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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. 20, 1997
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignees:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Hitachi Engineering Co., Ltd., Ibaraki-ken, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
345200 ; 345133 ;
Abstract
A graphic pattern processing apparatus for accessing a memory which stores words of graphic data. A plurality of pixels is stored in each word and each pixel has a plurality of bits. Each pixel of the word may be selected by a pixel address supplied by a graphic data processor. The graphic data processor performs processing on the selected pixel in accordance with instructions received from a data processor.