Appeal No. 95-4361
Application 08/043,320
Claims 1 and 8 are independent claims and are reproduced
below:
1. A color image display system comprising:
a source of encoded data in a first format, said data
representing elements of a color image; said first format
characterized in that it is not directly displayable by said
system;
means responsive exclusively to data encoded in a
second format different from said first format for displaying
color images; said data in said second format comprising data
representing discrete pixel elements of the displayed image; and
format conversion means coupled between said source and
said image displaying means for converting said source data to
corresponding data in said second format in real time
coordination with display generation operations of said image
displaying means; said conversion means performing a process of
generating sums of product terms wherein the product terms are
determined by multiplying data components in said first format by
predetermined constant functions which are subject to being
varied to adjust for a variety of factors in the source data and
the image displaying means, said conversion means comprising:
at least one RAM storage array receiving
data from said source as addressing inputs,
each said at least one array containing a
programmable lookup table for generating all
of said product terms in said process; and
dedicated logic means receiving data from
said source and product term data from said
at least one RAM storage array and forming
sums of data received from said source and
said at least one array to complete said
conversion process.
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