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Design of Graphic Generator for Driving HUD(Head-Up Display) and MFD(Multi-Function Display)  

황상현 (국방과학연구소)
이재억 (국방과학연구소)
박덕배 (국방과학연구소)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology / v.5, no.2, 2002 , pp. 72-82 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents the design technology of a Graphic Generator which drives the embedded aircraft display equipments such as HUD(Head-Up Display) and MFD (Multi-Function Display) those provide pilot with the most important mission information. The main issue of this design is how we can implement the real-time embedded graphic generator using a general purpose processor as a substitute for the obsolete the production of specific graphic processor in the military market. So we proposed two kinds of method that one is a software solution so called graphic kernel system, interpreting the display file, controlling the graphic system and pre-processing graphic primitives, the other is a hardware solution so called graphic engine, interpreting passed commands through the graphic kernel system, post-processing the looping calculation taking much of time as implemented by software. We have tested and verified the functionalities and the required performance of Graphic Generator.
Keywords
Graphic Generator; Avionic System Computer; Graphic Primitive; Graphic Engine; Cursive; Raster; Symbology Enhancement;
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