Hardware generation of styled vectors in a graphics system
CA 1236229 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Brown, Mark W.; Dubke, Robert E.; Kimmel, Milton J.
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Abstract of the Disclosure, Vectors on a graphics display are styled according to a specifiable pattern of on/off segments at the same time that they are drawn on the display by integrating the styling of each pixel on the vector at the same time the location of that same pixel is determined according to Bresenham's algorithm.
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- Granted May 3, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 3, 2005.
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