Frame buffer memory with look-up table

• US 6,043,829 A
• Filed: 10/28/1997
• Issued: 03/28/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Mitsubishi Electric Corporation)
• Inventors: Inoue, Kazunari
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, Kee M.
• Application Number:
  US08/959,260
• Time in Patent Office: 882 Days
• Field of Search: 345/507-509, 345/511, 345/519, 345/435, 345/199, 345/510
• US Class Current: 345/519
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/06 using colour palettes, e.g. look-up tables
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 5/395 Arrangements specially adapted for transferring the contents of the bit-mapped memory to the screen G09G5/399 takes precedence

Abstract

A frame buffer memory includes, on a semiconductor substrate: a DRAM array in which image information including frame information and window information are stored; two serial access memories for serially outputting the image information read from DRAM array by interleave method; a look-up table for outputting a selection signal in accordance with window information input; and a multiplexer for selectively outputting frame information input in accordance with said selection signal.

Claims

1. A frame buffer memory, comprising:

a semiconductor substrate;

first storage means formed on said semiconductor substrate for storing image information including color information for a plurality of colors and overlay image information about an overlay image plane;

a plurality of output terminals arranged in a plurality of sets corresponding to the plurality of colors, respectively;

a serial access memory formed on said semiconductor substrate for serially outputting said image information stored in said first storage means;

selection means formed on said semiconductor substrate and connected to said serial access memory for multiplexing and selectively outputting one of the overlay image information and the color information for one of the plurality of colors at one of the sets of output terminals corresponding to said one of the plurality of colors.

2. A frame buffer memory according to claim 1, wherein said selection means includes:

second storage means formed on said semiconductor substrate connected to said serial access memory for prestoring prescribed data such that said prescribed data is output corresponding to each inputted data; and

selecting output means formed on said semiconductor substrate connected to said serial access memory for selectively outputting said image information according to said prescribed data output from said second storage means.

3. The frame buffer memory according to claim 2, wherein said second storage means is a look-up table.

4. The frame buffer memory according to claim 2, wherein said image information includes frame information and window information, said second storage means receives said window information, and said selecting output means receives said frame information.

5. The frame buffer memory according to claim 4, wherein said second storage means is a look-up table.

6. The frame buffer memory according to claim 1, further comprising means for outputting an overlay enable signal indicating whether said color information for said one of the plurality of colors or said overlay image information is selectively output.