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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
May. 09, 2001
Masahiro Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Sotoda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Kurashita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Masahiro Naito, Tokyo, JP;
Shuji Sotoda, Tokyo, JP;
Takuji Kurashita, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In order to reduce the power consumed by the circuit when the image data is transferred to a memory in a display means, a write region detecting meansis provided to detect the address region in the graphics memoryaccessed for writing by the image data writing meansand only such data that is within the region including the addresses accessed by the writing meansis transferred to the memoryin the display meansThe region including the accessed addresses may for example a rectangular region of from the minimum vertical direction address to the maximum vertical direction address Y among the accessed addresses, and from the minimum horizontal direction address to the maximum horizontal direction address among the accessed addresses.