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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1993
Masahiro Otake, Kyoto, JP;
Toyofumi Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nishiumi, Kyoto, JP;
Takuo Mukai, Tokyo, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Ricoh Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A still picture display apparatus displays a still picture in which characters each composed of combination of a predetermined number of dots on a raster scan monitor in accordance with character data and program data both stored in an external storage device in advance. Offset data of at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction correspondingly to each character is stored in an offset table formed in the external storage device. A picture processing unit determines an address on the basis of the offset data and at least one of a horizontal position and a vertical position, and reads video data from a video data memory according to the address to apply to the raster scan monitor.