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Television display control apparatus

CA 1082351 A · Owner: Alpex Computer Corp. · Inventors: Kirschner, Wallace; Haskel, Lawrence M.

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Abstract of the Disclosure Keyboard-controlled apparatus for producing video signals for standard television receivers includes a random access memory having a multiplicity of storage positions each of which corresponds to a preselected discrete portion of the TV raster. Data stored in the random access memory is sequentially read from memory in synchronism with the scanning of the television receiver so that a desired video signal is generated at each discrete position of the cathode ray beam. Data is read into the random access memory at preselected storage positions depending upon a particular image to be displayed. The data writing process is under the control of a micro-processor which …

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  • Granted July 22, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended July 22, 1997.
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FiledMarch 10, 1976
GrantedJuly 22, 1980
Term endedJuly 22, 1997
Patent numberCA 1082351 A
Classification (IPC)G06F3/14 +1 more

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1977198019831986198919921995Application filedMarch 10, 1976Patent grantedJuly 22, 1980Term endedJuly 22, 1997

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