Abstract: A navigation system 1 is provided with a present spot locating section 50 for receiving location information on a present location sent by dual-tone multi-frequency signals from a terminal device 2 and searching through longitude/latitude data 62 therein to obtain longitudinal and latitudinal data on the present location; a destination spot locating section 51 for receiving location information on a destination location sent by dual-tone multi-frequency signals from the terminal device 2 and searching through longitude/latitude data 62 therein to obtain longitudinal and latitudinal data on the destination location; and a location computation section 52 for computing distance and/or direction between the present location and the destination location based on the longitudinal and latitudinal data on the present and destination locations, and providing a voice report of computed results to the terminal device 2.

Abstract: A video display control system displays a multicolor animation pattern on a screen of a video display unit. The video display control system is mainly constructed by a video RAM (VRAM) and a video display processor (VDP). The VRAM stores animation pattern data, display position data and at least two color data. The VDP reads these data and makes an animation pattern image displayed in at least two colors at a display position on the screen. The animation pattern image, two colors and display position are determined by the animation pattern data, two color data and display position data. In another video display control system, the VRAM stores at least two sets of animation pattern data, display position data and color data. When displaying two animation patterns, the VDP effects a logical operation on the two color data with respect to the overlapping portion of the two patterns and makes the overlapping portion displayed in a new color corresponding to the operation result.

Abstract: When keyboard 1 is set on the upper side, ball 10 is inserted between stopper 8 and the coordinate converting unit 4. As a result, the coordinate converting unit 4 is fixed by ball 10. When the user moves the pointing device on the flat surface, the ball 6 then moves according to the user's operation. Furthermore, when the user pushes keyboard 1, detecting switch 7 is pressed by protrusion 3, and then detecting switch 7 is switched to the ON state. On the other hand, when the pointing device is set upside down by the user, ball 10 moves to the opposite side via gravitation. The ball 10 is inserted between stopper 8 and keyboard 1 and, as a result, keyboard 1 is fixed by ball 10. When the user spins ball 6, the ball moves in all directions in accordance with the user's operation. Furthermore, when the user pushes coordinate converting unit 4, detecting switch 7 is pressed by protrusion 3, and then detecting switch 7 is switched to the ON state.

Abstract: A video controller for a personal computing system. The controller compensates CRT video information to generate a display compatible with a flat panel device. The controller includes registers and logic circuits which compensate CRT address information. The compensated addresses are used to repeat lines of display, insert blank lines between lines of display, center a display, and force font types.

Abstract: A character display apparatus comprises at least a memory for storing a character code designating a desirable character and attribute data designating an attribute thereof as one pair of data; a first character generator for pre-storing font data corresponding to English characters and figures; a second character generator for pre-storing font data corresponding to Chinese characters; a judgment portion and a control portion. The judgment portion judges whether one character is designated by one character code or two or more character codes which are read from the memory in accordance with scanning of a display screen. Based on the judgment result of this judgment portion, character reading operation of the control portion is controlled.

Abstract: A method for generating display patterns using a display memory which stores one bit of data for each pixel of a display apparatus. The stored data represents an outline of a display pattern. The stored data is consecutively read to generate dot data corresponding to the pattern being displayed. Character data corresponding to a current display pixel is also read from a display memory. Then buffer data which relates to a current scan line and the scan line directly above are read from a line buffer. Dot data is generated by performing logical computations on the current pixel data and line buffer data relating to the scan line. The dot data is then written into the line buffer for display.

Abstract: A display apparatus consists of a display memory (VRAM), a data modifier circuit and a display unit at least. The display unit, such as a CRT display unit, has a plurality of display dots which include red, green and blue color dots. The display memory must be cleaned at a primary stage and thereafter a plurality of display codes corresponding to only display dots on the outlines of the color image must be written into the display memory. The display codes are converted into display data which indicate red, green and blue color components. The display codes are successively read out from the display memory and supplied to the data modifier circuit wherein the display data are modified so as to compensate the display data which are not written into the display memory. The display unit displays the image corresponding to the modified display data on the screen thereof.

Abstract: A memory system is provided with two data buffers, respectively, in the row and column directions of a memory array. The system is capable of operating either one of the two data buffers as input/output buffers in accordance with reading or writing operations on the contents of the memory array. Outputs from the memory array are inverted to form an inverted array. All bits along respective columns of the array are ANDed together to obtain an ANDed bit value for each column of the inverted array.

