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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sanford S. Lum, Scarborough, CA;
Keping Chen, Mississauga, CA;
Samuel L. C. Wong, Thornhill, CA;
Dwayne R. Bennett, Scarborough, CA;
Michael A. Alford, Ajax, CA;
Assignee:
ATI Technologies, Inc., Thornhill, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a video display processor comprised apparatus for receiving digital input signal components of a signal to be displayed, apparatus for converting the components to a desired format, apparatus for scaling and blending the signals in the desired format, apparatus for outputting the scaled and blended signals for display or further processing, and an arbiter and local timing apparatus for controlling the apparatus substantially independently of a host CPU.