Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for rendering video
- Patent Title (中): 渲染视频的方法和装置
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Application No.: US09981484Application Date: 2001-10-17
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Publication No.: US07663632B2Publication Date: 2010-02-16
- Inventor: Edward G. Callway
- Applicant: Edward G. Callway
- Applicant Address: CA Markham, Ontario
- Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee: ATI Technologies ULC
- Current Assignee Address: CA Markham, Ontario
- Agency: Vedder Price P.C.
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G09G5/02

Abstract:
Multiple Video Graphic Adapters (VGAs) are used to render video data to a common port. In one embodiment, each VGA will render an entire frame of video and provide it to the output port through a switch. The next adjacent frame will be calculated by a separate VGA and provided to an output port through the switch. A voltage adjustment is made to a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) of at least one of the VGAs in order to correlate the video-out voltages being provided by the VGAs. This correlation assures that the color being viewed on the screen is uniform regardless of which VGA is providing the signal. When a VGA is not providing information to the output port, a dummy switch can be selected to provide the video-output of the selected VGA a resistance path which matches the resistance at the video port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030137483A1 Method and apparatus for rendering video Public/Granted day:2003-07-24
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