Shared bit-plane display system
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1. A display system for a plurality of user stations comprising:
- memory means for storing a plurality of bit planes;
means for retrieving a superpixel from said bit planes, said superpixel comprising a bit from the same pixel location in each bit plane of said plurality of bit planes; and
switching means associated with each user station for receiving said superpixel and for providing its associated user station with a data word, each switching means having first bit plane identification means for identifying which one or more of said plurality of bit planes is assigned to the associated user station such that said data word is comprised of the bits in said superpixel from said one or more bit planes assigned to said associated user station.
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Abstract
A multiuser display system in which the bit planes are shared by a plurality of user stations. A bus carries a superpixel containing bits from each of the bit planes in this system. Each user station is assigned particular bit planes and extracts the bits corresponding to the assigned bit planes from the superpixel. Double buffering within a window is made possible by providing two sets of bit plane identification registers.
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1. A display system for a plurality of user stations comprising:
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memory means for storing a plurality of bit planes; means for retrieving a superpixel from said bit planes, said superpixel comprising a bit from the same pixel location in each bit plane of said plurality of bit planes; and switching means associated with each user station for receiving said superpixel and for providing its associated user station with a data word, each switching means having first bit plane identification means for identifying which one or more of said plurality of bit planes is assigned to the associated user station such that said data word is comprised of the bits in said superpixel from said one or more bit planes assigned to said associated user station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for sharing bit planes among a plurality of user stations comprising:
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transmitting a plurality of superpixels each containing a bit from the same pixel location in each bit plane of a plurality of bit planes; assigning a first set of bit planes from among said plurality of bit planes to each user station; and extracting for each user station the bits assigned to said user station from each of said superpixels. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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