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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7325092 | Apparatus and methods for a static mux-based priority encoder Apparatus and methods for an improved priority encoder using only static circuit components. Features and aspects hereof rely exclusively on static logic circuits exclusive ROM and other memory structures as relied on in prior structures. The exemplary static circui... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7313764 | Method and apparatus to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows Methods and apparatuses to accelerate scrolling for buffered windows. In one aspect of the invention, a method to scroll a buffered window on a data processing system includes: determining a second region of a second pixel image of a window in a frame buffer, which ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7272471 | Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation Computer-readable media, methods, and systems for computer tactical operation are provided. First computer program code to facilitate a communication with a remote station. Second computer program code to identify from the communication a position of the remote stat... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7236960 | Software and system for customizing a presentation of digital images A method for customizing a presentation of a set of digital images provided by a user is disclosed, comprising the steps of selecting an initial presentation format criteria for the set of digital images by the user; analyzing the digital images for additional infor... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7218291 | Increased scalability in the fragment shading pipeline A fragment processor includes a fragment shader distributor, a fragment shader collector, and a plurality of fragment shader pipelines. Each fragment shader pipeline executes a fragment shader program on a segment of fragments. The plurality of fragment shader pipel... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7215345 | Method and apparatus for clipping video information before scaling A method and apparatus for clipping video information before scaling. In an embodiment of the invention, a transmitter obtains video information in the form of image data, as well as clipping information defining one or more display regions in which the image data i... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7167277 | Color data conversion method, color data conversion apparatus, storage medium, device driver and color conversion table When an L*a*b* value of a certain color is outside a target color gamut to be converted, it is judged whether the L*a*b* value is located within the range of the color gamut set under a predetermined condition. This set range is a range in which the accuracy is degr... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7095801 | Phase adjustable polyphase filters A polyphase filter for wireless communication systems includes at least two phase splitting filters each having a variable resistance across their respective outputs. The variable resistance can take any suitable form, such as a MOS transistor biased in the linear (... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7079128 | Method of and system for automatically setting display mode of monitor, and recording medium performing the same A display mode auto-setting method for a monitor displaying a video signal received from a video card includes reading a display information provided in the monitor, reading a plurality of display modes from the video card, selecting one of the display modes equal t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075537 | Apparatus for measuring a biological parameter equipped with a graphic representation display The invention concerns an apparatus for measuring a biological parameter of an individual comprising measuring means, means for storing and/or for computing values of said parameter connected to a display (3) for graphic representation of the measured paramet... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6975349 | Two-dimensional video timing display A two-dimensional video timing display with numeric readouts allows a user to quickly, easily and precisely measure the timing difference between video signals. A graphic display area within a raster display region provides a two-dimensional display of vertical timi... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6975335 | Method of displaying magnified and reduced areas and apparatus thereof Magnified and/or reduced areas of a display are easily determined by the shades of color and a pattern densities which correspond to the magnification or reduction ratio of areas of the display. The areas that have been magnified and/or reduced are presented by vary... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6967652 | Method and apparatus for displaying physiological patient data A method and apparatus for acquiring and displaying physiological patient data from a cyclic physiological waveform in a three dimensional representation wherein the amplitude of the data is represented in color and displayed. ... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6920633 | Cross-process common system resource data sharing A system and method is provided for sharing constrained resources between two or more processes running within a common operating environment. The system is implemented by establishing a communications interface to each process sharing the resource data. The method ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6909979 | Waveform measuring instrument using equivalent time sampling The present invention is intended to provide a waveform measuring instrument whose waveform reproducibility in the equivalent time sampling system is improved. The present invention is characterized by that, in a waveform measuring instrument configured so th... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6906756 | Display and video producing apparatus, and displaying method and video producing method A vertical region designation circuit 141 outputs a vertical region designation signal to a vertical driver 103 on the basis of vertical display position information, a vertical synchronization signal and a horizontal synchronization signal. A horizont... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6879303 | Aperture grill type display device and method for controlling luminance An aperture grill type display device is provided that displays a picture including two areas whose luminance values are different from each other without vertical stripes. The aperture grill type display device includes an aperture grill to which plural wires are a... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6476817 | Removable media, such as a floppy disk or videocassette, having associated display A removable memory media, such as a floppy disk or videocassette, has an electrically alterable display thereon. The display comprises an array of electrically alterable elements which can be selectably altered in appearance without the need for ancillary... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6256628 | Data charting A method of displaying clustered data points in detail and in context within a data set. The method includes the step of identifying one or more clustered sets of data points within a data set. The data set includes a plurality of data points. The method ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6127999 | Graphic image display apparatus with high speed inversion of graphic image In a graphic image display apparatus including a CPU, a line buffer for temporarily storing graphic data for display, and a display control circuit connected between the CPU and the line buffer, the display control circuit is formed by a graphic ROM for s... