Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Patent
1996-04-22
1998-09-08
Breene, John E.
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
G06F 300
Patent
active
058051635
ABSTRACT:
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for graphically displaying information in a transparent window on a display attached to a computer without obscuring the information already graphically displayed in the transparent windows is disclosed. In a first embodiment, information is graphically displayed in a first window on a display, and is viewable through a transparent second window also displayed. In a second embodiment, information is displayed in a transparent window on a display, so as not to obscure the information already graphically displayed. In a third embodiment, each window can be configured as transparent or opaque.
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Breene John E.
NCR Corporation
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