US4653012A
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Display systems
Assignee: BAE Systems Electronics Ltd
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Filing: 1984-08-15
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Granted: 1987-03-24
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Expires: 2004-08-15
Abstract
Abstract A display system including a display device, a storage means having an array of storage locations each location being adapted to contain data representing a visual parameter of a different pixel of a picture to be displayed, and signal generating means for causing the display device to use the data to display a picture. the storage means is adapted to store data relating to a picture of a larger area than the picture displayed at any one time, the generating means incorporating means for altering the locations in the storage means which are addressed to produce the picture displayed in dependence on the required portion of the larger area picture which it is required to display.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward P. Duffy
- 👤 Geoffrey B. Craggs
- 👤 David McGlade
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 19:04
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B29/00; G09B29/10; G09B29/106; G06; G06T; G06T17/00; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/34; G09G5/346
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
A display system comprising: a display device for producing a display in response to an applied signal of raster scan format, storage means including an array of storage locations each of which contains data representing a visual parameter of a different pixel of a picture of a larger area than a picture displayed by the display means at any one time; signal generating means for applying to said display device a signal in which successive portions respectively represent the data stored in different locations of said storage means, thereby to apply to said display device a signal of raster scan format representing said displayed picture; and, incorporated in said signal generating means, means for altering the locations in said storage means which are addressed to produce said signal, thereby to alter the displayed picture; said storage means having a plurality of discrete storage devices and said data being distributed among said storage devices so that data corresponding to adjacent pixels of said picture of larger area are stored in different said storage devices.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
A display system comprising: a display device for producing a display in response to an applied signal of raster scan format, storage means including an array of storage locations each of which contains data representing a visual parameter of a different pixel of a picture of a larger area than a picture displayed by the display means at any one time; signal generating means for applying to said display device a signal in which successive portions respectively represent the data stored in different locations of said storage means, thereby to apply to said display device a signal of raster scan format representing said displayed picture; and, incorporated in said signal generating means, means for altering the locations in said storage means which are addressed to produce said signal, thereby to alter the displayed picture; said storage means having a plurality of discrete storage devices and said data being distributed among said storage devices so that data corresponding to adjacent pixels of said picture of larger area are stored in different said storage devices.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
52 words
A display system according to claim 1 in which the storage means is of toroidal form so that the picture which the data in the storage means represents may be progressively changed without changing the location in the storage means of any data remaining in the storage means after such a change.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
34 words
A display system according to claim 2 in which said array of storage locations includes an input region of empty storage locations into which new data may be read when said picture is changed.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
53 words
A display system according to claim 3 including means for causing data stored in the region of the array opposite said input region to be dumped when said new data is read into said input region of empty storage locations so as to form a new said input region of empty storage locations.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
97 words
A display system according to claim 1 wherein: said displayed picture is a rectangular portion of said picture of larger area which portion has a width w and a top at a distance h above a point having co-ordinates P c , Q c ; and, to effect rotation of said displayed picture through an angle θ about said point, said means for altering comprises means for calculating in turn the address of each location in the storage means to be addressed in using said co-ordinates P c , Q c , and θ, h and w.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
106 words
A system according to claim 5 wherein said generating means for calculating calculates the address P oo Q oo of the data required for the pixel at the state of the top raster line of the picture to be displayed using the expressions: P.sub.oo =P.sub.c -w/2·cos θ-h·sin θ Q.sub.oo =Q.sub.c +w/2·sin θ-h·cos θ, calculates the start address P on , Q on of each succeeding raster line using the expressions: P.sub.on =P.sub.oo +n·sin θ Q.sub.on =Q.sub.oo +n·cos θ and calculates the address P xn , Q xn of each succeeding pixel in each raster line using the expressions: P.sub.xn =P.sub.on +x·cos θ Q.sub.xn =Q.sub.on -x·sin θ
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
44 words
A display system according to claim 5 for use in a vehicle in which: said picture of larger area corresponds to a map and a point on said picture displayed at any one time corresponds to the location of the vehicle on said map.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
43 words
A display system according to claim 7 in which said means for altering the locations in the storage means which are addressed alters said locations so as to maintain said point at a fixed position on said picture displayed at any one time.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
A display system according to claim 8 including means for causing a predetermined direction on said picture displayed at any one time to correspond to the direction in which the vehicle is heading at that time.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
101 words
A display system according to claim 1 in which there are n 2 storage devices and said stored data is distributed so that the data representing pixels of each line of each set of n successive lines of said picture of larger area are distributed among a different set of n of the storage devices, the sequence of n storage devices containing data representing successive pixels of a line being full and regular along each line, and the sequence of n sets of storage devices containing data representing the pixels of n successive lines being full and regular throughout said picture.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
A display system according to claim 10 in which n is equal to 4.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
A display system according to claim 10 in which said devices are dynamic RAM devices.
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