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5329615 Concurrent general purpose and DMA processing in a graphics rendering processor  
A graphics processor that implements general purpose graphics processing and concurrent DMA display list processing to provide rapid response to display tasks. It is implemented with multiple...
5321805 Raster graphics engine for producing graphics on a display  
A graphics engine receives commands or items in high-level graphics, translates these items to primitive codes representing primitive graphics, converts the primitive codes to individual pixel...
5321808 Dual process display server  
A dual process display server comprising a first memory; a second memory; a first process for receiving requests from a client program, dispatching client requests falling within a first prescribed...
5315701 Method and system for processing graphics data streams utilizing scalable processing nodes  
The data processing system includes processing nodes and a graphics display device for processing a graphics data stream. The data processing system partitions a graphics data stream into a data...
5315700 Method and apparatus for rapidly processing data sequences  
Improved method and apparatus are provided for performing parallel and pipeline processing of data sequences. The apparatus includes a plurality of memory circuits and a plurality of data...
5315699 Filtering operation method for very high-speed image processing system  
A filtering system for very high-speed image processing performs such image processing in parallel for each unit sequentially in each line. The filtering system includes an input unit having input...
5301272 Method and apparatus for address space aliasing to identify pixel types  
A CPU or other graphics processor provides a pixel data stream to a graphics controller over a system bus. The pixel data stream includes a graphics controller address as well as a pixel type tag,...
5299309 Fast graphics control system capable of simultaneously storing and executing graphics commands  
A host computer, a graphics processor which receives and executes commands generated by the host computer, a display memory for storing display data, and a display device for displaying the display...
5299299 Scan line full figure filling device for display units and printers  
A figure filling device fills a figure in memory defined by X-Y coordinate scan line by scan line with reference to a specified pattern. In the filling of a new scan line, the coordinate data for...
5293480 High resolution graphics system architecture  
A graphics generation system includes a column-interleaved distributed frame buffer and data routing apparatus which directs graphics commands to only a selected group of rendering processing...
5287451 Method of presenting images on a hardware screen and a system for implementing the method  
The system comprises, connected to an image generator (14), a processing unit (13) with a management unit (18), a microregion generating unit (20) and correlation circuits for selecting, for each...
5280571 Method and apparatus for line drawing by interleaving multiple processors  
A method and apparatus for creating computer generated lines using a single or multiple instruction multiple data processor in conjunction with a modified version of Bresenham's line drawing...
5276831 Memory cartridge having a multi-memory controller with memory bank switching capabilities and data processing apparatus  
A memory cartridge having a case and a printed circuit board housed in the case connected, in use to a data processing unit including a microprocessor and a picture processing unit. A memory...
5276799 Expandable electronic subsystem for a printing machine  
An improved printing machine, of the type in which image data, addresses and control data can be substantially concurrently transferred across multiple multipurpose buses, is provided. The printing...
5276803 Image signal processing circuit having a multiple port memory  
A circuit has a multiple port memory and a plurality of processor elements having write and/or read addresses connected to addresses of the multiple port memory. A register, a delay circuit and/or...
5269021 Multiprocessor software interface for a graphics processor subsystem employing partially linked dynamic load modules which are downloaded and fully linked at run time  
An interface for use with a multiprocessor computer system, having a host processor system and a graphics processor system. The interface permits extended functions to be developed on the host...
5265203 Hardware multiprocess scheduler in a graphics rendering processor  
An integrated hardware multiprocess scheduler for controlling a plurality of concurrently operating graphics generating subsystems required for the generation of display signals for a graphics...
5264837 Video insertion processing system  
The Video Insertion Processing System (VIPS) architecture provides the system architect with a modular and parallel approach to graphic processing. Using a core set of graphic modules, a wide range...
5263135 Image processing apparatus  
An image processing apparatus in which a digital image data can be moved, rotated, enlarged/reduced with a variable magnification, and the like. This apparatus includes a generator to generate...
5262861 Computer controllable video synchronization and frame pulse signal generator  
A self-contained, computer controllable, video synchronization and frame pulse signal generator for generating a video synchronization signal, such as video black burst, and a video frame pulse...
5255361 Method of and system for updating a display unit  
This invention relates to updating a display unit associated with a remote computer system communicating with a host computer system. Information, which is currently being displayed on the display...
5253335 Hidden-surface processing device, anti-aliasing method and three-dimensional graphics processing apparatus  
A graphic display device displays a three-dimensional polyhedral object on a two-dimensional screen in accordance with hidden surface processing. The device includes a plurality of pixel processors...
5253340 Data processing apparatus having a graphics device with priority scheduling of drawing requests  
A data processing apparatus is provided for outputting processed data and data input via an input device, such as a mouse. That data is stored in a memory to be transferred for display in a display...
5250940 Multi-mode home terminal system that utilizes a single embedded general purpose/DSP processor and a single random access memory  
A multi-mode home terminal system utilizes a single embedded processor and a single RAM for performing modem operations, graphics/video processing and general purpose control tasks. The multi-mode...
