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Display control apparatus
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1985-12-17
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Granted: 1989-02-28
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Expires: 2005-12-17
Abstract
Abstract A display control apparatus comprises area specifier, area determiner and signal selector. The area specifier specifies at least one area of a bit map memory. The area determiner determines whether the scan position on the bit map memory is in the specified area or not, and, according to the determination, controls the signal selector so as to send the output of the bit map memory directly or through a look-up table to a display unit. In a modification, the signal selector selects the signal to be sent to the display unit from among the outputs of different look-up tables.
Inventors
- 👤 Kuniaki Tabata
- 👤 Tetsuo Machida
- 👤 Masatoshi Hino
- 👤 Kunihiro Nomura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 18:52
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09G; G09G5/00; G09G5/36; G09G5/39; G09G5/395; G09G5/02
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
153 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a look-up table connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals, means for holding information specifying at least one area of said bit map memory, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining whether a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display is in the area specified by said area specifying information or not, and means for selectively sending in response to a determination by said determining means the picture element data directly from said bit map memory or the converted video signals from said look up table to said display unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
153 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a look-up table connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals, means for holding information specifying at least one area of said bit map memory, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining whether a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display is in the area specified by said area specifying information or not, and means for selectively sending in response to a determination by said determining means the picture element data directly from said bit map memory or the converted video signals from said look up table to said display unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
159 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a plurality of look-up tables each connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding address information specifying a boundary of an area of said bit map memory, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining on which side of said specified boundary a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display resides by comparing said address information with the address of said currently accessed location, and means for selecting in response to a determination by said determining means the output of one of said look-up tables to send to said display unit.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
159 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a plurality of look-up tables each connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding address information specifying a boundary of an area of said bit map memory, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining on which side of said specified boundary a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display resides by comparing said address information with the address of said currently accessed location, and means for selecting in response to a determination by said determining means the output of one of said look-up tables to send to said display unit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
69 words
A control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein said determining means comprises means for comparing the address information in said holding means with the address of said currently accessed location and bistable means changing its state in response to a coincidence of said address information and said currently accessed address detected by said comparing means, and said selecting means operates in response to the state of said bistable means.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
170 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a plurality of look-up tables each connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding bits corresponding to the respective locations in said bit map memory with said bits indicating whether the locations corresponding thereto are in a specified area or not, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining whether a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display is in said specified area or not according to said bit corresponding to the currently accessed location, and means for selecting in response to a determination by said determining means the output of one of said look-up tables to send to said display unit.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
170 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a plurality of look-up tables each connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding bits corresponding to the respective locations in said bit map memory with said bits indicating whether the locations corresponding thereto are in a specified area or not, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining whether a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display is in said specified area or not according to said bit corresponding to the currently accessed location, and means for selecting in response to a determination by said determining means the output of one of said look-up tables to send to said display unit.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
50 words
A control apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said bit map memory comprises a plurality of memory planes each having a plurality of bit storage locations corresponding to respective picture element positions in said display unit, and said means for holding bits comprises at least one of said memory planes.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
166 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a look-up table connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding address information specifying a boundary of an area of said bit map memory, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining on which side of said specified boundary a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display resides by comparing said address information with the address of said currently accessed location, and means for selectively sending in response to a determination by said determining means the picture element data directly from said bit map memory or the converted video signals from said look-up table to said display unit.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
166 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a look-up table connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding address information specifying a boundary of an area of said bit map memory, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining on which side of said specified boundary a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display resides by comparing said address information with the address of said currently accessed location, and means for selectively sending in response to a determination by said determining means the picture element data directly from said bit map memory or the converted video signals from said look-up table to said display unit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
68 words
A control apparatus according to claim 6, wherein said determining means comprises means for comparing the address information in said holding means with the address of said currently accessed location and bistable means changing state in response to a coincidence of said address information and said currently accessed address detected by said comparing means, and said selecting means operates in response to the state of said bistable means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
177 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a look-up table connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding bits corresponding to the respective locations in said bit map memory with said bits indicating whether the locations corresponding thereto are in a specified area or not, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining whether a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display is in said specified area or not according to said bit corresponding to the currently accessed location, and means for selectively sending in response to a determination by said determining means the picture element data directly from said bit map memory or the converted video signals from said look-up table to said display unit.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
177 words
A control apparatus for a raster scan type display comprising a display unit, a bit map memory for storing picture element data in a plurality of locations to be read out successively for display in synchronism with scanning in said display unit, a look-up table connected to receive the picture element data read out of said bit map memory for converting said picture element data into video signals for said display unit, means for holding bits corresponding to the respective locations in said bit map memory with said bits indicating whether the locations corresponding thereto are in a specified area or not, means operatively connected to said holding means for determining whether a location in said bit map memory currently accessed for display is in said specified area or not according to said bit corresponding to the currently accessed location, and means for selectively sending in response to a determination by said determining means the picture element data directly from said bit map memory or the converted video signals from said look-up table to said display unit.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
50 words
A control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein said bit map memory comprises a plurality of memory planes each having a plurality of bit storage locations corresponding to respective picture element positions in said display unit, and said means for holding bits comprises at least one of said memory planes.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1992-02-28 | 1992-08-29 | 1993-02-28 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1996-02-28 | 1996-08-29 | 1997-02-28 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2000-02-28 | 2000-08-29 | 2001-02-28 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |