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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Honeywell Bull Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364900 ; 364521 ; 340723 ;
Abstract
A display subsystem having a graphics capability includes a bit map memory for storing bits, each bit representing a displayed pixel. A read only memory stores words, each word representative of a pixel of a selected pattern which is used to fill out an area of the display thereby clearly identifying adjacent areas of the display to the operator. The selected patterns are displayed in a REPLACE, an OR or an EXCLUSIVE OR mode of operation.