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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:
Oct. 30, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony J Pelham, Port Orange, FL (US);
Walter R Steiner, Ormond Beach, FL (US);
William S Didden, Ormond Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
Star Technologies, Inc., Sterling, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364518 ; 364200 ; 364900 ;
Abstract
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 memory in which the data base is stored, producing a stream of data over a private, unidirectional data path to a geometry processor.