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Color display system

CA 1238729 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Honda, Kazutoshi; Suzuki, Hirohisa

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The disclosure describes a graphic driving assembly similar to that of the prior art but including a pattern memory for storing possible character patterns and a, pointer memory having a plurality of storage locations corresponding to character display locations on a screen. Each of the storage locations stores address information of the pattern memory in which the character patterns to be displayed is placed. A color information memory having a plurality of storage locations in the same number as those of the pointer memory, each storage location storing color information of the character pattern to be displayed, whereby, in simultaneously displaying colour graphic patterns and color …

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  • Granted June 28, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended June 28, 2005.
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FiledNovember 22, 1985
GrantedJune 28, 1988
Term endedJune 28, 2005
Patent numberCA 1238729 A
Classification (IPC)G09G1/00 +1 more

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1986198819901992199419961998200020022004Application filedNov 22, 1985Patent grantedJune 28, 1988Term endedJune 28, 2005

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