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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7356823 | Method for displaying single monitor applications on multiple monitors driven by a personal computer A direct access driver solves limitations of DirectX operation under the Microsoft architecture when using multiple monitors. The direct access driver allows applications employing DirectX application program interfaces to use hardware acceleration without display e... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7272182 | Motion vector encoding device and decoding device A prediction error generating unit generates a predictive vector from the motion vectors of a plurality of adjacent blocks, and obtains a difference from a target vector. A plurality of variable-length coding units respectively encode the output of the prediction er... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7256797 | Image processing device with synchronized sprite rendering and sprite buffer An image processing device comprises a decoder, a sprite buffer interface, and a sprite buffer as well as a rendering engine, a frame buffer interface, and a frame buffer, which is characterized by synchronizing the write timing for the sprite buffer with the read t... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7206869 | Input/output control apparatus Image data scanned by way of a scanner controller is transferred from a memory controller to a memory by way of a G bus. A CPU reduces the image data stored in the memory by thinning processing or the like, and displays the image data on an operation panel by way of... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7190368 | Method and/or apparatus for video data storage An apparatus and method for storing image data comprising a first storage device and a second storage device. The first storage device may be configured to store at least one first pixel from a first field of a frame of the image at a first physical address in the f... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7173629 | Image processor with the closed caption function and image processing method A memory control unit adjusts and sets the address of an image data area in the memory space of a memory and the address of a window area adjacent to the memory area, using a memory controller. The memory control unit stores data, other than image data that is suppl... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7088371 | Memory command handler for use in an image signal processor having a data driven architecture Disclosed is an image signal processor for use in an image processing system. The image signal processor includes a local memory to store data and a memory command handler having a plurality of memory address generators. Each memory address generator generates a mem... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7035991 | Surface computer and computing method using the same A surface computer includes an address generator for generating an address for adjusting surface region data concerning at least a storage region and a concurrent computer, provided at a subsequent stage of the address generator, having a plurality of unit computers... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6977657 | Addressing a cache A data processing system has main memory and one or more caches. Data from main memory is cached while mitigating the effects of address pattern dependency. Main memory physical addresses are translated into main memory virtual address under the control of an operat... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6950462 | Video encoding apparatus, video encoding method, and frame rate conversion apparatus When an input picture is inputted to a video interface and stored in a reordering memory, the input time is recorded utilizing a reference time generator and a frame sync signal, and a frame memory to be encoded by an encoding unit is designated using the time infor... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6876400 | Apparatus and method for protecting a memory sharing signal control lines with other circuitry An apparatus such as a television signal receiver includes first and second circuit boards. The first circuit board includes a memory, and control circuitry for controlling at least one function of the apparatus. The second circuit board is operably coupled to the f... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6870578 | Apparatus and method for sharing signal control lines An apparatus such as a television signal receiver includes first and second circuit boards. The first circuit board includes a first device such as a memory, and control circuitry for controlling at least one function of the apparatus. The second circuit board is op... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6847410 | Picture data memory device with picture data input channels and picture data output channels A picture data memory device which can be used universally comprises a central picture data memory for storing picture data of a plurality of picture data input channels, in which case the stored picture data can additionally be read out via a plurality of picture d... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6727905 | Image data processing apparatus An image data processing apparatus capable of performing processing at a high speed comprising a DRAM for storing display data including a plurality of first pixel data respectively indicating colors of a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix and able to be simul... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6580432 | Spread spectrum FIFO and method for storing data for multiple display types A FIFO memory device, FIFO control method and graphics processing system are disclosed which incorporate spread-spectrum EMI compensation. In one embodiment, a FIFO memory device and method includes generating a spread-spectrum adjustment signal for a spr... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6509901 | Image generating apparatus and a method thereof An image generating apparatus which includes a frame buffer having a drawing port and a display port for display and including a drawing area containing a graphic image data and a base picture area containing a base picture data, and a graphics drawing ci... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6486885 | Memory device and method A memory device for storing a sequential image data in succession and outputting the stored image data is provided. The memory device comprises a memory unit comprising N memory blocks, each memory blocks being capable of individual serving, a write addre... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6366287 | Display device including a cache memory having a plurality of memory segments A display device is disclosed that includes a cache memory consisting of memory segments, each memory segment being capable of storing an image fragment. A video generator is driven by a video cache reader, which builds up a screen image from complete or ... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6034674 | Buffer manager This invention provides a method to control the buffering of encoded video data organized as frames or fields. This method involves determining the picture number of each incoming decoded frame, determining the expected presentation number at any time and... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6014126 | Electronic equipment and liquid crystal display Electronic equipment comprising a display controller for outputting display data of a first frame frequency, and a frequency converting circuit for converting the display data of the first frame frequency to output display data of a second frame frequency... