Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System for providing multiple display support and method thereof
- Patent Title (中): 用于提供多显示支持的系统及其方法
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Application No.: US09954685Application Date: 2001-09-14
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Publication No.: US06970173B2Publication Date: 2005-11-29
- Inventor: Alec A. Ciolac
- Applicant: Alec A. Ciolac
- Applicant Address: CA Thornhill
- Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee: ATI Technologies, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: CA Thornhill
- Agency: Toler, Larson & Abel, LLP
- Main IPC: G09G5/14
- IPC: G09G5/14 ; G09G5/39 ; G09G5/395 ; G06F12/02

Abstract:
A system and method is provided for supporting a multiple display configuration through a single connected display device. The present disclosure allows a system desktop to be expanded across multiple virtual displays without a need for extra hardware to support multiple display devices. A display driver partitions a frame buffer of a video card into portions. Each portion is used to support a different virtual display. The display driver reports a number of virtual displays to an operating system and provides pointers to addresses associated with the portions of the frame buffer. The operating system treats each frame buffer portion as a separate frame buffer and stores video data for each virtual display in an associated frame buffer portion. The display driver selects a virtual display from a set of multiple virtual displays and routes video data from the frame buffer portion associated with the selected display for output on a connected display device.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030048275A1 System for providing multiple display support and method thereof Public/Granted day:2003-03-13
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