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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 1991
Filed:
May. 11, 1989
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A graphic data processing apparatus is disclosed for accessing a memory which stores pixels having a number of bits which may be selected. Gaphic data is generated with one or more bits per pixel with a plurality of pixels of data being stored in one word of the memory. A physical address operation unit stores information of a current drawing point including a memory address of a word in the memory and a pixel address defining a position of a pixel in one word specified by the memory address. A data operation unit modifies a particular pixel having a number of bits which may be selected in the one word specified by the pixel address in accordance with a drawing instruction.