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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Applicants:
Atousa Soroushi, North Vancouver, CA;
Victor Ga-kui Chan, Richmond, CA;
Inventors:
Atousa Soroushi, North Vancouver, CA;
Victor Ga-Kui Chan, Richmond, CA;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A memory efficient method and apparatus for displaying large overlaid camera images. According to one aspect of the invention, overlay image data are stored in a memory, fetched, up-scaled, and then combined with main image data to form composite image data for rendering on a graphics display device. According to another aspect of the invention, the overlay image data are stored in a memory, fetched, and then combined with main image data streamed from a source of the main image data.