EP0617402A3 - Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems. - Google Patents

Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems. Download PDF

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Publication number: EP0617402A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: methods; graphics systems; accelerating; windows; accelerating windows
Prior art date: 1989-07-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

Application number

EP94201810A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

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EP0617402A2 (en

EP0617402B1 (en

Inventor

David Pinedo

Ronald D Larson

Darel N Emmot

Byron A Alcorn

Desi Rhoden

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HP Inc

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Hewlett Packard Co

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1989-07-28

Filing date

1990-07-27

Publication date

1995-04-26

1990-07-27 Application filed by Hewlett Packard Co filed Critical Hewlett Packard Co

1994-09-28 Publication of EP0617402A2 publication Critical patent/EP0617402A2/en

1995-04-26 Publication of EP0617402A3 publication Critical patent/EP0617402A3/en

1999-06-09 Application granted granted Critical

1999-06-09 Publication of EP0617402B1 publication Critical patent/EP0617402B1/en

2010-07-27 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

Status Expired - Lifetime legal-status Critical Current

Classifications

- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
- G09G5/36—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators characterised by the display of a graphic pattern, e.g. using an all-points-addressable [APA] memory
- G09G5/39—Control of the bit-mapped memory
- G09G5/393—Arrangements for updating the contents of the bit-mapped memory
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G5/00—Control arrangements or circuits for visual indicators common to cathode-ray tube indicators and other visual indicators
- G09G5/14—Display of multiple viewports
- G—PHYSICS
- G09—EDUCATION; CRYPTOGRAPHY; DISPLAY; ADVERTISING; SEALS
- G09G—ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION
- G09G2360/00—Aspects of the architecture of display systems
- G09G2360/12—Frame memory handling
- G09G2360/121—Frame memory handling using a cache memory

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Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Computer Hardware Design (AREA)
General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Theoretical Computer Science (AREA)
Image Generation (AREA)
Image Processing (AREA)

EP94201810A 1989-07-28 1990-07-27 Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems Expired - Lifetime EP0617402B1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US38751089A	1989-07-28	1989-07-28
EP19900308257 EP0410783B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems
US387510		1995-02-13

Related Parent Applications (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19900308257 Division EP0410783B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems
EP90308257.6 Division		1990-07-27

Publications (3)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP0617402A2 EP0617402A2 (en)	1994-09-28
EP0617402A3 true EP0617402A3 (en)	1995-04-26
EP0617402B1 EP0617402B1 (en)	1999-06-09

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Family Applications (4)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP94201808A Expired - Lifetime EP0617400B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems
EP94201810A Expired - Lifetime EP0617402B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems
EP19900308257 Expired - Lifetime EP0410783B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems
EP94201809A Withdrawn EP0617401A3 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems.

Family Applications Before (1)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP94201808A Expired - Lifetime EP0617400B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems

Family Applications After (2)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP19900308257 Expired - Lifetime EP0410783B1 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems
EP94201809A Withdrawn EP0617401A3 (en)	1989-07-28	1990-07-27	Methods and apparatus for accelerating windows in graphics systems.

Country Status (2)

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EP (4)	EP0617400B1 (en)
DE (3)	DE69033283T2 (en)

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- 1990-07-27 DE DE1990633283 patent/DE69033283T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-07-27 EP EP94201808A patent/EP0617400B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-07-27 EP EP94201810A patent/EP0617402B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-07-27 DE DE69028259T patent/DE69028259T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-07-27 EP EP19900308257 patent/EP0410783B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1990-07-27 DE DE1990633158 patent/DE69033158T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1990-07-27 EP EP94201809A patent/EP0617401A3/en not_active Withdrawn

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Also Published As

Publication number	Publication date
DE69033283T2 (en)	1999-12-30
DE69033158T2 (en)	1999-10-14
EP0617402A2 (en)	1994-09-28
DE69028259T2 (en)	1997-01-23
EP0617400B1 (en)	1999-09-08
DE69028259D1 (en)	1996-10-02
EP0617400A3 (en)	1995-04-26
EP0410783A3 (en)	1991-07-10
EP0617400A2 (en)	1994-09-28
EP0617402B1 (en)	1999-06-09
EP0617401A2 (en)	1994-09-28
DE69033158D1 (en)	1999-07-15
EP0410783B1 (en)	1996-08-28
DE69033283D1 (en)	1999-10-14
EP0617401A3 (en)	1995-04-26
EP0410783A2 (en)	1991-01-30

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