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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 1994
Filed:
Sep. 08, 1992
Shigeru Matsuo, Hitachi, JP;
Koyo Katsura, Hitachiota, JP;
Jun Sato, Musashino, JP;
Takashi Sone, Tokyo, JP;
Nasakatu Yokoyama, Hitachi, JP;
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd., Hitachi, JP;
Abstract
A graphic processor which controls reading, writing and transfer of graphic data for a display memory that stores graphic data. The processor includes a first unit which stores first address information for addressing the display memory and first pixel address information which points a pixel position in a word specified by the first address information, a second unit which stores second address information for addressing the display memory and second pixel address information which points a pixel position in a word specified by the second address information, a third unit which shifts graphic data of multiple pixels included in two consecutive words to extract continuous 1-word graphic data, and a fourth unit which implements drawing computations pixel-wise concurrently for one word depending on the number of pixels included in a word. Even if transfer source graphic data lies across two consecutive words, the processor fetches the source data in single reading, processes the data word-wise at once, and stores the result in the display memory.