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Display using ordered dither

CA 1306299 C · Owner: Rodgers, Todd K. · Inventors: Mccabe, Daniel H.; Lucas, Bruce D.; Rodgers, Todd K.

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A color display device which includes dither apparatus for each primary color to be displayed. A dither matrix provides a dither signal output as a function of the position of a pixel on the color display device. An input primary color signal includes an integer signal and a fraction signal. The integer signal is incremented by an incrementer. There is means for providing an output primary color signal which is the incremented signal whenever a predetermined relationship exists between the dither signal and the fraction signal, and which is the integer signal whenever the predetermined relationship does not exist.

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  • Granted August 11, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 11, 2009.
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FiledMay 25, 1989
GrantedAugust 11, 1992
Term endedAugust 11, 2009
Patent numberCA 1306299 C
Classification (IPC)G09G1/28 +2 more

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1990199219941996199820002002200420062008Application filedMay 25, 1989Patent grantedAug 11, 1992Term endedAug 11, 2009

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