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(11) | EP 0 165 665 A3 |
| (12) | EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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| (54) | Sprite collision detector |
| (57) A sprite collision detector includes the combination (1) of a video processor including
a color palette for processing of data, a memory (31) for storing of data to be processed,
a monitor (33) and (35) for displaying of the processed data, a processor (30) for
controlling the transfer of data from the memory (30) to the monitor (33) and (35).
The video processor (1) includes a control logic (65) for controlling the transfer
of data and instructions between the processor (30) and the video processor (1); a
memory control logic (67) for controlling, in response to the instructions from the
processor (1), the transfer of data from the memory (31); sprite processor (10) for
converting data to color data and to provide the color data for images displayed by
the monitor (33) and (35); register (63) for arranging data from the memory (31 )
in a predetermined order and to apply the data according to the prearranged 6rder
to the sprite processor (10); and video output logic (57) for converting the color
data to a video signal to which the monitor (33) and (35) will respond to provide
a display of a predetermined pattern and of a predetermined color. |