Patent Document ID: 5515498
Application ID: 08130211
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. Apparatus for use in providing a visual graphics image from digitally-stored graphics image data, comprising; a visual display unit, an optoelectronic control unit having a holographic hyperplane ROM that stores a plurality of hyperplane primitives, selected ones of said hyperplane primitives being logically combinable to form a selected graphics shape, said control unit being controlled in accordance with said digitally-stored graphics image data to select certain ones of said hyperplane primitives from said holographic ROM, said control unit providing light beam output means, a first programmable optoelectronic means operating as a hyperplane buffer, a second programmable optoelectronic means operating as a graphics shape buffer, a third programmable optoelectronic means operating as a final frame buffer, first means connecting the output means of said control unit to said hyperplane buffer, and operable to store hyperplane primitives therein, second means connecting the output means of said control unit to said hyperplane buffer and to said graphics shape buffer, and operable to logically assemble hyperplane primitives into a graphics shape in said graphics shape buffer, said graphics shape corresponding to said digitally-stored graphics image data, third means connecting the output means of said control unit to said graphics shape buffer and to said final frame buffer, and operable to transfer said graphics shape from said graphics shape buffer to said final frame buffer, and fourth means connecting said final frame buffer in controlling relation to said visual display unit.