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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2009
Applicants:

Stephen J. Orr, Markham, CA;

Christina M. Elder, Pickering, CA;

Wenzhan Xie, Toronto, CA;

Jianping Ji, Markham, CA;

Inventors:

Stephen J. Orr, Markham, CA;

Christina M. Elder, Pickering, CA;

Wenzhan Xie, Toronto, CA;

Jianping Ji, Markham, CA;

Assignee:

ATI Technologies ULC, Markham, Ontario, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/14 (2006.01); G09G 5/395 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/1446 (2013.01); G09G 5/395 (2013.01); G09G 2356/00 (2013.01); G09G 2370/042 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is disclosed that provides, by mapping logic, output to a selected display of a plurality of displays forming an arrangement, where the selected display provides a visual indication in response to the output. The visual indication indicates that the selected display is ready to be mapped to an image data portion corresponding to the selected display's physical position within the arrangement. The method maps the image data portion to the selected display. The image data portion is stored in a frame buffer, and is mapped in response to input indicating the selected display's physical position. The frame buffer stores a single large surface image as a plurality of image data portions, where each image data portion is mapped to a corresponding display of the plurality of displays. An apparatus is also disclosed, that operates in accordance with the method.


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