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Graphic processing system for displaying characters and pictures at high speed

  • US 4,947,342 A
  • Filed: 09/09/1986
  • Issued: 08/07/1990
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A graphic processing system, comprising:

  • output means for outputting graphic information, wherein said output means includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a plural-dimensional configuration, and wherein said output means outputs said graphic information by controlling sates of said plurality of pixels in correspondence to character font patterns supplied thereto;

    memory means, connected to said output means, including a first area for storing information indicating the states of pixels to be outputted from said output means and a second area for storing character font patterns of characters, wherein each of said character font patterns includes information indicating the states of a number of said plurality of pixels;

    coded information supplying means for supplying coded information designating a character;

    dedicated processor means for responding to said coded information from said coded information supplying means to thereby determine an address of a corresponding character font pattern stored in said second area of said memory means based on said coded information and transfer the corresponding character font pattern at said address to a predetermined storage position corresponding to a predetermined output position of said output means; and

    means for supplying said corresponding character font pattern from said predetermined storage position of said first memory area to said predetermined output position of said output means thereby causing said output means to control the states of said pixels in accordance with said corresponding character font pattern.

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