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Flat panel display controller using dual-port memory
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1990-07-25
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Granted: 1993-06-08
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Expires: 2010-07-25
Abstract
Abstract CRT display data output by a CRT controller is written in a frame memory at display timings of a CRT, and is read out of the frame memory at display timings of a flat panel display. The frame memory is comprised of by a dual-port memory. A flat panel display-controlling circuit writes the display data, output by the CRT controller, in the frame memory through the data write port of the dual-port memory, and reads the display data out of the frame memory through the data read port of the dual-port memory in synchronism with the display timings of the flat panel display. The data writing operation and the data reading operation are performed concurrently.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroki Zenda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 20:57
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G06F3/147; G06F3/1475; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G5/00; G09G5/36; G09G5/363; G09G5/366; G06F3/1423; G06F3/1431; G09G3/2007
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
177 words
A flat panel display control apparatus for displaying data on a flat panel display unit and a cathode ray tube (CRT) display unit, comprising: video random access memory (RAM) means for storing display data to be displayed on the flat panel display unit and the CRT display unit; cathode ray tube (CRT) display controller means for reading the display data out of the video RAM means at predetermined CRT display timings; frame memory means, including dual-port memory means, for storing display data to be displayed on the flat panel display unit; and flat panel display-controlling means for display-controlling the flat panel display unit, by reading the display data from the video RAM means by the CRT display controller means, by writing the display data into the frame memory means in accordance with timing signals required for display-controlling the CRT display unit, and by reading the display data stored in the frame memory means in accordance with timing signals required for display controlling the flat panel display unit to perform display control of the flat panel display unit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
177 words
A flat panel display control apparatus for displaying data on a flat panel display unit and a cathode ray tube (CRT) display unit, comprising: video random access memory (RAM) means for storing display data to be displayed on the flat panel display unit and the CRT display unit; cathode ray tube (CRT) display controller means for reading the display data out of the video RAM means at predetermined CRT display timings; frame memory means, including dual-port memory means, for storing display data to be displayed on the flat panel display unit; and flat panel display-controlling means for display-controlling the flat panel display unit, by reading the display data from the video RAM means by the CRT display controller means, by writing the display data into the frame memory means in accordance with timing signals required for display-controlling the CRT display unit, and by reading the display data stored in the frame memory means in accordance with timing signals required for display controlling the flat panel display unit to perform display control of the flat panel display unit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
79 words
A display controller according to claim 1, wherein a first port of the dual-port memory means serves as a data write port and a second port of the dual-port memory means serves as a data read port, and the flat panel display-controlling means writes the display data in the data write port in accordance with the CRT timing signals and reads the display data out of the data read port in accordance with the flat panel display timing signals.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A display controller according to claim 2, wherein said flat panel display-controlling means performs, in parallel, the writing of the display data in the data write port and the reading of the display data out of the data read port.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A display controller according to claim 1, wherein said flat panel display unit is a liquid crystal display unit.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display controller according to claim 1, wherein said flat panel display unit is a plasma display unit.
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