating the scaled video output, responsive to the pixel clock of scaled video output; an overlay controller, coupled to a controller bus and receiving an analog pixel data of the computer graphics output and, responsive to the pixel clock of scaled video output, the horizontal lock signal and a vertical synchronization signal of the computer graphics output, for overlaying the scaled video output onto the computer graphics output.

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