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6115026 | File-based video display mode setup A computer system and method of operating the same to setup a graphics display driver and device are disclosed. The disk storage of the computer system contains a monitor file that specifies various video modes operable by a number of monitor types and mo... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6091426 | Integrating data scaling and buffering functions to minimize memory requirement A scaling circuit residing on a single silicon substrate includes a buffer for storing a plurality of partially scaled data. A multiplier is provided for multiplying a weight signal with each of a plurality of input data to produce a plurality of weighted... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6084568 | System and methods for both 2-tap and 3-tap flicker filtering of non-interlaced computer graphics to interlaced lines for television display A device performs both 2-tap and 3-tap flicker filtering of non-interlaced lines of computer graphics data to form interlaced lines. The device includes a data packer, a data unpacker, and a filter circuit. The filter circuit combines lines that it receiv... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6061048 | Technique for automatically controlling the centering of monitor screen In a monitor screen control apparatus which receives video and synchronizing signals from a host computer and automatically displays screen images in the middle of screen of a monitor regardless of computer-supported display modes, the automatic controlli... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6057835 | Window management system with recording status display A window management system makes it possible to collectively control plural application programs by a common user interface, regardless of whether each program is so constructed as to respond to the message from the user interface. The system is provided ... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6057825 | Image processing apparatus with paint-in of outline interiors An image processing apparatus for drawing the inside of an image area which is expressed by vector data has reversal and painting means for sequentially reversing write dots (data) along the storage direction in correspondence to one outline which is spec... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5999161 | Apparatus and method for extracting a portion of an image An apparatus and method for extracting a desired portion of an image represented by compressed data. The compressed data is expanded in an expanding circuit and outputted therefrom in accordance with clock pulses. Such clock pulses, or data transfers or a... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5999159 | Apparatus and method for displaying document on display When the screen has a single display area, the document can be continuously and smoothly read by overwriting, upon input instruction, the following document from the beginning of an area by means of a display switchover unit. When the screen has two displ... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5945975 | Graphics display advertising system for a fuel dispenser A graphics display system for a fuel dispenser that is responsive to segments of time, or dayparts, and also shows both pre-made, professional-looking advertisements, as well as locally made text messages. In a preferred embodiment, the graphics display s... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5838296 | Apparatus for changing the magnification of video graphics prior to display therefor on a TV screen Video magnification apparatus modifies (shrinks or enlarges) video graphic images in a horizontal and vertical direction during a transfer of video graphics data signals from a graphics memory to a television screen. A first magnification modifying device... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5828358 | Waveform display signal generating apparatus A waveform display signal generating apparatus is provided in which a result of calculation processing of digital data in a CPU is visualized and is converted into a television video signal for display on a screen of a television receiver under production... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5818417 | Automatic virtual display panning circuit for providing VGA display data to a lower resolution display and method therefor A circuit and method for providing VGA display data to a display of lower resolution, such as an LCD panel, is disclosed. The circuit detects a write to the Frame Buffer that stores the full resolution VGA image, determines the address within the Frame Bu... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812111 | Bifocal picture display system In a Bifocal display which is composed of magnified and de-magnified sections of an original picture. The Bifocal display displays a focused section which is magnified for detailed information with the remaining sections of the original picture for outlin... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5801675 | Process for scrolling a plurality of raster lines in a window of a personal computer display screen run in graphic mode The invention relates to a procedure for scrolling some raster scan lines in a window of a screen operated in the graphic-mode of a personal computer. The computer has a processor and a program memory allocated to it as well as a video card connected to t... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5719594 | Method and system in a data processing system for improved video image resolution when enlarging a video sequence A method and system in a data processing system are disclosed for improving video sequence image resolution when creating an enlarged final image from an initial image included within the video sequence. An enlargement factor is determined for creating a ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5666030 | Multiple window generation in computer display The invention concerns storage of data within a computer, from which a composite image may be generated on the computer's display. The data may include different types, which are normally incompatible, such as particular types of RGB data, and particular ... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5621432 | Method and apparatus for generating display identification information The present invention relates to the generation of display identification (ID) information in a computer display system. The display ID generator includes a memory which stores display ID information. A control logic device couples the information from th... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5606656 | Image data processing unit for forming a plurality of identical images in a single output image area A plurality of identical images are formed in a single output image area in a partially superimposed relationship. The image data processing unit is provided with a memory unit for storing image data corresponding to the identical images. A reading signal... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5526019 | Character processing apparatus A character/pattern processing apparatus has conversion means for converting numerals related to characters stored in a memory to magnitude information proportional to values of the numerals and display means for displaying the magnitude information on a ... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5398040 | Adaptive crosshatch signal generator An adaptive crosshatch signal generator includes a frequency detector for detecting a horizontal scanning frequency, a square calculator supplied with the detected output of the frequency detector, and a variable pulse width multivibrator controlled to ha... | 03/14/1995 |
