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EP 0216886 B1 19910227 - VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS

Title (en)

VIDEO DISPLAY APPARATUS

Publication

EP 0216886 B1 19910227 (EN)

Application

EP 86902442 A 19860402

Priority

GB 8508668 A 19850403

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO8605910A1] Address signals are generated corresponding to successive points of a raster-scan display field (4). Comparators (3) compare the addresses with limit addresses of window areas of the display and when an address falls within a window area, store addresses are generated for accessing stored video data (1).

IPC 1-7

G09G 1/00

IPC 8 full level

G09G 5/00 (2006.01); G09G 5/14 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

G09G 5/14 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 8605910 A1 19861009; EP 0216886 A1 19870408; EP 0216886 B1 19910227; GB 8508668 D0 19850509; JP S62502429 A 19870917

DOCDB simple family (application)

GB 8600190 W 19860402; EP 86902442 A 19860402; GB 8508668 A 19850403; JP 50200486 A 19860402