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Host CPU independent video processing unit

US5793445A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 20, 1996
Grant dateAug 11, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 20, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G5/36
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a video display processor comprised apparatus for receiving digital input signal components of a signal to be displayed, apparatus for converting the components to a desired format, apparatus for scaling and blending the signals in the desired format, apparatus for outputting the scaled and blended signals for display or further processing, and an arbiter and local timing apparatus for controlling the apparatus substantially independently of a host CPU.

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