发明名称 |
Apparatus and method for managing the assignment of display attribute identification values and multiple hardware color lookup tables. |
摘要 |
<p>In a bit mapped display environment which has n hardware color look-up tables (CLUTs) where n = 1 or more, which also has a limited number of Display Attribute Identification Values, and which may operate under various window systems, such as the X Window System protocol, an apparatus and a method for installing hardware colormaps under the constraint of a finite number of Display Attribute Identification Values, whereby the most recently installed (MRI) policy of the X Window System is followed. The invention provides a scheme which gracefully degenerates to some "color flashing" when Display Attribute Identification Values are exhausted; which allows Display Attribute Identification Values to be uncoupled from colormap management and used for more graphics intensive functions when needed; and which dynamically regenerates when display attributes again become available. The invention also minimizes the rendering of the Display Attribute Planes when a new colormap is installed in a system containing multiple hardware color look-up tables. <IMAGE></p> |
申请公布号 |
EP0541220(A2) |
申请公布日期 |
1993.05.12 |
申请号 |
EP19920308095 |
申请日期 |
1992.09.07 |
申请人 |
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
SABELLA, PAOLO;JOHNSON, DERON;EVANS, JERALD R. |
分类号 |
G06F3/033;G06F3/048;G09G5/06;G09G5/14;G09G5/30;(IPC1-7):G06F3/00 |
主分类号 |
G06F3/033 |
代理机构 |
|
代理人 |
|
主权项 |
|
地址 |
|