5241625 Screen image sharing among heterogeneous computers  
A system for remotely observing and optionally controlling information, including text and graphical images, displayed on a computer from among both homogeneous and heterogeneous computers coupled...
5226112 Method for translating a plurality of printer page description languages  
A method for use with an imaging system server of the type having a first processing arrangement coupled with a second processing arrangement is provided. The method includes the steps of:...
5201035 Dynamic algorithm selection for volume rendering, isocontour and body extraction within a multiple-instruction, multiple-data multiprocessor  
This is a methodology which reduces the time required to render a volume with extracted isocontours and inserted cutting plane and perform an arbitrary rotation within a three-dimensional volume....
5187777 Multi-function pre-processor for target tracking  
A pre-processor (10) for target trackers is disclosed which allows several image analysis algorithms to be computed simultaneously so as to provide improved real-time target recognition. The...
5179651 Apparatus for retrieval and processing of selected archived images for display at workstation terminals  
An image processing and display system employs a high speed image local area network (LAN) for transferring image data separate from control data. A general purpose LAN carries graphics data and...
5155822 High performance graphics workstation  
A stand-alone graphics workstation including a digital computer host and a graphics processing subsystem is disclosed. Address data relating to the graphics subsystem components is mapped into the...
5128878 Remote plotting of integrated circuit layout in a network computer-aided design system  
A remote plotting system and method is implemented in a network of computer workstations whereby a designated computer functions as a plot server. Client workstations are programmed to create plot...
5113517 Concurrent display of data from two different processors each having different display font and user interface for controlling transfer of converted font data therebetween  
A multiprocessor system comprises concurrent display of video data reflecting the operation of two processors in discrete portions of a single display screen with a user interface adapted for...
5113494 High speed raster image processor particularly suited for use in an image management system  
Apparatus for a pipe-lined raster image processor (RIP), that is capable of driving a printing engine at a high rate illustratively for use in an image management system. Specifically, this RIP...
5091849 Computer image production system utilizing first and second networks for separately transferring control information and digital image data  
A computer image production system (2) for processing digital image data is disclosed. The computer animation production system (2) contains at least one information processing device (44-76) for...
5070467 Method and apparatus for combination information display and input operations  
A display and input device (22) is used in a combination equipment incorporating, for example, a copier (120), a facsimile (130), a printer (140) or a scanner (150) having independent operational...
5065343 Graphic display system for process control using a plurality of displays connected to a common processor and using an FIFO buffer  
A graphic display system comprising a plurality of graphic display units which are connected to a host processor through a common bus and providing useful quick response characteristics as a...
4991112 Graphics system with graphics controller and DRAM controller  
A graphics system comprising a screen processor which separately formulates the requests for access to a single word and the requests for access to a plurality of consecutive words, a bus...
4967375 Fast architecture for graphics processor  
A graphics processor having an independent processor for traversing a hierarchical graphics data base. The independent processor, termed a "tree traverser", generates a stream of addresses to the...
4967374 Character drawing method  
A character drawing method for use in a bit map display system in which after sentence data constituted by character code data have been converted into character pattern data, a bit string for...
4908612 Computer input-output device  
A computer input-output device for permitting a user to control the operation of an application program on a host computer. The device includes a display divisible into a plurality of sections for...
4876651 Digital map system  
A digital mapping display system for an aircraft wherein map data from a mass memory unit is periodically loaded into RAM in the form of a cache memory in accordance with the aircraft trajectory....
4862392 Geometry processor for graphics display system  
A geometry process for use in a graphics processing system, especially adapted to couple with a hierarchically structured graphics database memory, a special purpose processor for traversing the...
4860248 Pixel slice processor with frame buffers grouped according to pixel bit width  
A pixel processor includes a plurality of pixel slice processors and the architecture is arranged so that the pixel length is extendible by merely increasing the number of pixel slice processors....
4860247 Multi-window control system  
A multi-window display control system, which is constructed so that a plurality of terminals having a multi-window display are connected through a terminal controller with a processor having a high...
4853876 Picture producing apparatus  
A picture producing apparatus alternately operates in mutually different first and second time periods, so as to make access to picture information at a high speed and process the picture...
4852024 Picture processing apparatus  
A cathode ray tube (CRT) controller (6) reads out a predetermined picture from a frame memory (2) storing a picture to be processed, and generates a bit pattern with respect to a window memory (5),...
4811205 Pipeline display control apparatus with logic for blocking graphics processor accesses to shared memory during selected main processor graphics operations  
A graphics display apparatus employs a general purpose or main microprocessor providing general control of the apparatus including receiving high-level graphic orders defining a desired graphic...
4811281 Work station dealing with image data  
A work station of a computer system capable of batch storing and retrieving image data separately from a usual data file system, equipped with a main processor, main processor memory and direct...
4777621 Video game and personal computer  
A video game home computer is implemented in NMOS (n type metal oxide semiconductor) technology with plural microprocessors. Centralized bus architecture and direct memory access (DMA) techniques...
4768157 Video image processing system  
The point processor includes a network of memory cells (33) addressable into rows and columns (direction X and Y). A control unit (42) effects reading and writing into the network according to...
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