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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:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas M Albers, Houston, TX (US);
John V Eberst, Houston, TX (US);
Darwin Fontenot, Houston, TX (US);
Richard L Pyra, Houston, TX (US);
Mark W Welker, Spring, TX (US);
Paul B Wood, Spring, TX (US);
Jack E Bresenham, Rock Hill, SC (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395143 ; 395501 ;
Abstract
A graphics processor uses a line draw facility to receive first and second values indicative of the coordinates of respective first and second end points of a line. The reception of the second value is sensed by the line draw facility and line data is generated responsive to the sensing of the second value.