Patents by Inventor Warren Dodge

Warren Dodge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Apparatus for presenting image information for display graphically
    Patent number: 4635049
    Abstract: Pixel information for a graphics display apparatus is stored in a bit map memory which may be considered as grouped into a number of bit planes corresponding to different separable surfaces or color patterns to be displayed by the apparatus. Information from a computer data bus is written into the proper surface by shifting a predetermined number of bit positions and write protecting information in the bit map memory representing surfaces other than the one it is desired to change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1987
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Warren Dodge, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock