High definition multimedia display
First Claim
1. Image display apparatus, comprising:
- image display control means for programmably generating image display control signals;
image buffer means having a plurality of addressable locations for storing image pixel data, said image buffer means having an output for coupling the stored image pixel data to an input of an image display means having a display screen, said image buffer means being configurable for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses into one of a plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations;
means, having an input coupled to said output of said image buffer means, for converting image pixel data read from said image buffer means to electrical signals for driving the input of the image display means, said converting means including means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for generating one of a plurality of different timing formats for the electrical signals, wherein a generated one of the plurality of different timing formats is selected as a function of a display resolution of the image display means; and
means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for configuring said image buffer means for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses into one of said plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations.
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Abstract
An image display system (10) includes an image buffer (20,22) having a plurality of addressable locations for storing image pixel data. The system further includes circuitry (24,34,36) coupled to an output of the image buffer for converting image pixel data read therefrom to electrical signals for driving an image display (18). The circuitry is responsive to signals generated by an image display controller (16) for generating one of a plurality of different timing formats for the electrical signals for driving an image display having a specified display resolution. The apparatus further includes circuitry (40,42) for configuring the image buffer in accordance with the specified display resolution. The image buffer is configurable, by example, as two, 2048 location by 1024 location by 24-bit buffers and one 2048 location by 1024 location by 16-bit buffer; or as two, 2048 location by 2048 location by 24-bit buffers and one 2048 location by 2048 location by 16-bit buffer. Each of the 24-bit buffers store R,G,B pixel data and the 16-bit buffers each store a color index (CI) value and an associated window identifier (WID) value. Circuitry at the output of the image buffer decodes CI and WID values into R,G,B pixel data and a Key value specifying pixel mixing.
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33 Claims
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1. Image display apparatus, comprising:
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image display control means for programmably generating image display control signals; image buffer means having a plurality of addressable locations for storing image pixel data, said image buffer means having an output for coupling the stored image pixel data to an input of an image display means having a display screen, said image buffer means being configurable for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses into one of a plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations; means, having an input coupled to said output of said image buffer means, for converting image pixel data read from said image buffer means to electrical signals for driving the input of the image display means, said converting means including means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for generating one of a plurality of different timing formats for the electrical signals, wherein a generated one of the plurality of different timing formats is selected as a function of a display resolution of the image display means; and means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for configuring said image buffer means for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses into one of said plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. Image display apparatus, comprising:
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image buffer means having a plurality of addressable locations for storing image pixel data, said image buffer means being configurable for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses into one of a plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations; means, having an input coupled to an output of said image buffer means, for converting image pixel data read therefrom to electrical signals suitable for driving an image display means so as to display the image pixels; first interface means having an input for receiving an image signal expressed in a first format and having an output coupled to said image buffer means for storing the received image signal therein; second interface means having an input for receiving an image signal expressed in a second format and having an output coupled to said image buffer means for storing the received image signal therein; and third interface means having an input for receiving an image signal expressed in a third format and having an output coupled to said image buffer means for storing the received image signal therein;
whereinthe image signal stored from said third interface means includes information for specifying, for each displayed image pixel, a contribution from the image signal received by each of the first interface means, the second interface means, and the third interface means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. Image display apparatus, comprising:
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image display control means for programmably generating image display control signals; image buffer means having a plurality of addressable locations for storing image pixel data; means, having an input coupled to an output of said image buffer means, for converting image pixel data output therefrom to electrical signals for driving an image display means so as to display image pixels, said converting means including means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for generating one of a plurality of different timing formats for the electrical signals for driving an image display means having a specified display resolution; and means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for configuring said image buffer means for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses as a function of the specified display resolution;
whereinsaid image buffer means is configured as two, 2048 location by 1024 location by 24-bit buffers and one 2048 location by 1024 location by 16-bit buffer;
or astwo, 2048 location by 2048 location by 24-bit buffers and one 2048 location by 2048 location by 16-bit buffer;
or asfour, 2048 location by 1024 location by 24-bit buffers and two 2048 location by 1024 location by 16-bit buffers. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. Image display apparatus, comprising:
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image display control means for programmably generating image display control signals; image buffer means having a plurality of addressable locations for storing image pixel data, said image buffer means having an output for coupling the stored image pixel data to an input of an image display means having a display screen, said image buffer means being configurable for both image pixel data write and image data pixel read accesses into one of a plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations; means, having an input coupled to said output of said image buffer means, for converting image pixel data read from said image buffer means to electrical signals for driving the input of the image display means; and means, responsive to control signals generated by said image display control means, for configuring said image buffer means for both image pixel data write and image pixel data read accesses into one of said plurality of different x storage location by y storage location by z-bit configurations, wherein one of said configurations corresponds to a stereoscopic image display configuration.
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Specification