Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Computer graphics display memory system – Graphic display memory controller
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-07
2009-08-11
Tung, Kee M (Department: 2628)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Computer graphics display memory system
Graphic display memory controller
C345S536000, C345S545000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07573483
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus for adjusting the geometry of buffer pages. In one implementation, a buffer page system includes: a data source, providing data elements in a first order; a data destination, receiving data elements in a second order, where each data element corresponds to an entry in one of a plurality of buffer pages, each buffer page having a plurality of entries along a first dimension corresponding to the first order and a plurality of entries along a second dimension corresponding to the second order; at least one memory device, each memory device having a plurality of memory pages including a plurality of memory locations, each memory location having an address, where data elements are stored to each memory device in the first order and retrieved from each memory device in the second order, and where each memory page stores data elements in multiple locations according to the first order and stores data elements in multiple locations according to the second order; and a buffer page controller, where the buffer page controller controls the geometry of each buffer page.
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Sony Electronics Inc., a Delaware corporation
Tung Kee M
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