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Data formatting system for processing multiple independent input data streams for high resolution screen displays

  • US 5,754,242 A
  • Filed: 05/03/1996
  • Issued: 05/19/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a display system having as an input different incoming data streams including video, graphical object, and still image data, apparatus for automatically detecting data type and formatting incoming data so as to permit displaying of said data in a changeable format, comprising:

  • a number of incoming data streams;

    a display screen;

    means for rendering images corresponding to the data carried by said incoming data streams on said display screen;

    a number of data stream handlers interposed between said incoming data streams and said rendering means, each of said handlers having a predetermined preprocessing algorithm for establishing the format of the data to be output by a handler; and

    ,means for detecting the data type of an incoming data stream and for changing the format of the corresponding data handler to output data formatted in accordance with both the position and area on said screen said data is to occupy and the detected data type, whereby incoming data is reformatted in accordance with active screen requirements for the display of said data, such that said data is rendered at the appropriate place on the screen with the appropriate characteristics.

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