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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:
May. 21, 1996
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1993
Larry J Thomas, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Douglas E Thorpe, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for concurrently scanning and filling a memory comprised of at least a first and a second memory partition for use in a video display of the ping-pong type is provided herein. A method according to the present invention includes scanning the first memory partition and concurrently filling the second memory partition, such that a fill pattern is stored in every memory cell in the second memory partition during a time period in which a portion of memory cells in the first memory partition are scanned. A method in accordance with the invention can be incorporated into a video display system with minimal modifications to provide a fast fill or clear of a memory partition.