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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:
Oct. 29, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Giang H Dao, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395143 ;
Abstract
A line draw engine for generating Bresenham and DDA lines includes an adder, circuitry for generating a control sign indicative of whether a Bresenham or a DDA line is desired, circuitry for selectively inverting an output of the adder responsive to the control signal and Bresenham line draw logic coupled to the adder and the control signal for drawing a next point responsive to the output of the inverting circuitry.