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5977994 | Data resampler for data processing system for logically adjacent data samples A data resampler for a data processing system for logically adjacent data samples is provided. The data resampler includes a memory subsystem for storing samples to be rendered, a digital differential analyzer (DDA) for generating an interpolation corner ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969707 | Apparatus and method of mosaic picture processing A mosaic picture processing apparatus and method is disclosed. The present invention includes a memory device for storing picture data, which include index data, pattern data, and pattern control data. A pattern coordinate generating device is used for ge... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5933861 | Parallel memory device for image processing utilizing linear transformation A parallel memory device for an image processing utilizing a linear transformation, capable of achieving simultaneous access in either of various access forms which uses simple hardware and is capable of achieving a high processing rate and thereby a high... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5920302 | Display scrolling circuit A display scrolling circuit is provided which can give a variety to a display image by scrolling the display image for every display line without provision of a burden on a processor for computing a game. A game system to which the present invention is ap... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5861894 | Buffer manager This invention provides a method to control the buffering of encoded video data organized as frames or fields. This method involves determining the picture number of each incoming decoded frame, determining the expected presentation number at any time and... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5818466 | Apparatus for providing multi-layer sprite graphic for an on-screen-graphic of television A method and apparatus for providing a multi-layer sprite graphic function in video equipment having an on-screen-graphic function where the multi-layer sprite graphic function is realized in hardware to accomplish a smooth graphic. The multi-layer sprite... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5812829 | Image display control system and memory control capable of freely forming display images in various desired display modes An image display control system stores display data in a memory. A display coordinate generator generates coordinates on a display space, based on a count for use in position control of display scan. An address generator generates addresses of the display... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5774132 | Video capture computer system using local memory for texture mapping A graphic apparatus is connected between a host computer and a monitor for admitting video data from a video source to display a picture on the monitor according to commands from the host computer. The graphic apparatus is constructed by a local memory, a... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5745101 | Method and apparatus for controlling image display Method and apparatus of controlling an image display process in which image data is input to display an image of the image data on a display. The input image data is stored in a first memory with respect to pixels, and a second memory, having at least an ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5717441 | Picture data memory with high access efficiency in detecting motion vectors, a motion vector detection circuit provided with the picture data memory, and an address conversion circuit The address generation unit 166 generates a write address for each picture data to be written in the frame memory 169. The memory control unit 165 writes picture data which have the same Y address and consecutive X addresses to the first bank and the seco... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5701445 | Generating multilayered pictures by image parameters An apparatus for generating pictures comprising a memory device, an address generator, a vertical position detector, a register, a horizontal position counter, a processor and a state machine. Pictures shown in the display are formed based on image parame... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5696941 | Device for converting data using look-up tables A data converting device for converting data by employing a plurality of LUTs stored in a single memory device. The device generates, with reference to two or more LUTs sequentially, a converted output data corresponding to input data and converting level... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5689313 | Buffer management in an image formatter This invention provides a method to control the buffering of encoded video data organized as frames or fields. This method involves determining the picture number of each incoming decoded frame, determining the expected presentation number at any time and... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5638094 | Method and apparatus for displaying motion video images A motion video image displaying apparatus and method of displaying is disclosed for displaying multiple fonts of video images in non-DMA mode for television-game machines. The inventive apparatus includes a status controller for generating a number of tim... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5635984 | Multi-picture control circuit and method for electronic still camera In an electronic still camera which digitizes a video signal to store it in a memory and displays the signal by reproducing means, a multi-picture control circuit and method for an electronic still camera are disclosed. The circuit comprises a picture sel... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5621881 | DRAM control device of a CD graphics decoder A DRAM control device of a CD graphics decoder for reading and writing font data on a DRAM, which is made simple for fabricating the ASIC, allowing it made smaller permitting it applied to a compact disc player and a laser disc player.... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5594702 | Multi-first-in-first-out memory circuit A multi-first-in-first-out (henceforth "multi-FIFO") memory circuit in accordance with this invention comprises: (1) a plurality of groups of storage elements, for example, each group corresponds to a first-in-first-out (FIFO) memory (2) a time multiplexe... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5586256 | Computer system using multidimensional addressing between multiple processors having independently addressable internal memory for efficient reordering and redistribution of data arrays between the processors A computer system includes sixteen data processors each connected to a communication bus. The communication bus comprises a data bus for carrying data, and an address bus for carrying associated labelling information uniquely identifying the data. Each pr... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5572691 | Apparatus and method for providing multiple data streams from stored data using dual memory buffers An apparatus and method are disclosed for processing successive frames of data to provide a plurality of data streams containing the data in different orders. In an illustrated embodiment, two different data streams are output for incoming frames of video... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5493645 | Controller for accessing an image data memory based on a state of a hard copy printer An image memory controller having a first address signal generating unit generating a first address signal in response to a state signal representing the operational state of a printer. The first address signal corresponds to a location in an image memory... | 02/20/1996 |
