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Re-generating a displayed image
Assignee: Kinglite Holdings Inc
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Filing: 2002-09-19
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Granted: 2004-05-11
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Expires: 2022-09-19
Abstract
Abstract The present invention is a method and apparatus to re-generate a displayed image. Graphic information is retrieved from a first storage. A graphic controller uses the graphic information to generate the displayed image. The first storage is accessible to a processor and the graphic controller. The graphic information is stored in a second storage which is accessible to the processor. The stored graphic information is retrieved from the second storage. The stored graphic information is written to the first storage to cause the graphic controller to re-generate the displayed image.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Paul Abgrall
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 14:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06T; G06T1/00; G06T1/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
62 words
A method for regenerating an image comprising: displaying the image using a display adapter; retrieving image information from the display adapter, the image information being used by the display adapter for displaying the image; storing the image information on a storage as an image file; and regenerating the image using the image file on the storage during an operating system boot period.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
62 words
A method for regenerating an image comprising: displaying the image using a display adapter; retrieving image information from the display adapter, the image information being used by the display adapter for displaying the image; storing the image information on a storage as an image file; and regenerating the image using the image file on the storage during an operating system boot period.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said image file is a bitmap file and the image information includes color information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the image comprises displaying the image using the display adapter, said image comprising at least a portion of a boot screen.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
59 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: generating the image file on the storage, where the image file is in a standard image file format; and writing the image information to the image file on the storage, said image information comprising at least one of a graphic format, an image width, an image height and an image color palette.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 4 further comprising: storing the image file as an operating system image file that is displayed by an operating system during a boot period.
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