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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. 01, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Garry Turcotte, Ottawa, CA;
David Donohoe, Ottawa, CA;
Brian Edmond, Sittsville, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
QNX Software Systems Limited, Ottawa, Ontario, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06T 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for compositing images using a multilayer graphics controller includes first and second applications. The first application defines masked display regions to a layer of the multilayer graphics controller using masking criterion. The second application provides an image to a further layer of the multilayer graphics controller for display in the masked region. The image may be a still image, streaming video, Internet image, or any other image type.