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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1996
Toshihiro Shiraishi, Kanagawa, JP;
Katsuakira Moriwake, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A read address generator for generating read addresses for a read memory wherein input read addresses indicated using an orthogonal coordinate system is converted into equivalent addresses in a polar coordinate system; the polar coordinate system is divided into concentric blocks according to distances from the pole of the polar coordinate system; vectors having sequentially increasing or decreasing angles are set for the concentric block; coordinate values indicated by the vectors are converted into second equivalent coordinate values in the orthogonal coordinate system; and output read addresses are generated by subtracting the second coordinate values from the input read addresses indicated in said orthogonal coordinate system and are supplied to the video memory.