Abstract: A radiotelephone system having a base unit and a plurality of subordinate units for carrying out radiocommunication between the base unit and the subordinate units. The base unit sends transmitting carriers to the subordinate units and gets receiving carriers from the subordinate units. The system includes a first frequency varying part for periodically shifting transmitting/receiving carrier frequencies of the base unit from a given frequency of one operating interval to another frequency of another operating interval. A first synchronizing signal part generates a synchronizing signal in synchronism with a time period determined from the shifting of the carrier frequencies. A second synchronizing signal part extracts a synchronizing signal from a receiving carrier signal received by each of the subordinate units.

Abstract: A memory storage and accessing device is constituted by a plurality of plane memories. Memory elements are arranged in each plane memory two-dimensionally, and a plurality of image data are stored in a word direction in each plane memory. In addition, plural plane memories are disposed in a pixel direction. Hence, plural image data are stored two-dimensionally in word and pixel directions. The memory device is constituted such that a port connected by a word data bus and another port connected by a pixel data bus are provided therein. Due to these two ports, it is possible to perform an independent access so as to independently read out and write in word data and pixel data. The memory storage and accessing device is capable of masking bits of data and memory units, using both static and dynamic masks. In the static mask, mask data are applied all at once in one memory cycle, or the mask data are supplied to the memory device at plural times in one memory cycle.

Abstract: A display control circuit system is disclosed which, while maintaining the compatibility of software perfectly, can realize various specifications of the software, provides for a gradation display in an LCD display to realize substantially the same level of access as in a CRT display, permits a configuration control, and, when one or more bits are expanded in the conventional software, can protect the function-expanded bit(s). The display control system includes a mode selector to select either a mode for controlling the display of CRT or a mode for controlling the display of LCD, a controller for controlling the CRT display control, and a controller for controlling the LCD display control.

Abstract: A display control circuit system is disclosed which, while maintaining the compatibility of software perfectly, can realize various specifications of the software, provides for a gradation display in an LCD display to realize substantially the same level of access as in a CRT display, permits a configuration control, and, when one or more bits are expanded in the conventional software, can protect the function-expanded bit(s). The display control system includes a mode selector to select either a mode for controlling the display of CRT or a mode for controlling the display of LCD, a controller for controlling the CRT display, and a controller for controlling the LCD display control.

Abstract: A display apparatus consists of a display memory (VRAM), a data modifier circuit and a display unit at least. The display unit, such as a CRT display unit, has a plurality of display dots which include red, green and blue color dots. The display memory must be cleared at a primary stage and thereafter a plurality of display codes corresponding to only display dots on the outlines of the color image must be written into the display memory. The display codes are converted into display data which indicate red, green and blue color components. The display codes are successively read out from the display memory and supplied to the data modifier circuit wherein the display data are modified so as to compensate the display data which are not written into the display memory. The display unit displays the image corresponding to the modified display data on the screen thereof.

Abstract: A display control apparatus is provided in which the moving image of an object is successively compounded with a color picture image from an external source, so as to obtain a compounded image in which the resulting image of the object appears to be moving with respect to the color picture image. The display control apparatus of the present invention includes a register unit for storing color range selecting data therein and circuitry for selecting one of first color image data corresponding to signals which are supplied from an external device, e.g. television camera, and second color image data read from a video memory, e.g. a video random access memory (VRAM). Using data comparison circuitry, the value of color image data selected by the selection circuitry, is compared with the value of the color range selecting data stored in the register unit. Based on the comparison result of the comparator circuitry, either the first color image data or second color image data is selected using a data selector.

Abstract: A video display control system is capable of moving a part of a still image from a first display area to a second display area on a screen. The video display control system includes a memory composed of a plurality of memory locations for storing a plurality of display data representative of images of display elements on the screen. First and second registers retain first and second area data representative of the first and second display areas, and an address data generator generates from these area data first and second address data, the first address data indicating memory locations which store display data corresponding to the first display area, the second address data indicating second memory locations which store display data corresponding to the second display area.

Abstract: An image data processing system operates so that foreground color codes are held in a foreground register, background color codes are held in a background register, and the foreground or background color codes are selectively output by a selector according to the patterns of the pattern data or character fonts to be extended to color codes. Accordingly the pattern data or character font patterns can be extended quickly to the foreground or background color codes.Also, to extend the same pattern data repetitively and quickly to the foreground or background color codes, a rotator or selector is used to enable the pattern data to be used repetitively, and according to the output value thereof the foreground or background register is selected.

Abstract: A display control system has a digital interface therein. When software using a color display is executed and displayed in a monochrome monitor, this system is responsive to color code information to arbitrarily select either a hatching pattern conversion or a grey scale display according to application software or the like. The system can thus discriminate the display contents thereof.In a color monitor that permits input of a plurality of digital signals, the display control system can convert a given piece of color code information into digital video signals according to frames and display positions in a given area of a display screen for display of natural colors.