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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:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven G Roskowski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Elizabeth A Clough, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395135 ; 395153 ; 395154 ; 395164 ; 345116 ;
Abstract
An arrangement for storing video and graphic information from video and graphics sources to be displayed on a computer output display including a single frame buffer having first and second separately addressable areas, the first of such areas being adapted to store pixel information, the second of such areas being adapted to store information regarding the type of information stored at each pixel of the first of such areas.