US4455572A
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Flicker free stretched grams
Assignee: United States Department of the Navy
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Filing: 1982-01-15
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Granted: 1984-06-19
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Expires: 2002-01-15
Abstract
Abstract The present invention relates to apparatus and method for reducing the visual perception of flicker on the optical display having interlaced raster fields. A gram of data is divided into a plurality of designated even and odd alternate pixels. The even pixels are displayed during a line of one of the raster fields and the alternate odd pixels are displayed during an adjacent line of the other interlaced raster field.
Inventors
- 👤 Ancile E. Malden
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 22:08
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N7/00; H04N7/01; H04N7/0127; H04N7/0132; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S348/00; Y10S348/91
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
85 words
An apparatus for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data displayable on a single scan line on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising: means for dividing the scan line data into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, means for displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster fields, and means for displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
85 words
An apparatus for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data displayable on a single scan line on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising: means for dividing the scan line data into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, means for displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster fields, and means for displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 3
Independent Claim
82 words
A method for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data displayable on a single scan line on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising the steps of: dividing the scan line data into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster field, and displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
82 words
A method for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data displayable on a single scan line on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising the steps of: dividing the scan line data into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster field, and displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
96 words
An apparatus for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data stretched in the horizontal scan line direction on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising: means for redundantly stretching the data in the horizontal direction, means for divinding the redundantly stretched data into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, means for displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster fields, and means for displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
96 words
An apparatus for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data stretched in the horizontal scan line direction on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising: means for redundantly stretching the data in the horizontal direction, means for divinding the redundantly stretched data into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, means for displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster fields, and means for displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising the steps of: redundantly stretching the data in the scan line direction. dividing the redundantly stretched gram into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster fields, and displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
85 words
A method for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data on an optical display having an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field and comprising the steps of: redundantly stretching the data in the scan line direction. dividing the redundantly stretched gram into a plurality of designated even and designated odd alternate pixels, displaying the designated odd pixels during a line of one of the raster fields, and displaying the designated even pixels during an adjacent line of the other raster field.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
90 words
An apparatus for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data displayable on a single scan line of an optical display during an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field comprising: means for dividing data into a plurality of designated odd and designated even alternate pixels, the designated odd pixels being displayable during a line of one of the raster fields, and the designated even pixels being displayable during an adjacent line of the other raster field, the data when displayed on alternate raster fields having reduced flicker.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
90 words
An apparatus for reducing the visual perception of flicker of data displayable on a single scan line of an optical display during an interlaced first raster field and a second raster field comprising: means for dividing data into a plurality of designated odd and designated even alternate pixels, the designated odd pixels being displayable during a line of one of the raster fields, and the designated even pixels being displayable during an adjacent line of the other raster field, the data when displayed on alternate raster fields having reduced flicker.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The apparatus of claim 5 further comprising an output means for connection to an optical display apparatus.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
55 words
The apparatus of claims 1, 3 5, or 6 comprising a refresh memory means having locations alternately allocated to two respective adjacent raster lines, a write control for storing successive pixels, and a command circuitry for storing and transferring the pixel information stored in the write control to the locations of the refresh memory means.
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1991-06-19 | 1991-12-19 | 1992-06-19 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1995-06-19 | 1995-12-19 | 1996-06-19 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |