Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100199071 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus in which pipeline processing is performed comprises a control unit that controls a data processing sequence, a first processing unit that begins first data processing by inputting data on the basis of a start signal, outputs data subjected to the first data processing, and outputs a completion signal to the control unit after completing the first data processing, and a second processing unit that begins second data processing by inputting the data subjected to the first data processing on the basis of a start signal, outputs data subjected to the second data processing, and outputs a completion signal to the control unit after completing the second data processing. The control unit outputs a following start signal to the first processing unit and the second processing unit upon reception of the completion signal of the first data processing and the second data processing respectively. | 08-05-2010 |
20100325338 | DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA TRANSMISSION CONTROL METHOD - First and second modules output a predetermined volume of data at a certain rate around the same time. A setting is made so that transfer addresses from the second module are shifted relative to transfer addresses from the first module such that a bank to which the first module issues a data transfer request is in a position separate from a bank to which the second module issues a data transfer request. | 12-23-2010 |
20100325375 | DATA-ACCESS CONTROL DEVICE AND DATA-ACCESS CONTROL METHOD - A memory control unit sequentially performs access requests to a plurality of banks A to D for a high-speed module | 12-23-2010 |
20120027320 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD - An image processing apparatus may include a distortion correcting unit performing distortion correction processing on input image data to generate output image data. The distortion correcting unit may include a distortion correction coordinate transforming unit that obtains coordinates indicating a position of the input image data corresponding to a position of the output image data, a range calculating unit that calculates a range of the input image data to be used in the distortion correction processing based on the coordinates of the input image data obtained by the distortion correction coordinate transforming unit, a correction information storage unit, an input image data storage unit, and an interpolation calculating unit that checks an amount of the input image data stored in the input image data storage unit based on the information regarding the range of the input image data. | 02-02-2012 |
20120042110 | BUS BANDWIDTH MONITORING DEVICE AND BUS BANDWIDTH MONITORING METHOD - A bus bandwidth monitoring device may include a buffer unit that is connected to a common bus, the buffer unit storing data that has been input via the common bus, a processing unit that performs predetermined processing based on the data stored in the buffer unit, and a detection unit that detects a bandwidth of data transmitted through the common bus based on a state of data transaction between the buffer unit and the processing unit. | 02-16-2012 |
20120042111 | BUS BANDWIDTH MONITORING DEVICE AND BUS BANDWIDTH MONITORING METHOD - A bus bandwidth monitoring device may include a buffer unit that is connected to a common bus, the buffer unit storing data that has been input via the common bus, a processing unit that performs predetermined processing based on the data stored in the buffer unit, and a detection unit that detects a bandwidth of the data of the common bus based on a state of storage of the data that is input to the buffer unit through the common bus. | 02-16-2012 |
20120110224 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus may include a buffer unit, a data write control unit, a data read control unit, and a buffer area determination unit. The data write control unit may write the input data to the storage area determined by the buffer area determination unit, and output a data write completion signal indicating that the writing of the data is completed when the writing of the input data is completed. The data read control unit may read the data from the storage area determined by the buffer area determination unit, and output a data read completion signal indicating that the reading of the data is completed when the output of the output data generated based on the read data is completed. | 05-03-2012 |
20120110283 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A data processing apparatus may include a plurality of buffer units that stores data, a data write control unit that writes input data to any one of the plurality of buffer units by exclusively controlling the plurality of buffer units, and a data read control unit that reads data to be output from any one of the plurality of buffer units by exclusively controlling the plurality of buffer units. The data write control unit may output a data write completion signal indicating that the writing of the data is completed when the writing of the input data is completed. The data read control unit may output a data read completion signal indicating that the reading of the data is completed when the reading of the data to be output is completed. | 05-03-2012 |
20120246360 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus may include a data conversion unit for, when converting a plurality of sequentially input data into conversion data of the same bit number as a data bus having a prescribed bit number and sequentially transferring the conversion data, arranging the input data in each conversion unit using the conversion data as one transfer unit and a prescribed number of transfer units as one conversion unit. The data conversion unit may include a first data generation unit, a second data generation unit for generating second data obtained by allocating a prescribed second number of input data in the input data not allocated to the first data, to the second bit range and a data coupling unit for coupling the first data and the second data to generate the conversion data having the bit number of the bus width of the data bus. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246361 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus may include: a data conversion unit configured to designate one-transfer data as one transfer unit and designate a predetermined number of transfer units as one conversion unit when a plurality of input data sequentially input is converted into transfer data of which the number of bits is the same as that of a data bus having a predetermined number of bits, and the transfer data is sequentially transferred, and arrange the input data in the transfer data within the conversion unit. The data conversion unit may include: a data generation unit, a first data arrangement change unit, and a first data selection unit configured to sequentially select the changed data in which the position of the input data is changed by the first data arrangement change unit and output the selected changed data as the transfer data in the data conversion unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20120246364 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus may include a data conversion unit that arranges the input data in each transfer data in the conversion unit using one transfer data as one transfer unit and a predetermined number of transfer units as one conversion unit when converting a plurality of input data input sequentially into transfer data having a bit number identical to a predetermined bit number of a data bus and sequentially transferring the converted transfer data. The data conversion unit may include a data generation unit and a first data arrangement changing unit. The first data arrangement changing unit may include a bit change number calculating unit, a bit change number analysis unit, a first data sorting unit, and a data coupling unit. | 09-27-2012 |
20120249345 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data-processing device includes a plurality of data generation units, a plurality of bit change number calculation units, a bit change number comparison unit, a first data selection unit, and a bit-coupling unit. The data generation unit arranges input data to generate first conversion data based on each prescribed arranging method. The bit change number calculation unit compares values of respective bits in the first conversion data output at the n-th time and the (n+1)-th time by the corresponding data generation unit, and calculates a bit number based on the comparison result as a bit change number. The bit change number comparison unit compares values of the respective bit change numbers, selects the data generation unit, and outputs selection information. The first data selection unit outputs any one first conversion data selected based on the selection information as selection data. Then, the bit-coupling unit couples the selection information. | 10-04-2012 |
20120308149 | DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD - A data processing apparatus includes a data conversion unit for converting a plurality of sequentially input data into transfer data and sequentially transferring the transfer data, arranging the input data in each conversion unit using one transfer data as one transfer unit and a prescribed number of transfer units as one conversion unit, and the data conversion unit includes a first bit division unit for dividing the input data into first and second divided data, a bit comparison unit for comparing first divided data of an n-th time (n is a natural number equal to or more than 1) and an (n+1)-th time, a bit determination unit for determining whether the first divided data is to be inverted based on the determination result to output inversion information, a first bit inversion unit for outputting data selected based on the inversion information, and a first bit coupling unit. | 12-06-2012 |
20130013832 | BUS MONITORING DEVICE, BUS MONITORING METHOD, AND PROGRAM - A bus monitoring device may include a measurement unit configured to measure a bandwidth of data on a common bus for a unit time, which is constant and predetermined, based on transfer information indicating a state of exchange of the data when a plurality of processing blocks connected to the common bus exchange the data via the common bus with a memory including an address space having a plurality of banks. | 01-10-2013 |
20130021371 | IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD - An image display apparatus, which displays a display image obtained by graphically processing an input image stored in an image storage unit connected to a common bus, may include a graphic processing unit that has a function of performing a first and second graphic processes for processing the input image, the graphic processing unit outputting any one of an image obtained by performing the first graphic process on the input image acquired from the image storage unit and an image obtained by performing the second graphic process subsequently to the first graphic process to the image storage unit as a processed image so that the image storage unit stores the processed image, a display processing unit, and a switching control unit that switches a processing unit for performing the second graphic process to any one of the graphic processing unit and the display processing unit based on a predetermined condition. | 01-24-2013 |
20130124765 | SIGNAL TRANSFER CIRCUIT - A signal transfer circuit comprising a control signal transfer unit configured to output an access request output signal and a memory address output signal to the arbiter after timings of the access request input signal of the access request and the memory address input signal input from the bus master have been adjusted, and output an access permission output signal, and a data signal transfer unit configured to output each data output signal to the corresponding bus master or the arbiter after a timing of each data input signal of the access request input from the arbiter or the bus master is adjusted, and output a data validity period output signal to the bus master after a timing of a data validity period input signal indicating a period in which each data is valid in the access request input from the arbiter is adjusted. | 05-16-2013 |
20130162873 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes an image data interface unit that outputs first image data according to a pixel signal input from a solid-state imaging device, an image data reading unit that reads image data from a storage unit and outputs the read image data as second image data, an image synthesis unit that outputs third image data obtained by synthesizing the first image data with second image data, an evaluation value generation unit that generates an evaluation value based on image data, a first image data selection unit that inputs selected image data to the evaluation value generation unit, an image data writing unit that stores image data in the storage unit, a second image data selection unit that inputs selected image data to the image data writing unit, and a display unit that displays an image according to the third read image data read from the storage unit. | 06-27-2013 |
20130162881 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes an image data interface unit that outputs the first image data according to a pixel signal from a solid-state imaging device, an image data reading unit that reads image data from a storage unit and outputs the read image data as second image data, an image synthesizing unit that outputs third image data in which the first image data is synthesized with the second image data, an evaluation value generating unit that generates an evaluation value based on image data, a first image data selecting unit that inputs selected image data to the evaluation value generating unit, an image data writing unit that stores input image data in the storage unit via the data bus, a second image data selecting unit that inputs selected image data to the image data writing unit, and a display unit that displays an image corresponding to the third image data. | 06-27-2013 |
20140099046 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes a buffer unit which stores image data of one input image, an input control unit which causes the buffer unit to store the image data of the input image, a processing operation unit which outputs image data of a processed image generated by performing image processing based on one of a plurality of set processing conditions, a plurality of output control units corresponding to the processing conditions, wherein each output control unit causes the image data necessary when image processing is performed in a corresponding processing condition to be output from the buffer unit to the processing operation unit and causes the image data of the processed image to be output to a subsequent-stage processing circuit, and an output arbitrating unit which determines which processing condition is used to perform the image processing and permits the corresponding output control unit to perform output control. | 04-10-2014 |
20140104459 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING IMAGE - For pixel signals of a plurality of pixels arranged in a first pixel area arranged in a two dimensional matrix form, a size of the first pixel area is converted to output first image data, and for pixel signals of pixels arranged in a second pixel area smaller than the first pixel area, a size of the second pixel area is converted to output second image data, wherein an operating mode is changed in response to the size of the second pixel area. | 04-17-2014 |
20140104460 | IMAGING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a solid-state image sensor that has a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional matrix form and outputs pixel signals according to subject light incident on each of the plurality of pixels in at least two or more drive modes, a first processing unit that performs, on the pixel signals output by the solid-state image sensor according to any one drive mode, the equal process to a first process performed when the solid-state image sensor outputs the pixel signals according to another drive mode and a pixel signal selection unit that selects any one of the pixel signals that are subject to the equal process to the first process performed by the first processing unit or the pixel signals that are subject to the first process performed by the solid-state image sensor according to the latter drive mode. | 04-17-2014 |
20140118596 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes an imaging unit which outputs captured image data corresponding to a pixel signal, a plurality of image processing units which generate any one of first image data being performed first image processing on the captured image data and second image data being performed second image processing on the captured image data, a display processing unit which causes an image corresponding to the second image data to be displayed on a display device which displays an image corresponding to image data input at a predetermined timing of a second synchronization signal, and a control unit which changes a setting of a phase difference between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal and switches between the first image processing and the second image processing to be executed by each of the plurality of image processing units. | 05-01-2014 |
20140125841 | IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF CAPTURING IMAGE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CAPTURING IMAGE - An imaging device, a method of capturing an image, and a program product used to capture a plurality of images, reduce the captured images, transfer second image data correspondent to each of the reduced images, display first images and identify a second image correspondent to the first image, which is instructed by a user. | 05-08-2014 |
20140168472 | IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - An image pickup device includes an image data interface unit outputting image data corresponding to an input pixel signal as first image data, a first image data writing unit causing a storage unit to store image data based on the first image data via a data bus, a first image data reading unit reading the image data stored in the storage unit via the data bus and outputting the read image data as second image data, an image combining unit generating and outputting third image data by combining two pieces of input image data, a second image data writing unit causing the storage unit to store the third image data via the data bus; and a display unit reading the image data stored in the storage unit from the storage unit via the data bus and displaying an image corresponding to the read image data. | 06-19-2014 |
20140176737 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD - An imaging device includes an imaging processing unit that includes a solid-state imaging device outputting a pixel signal according to incident subject light and outputs a captured image according to the pixel signal output by the solid-state imaging device, image processing circuits that generate a photography image by performing image processing on a corresponding region within a processed region cut out from the captured image output from the imaging processing unit, and a division position determination unit that detects movement of a photography position at which the solid-state imaging device photographs a subject within a captured region of the solid-state imaging device. | 06-26-2014 |
20140176763 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device is provided which includes a solid-state imaging device that includes a plurality of pixels arranged in a form of a two-dimensional (2D) matrix, and outputs pixel signals corresponding to subject light incident on the plurality of pixels, and a plurality of image-acquiring units that acquire the pixel signals output from the solid-state imaging device, and output image data corresponding to the acquired pixel signals, wherein each of the plurality of image-acquiring units acquires pixel signals of one of divisional imaging regions obtained by dividing an imaging region in which all pixels arranged in the solid-state imaging device image the subject light by the number of image-acquiring units, and outputs image data corresponding to the acquired pixel signal of the divisional imaging region as divisional image data. | 06-26-2014 |
20140293090 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - An image processing apparatus includes: an image processing section that receives input images of a plurality of frames, divides an image of each input frame into a plurality of blocks for each image of the frame, and generates an image corresponding to each frame by performing predetermined image processing on each division block; and an overlap width control section that separately saves overlap width data to be used in each of a plurality of image processing operations by the image processing section for generating the image corresponding to each frame for each piece of the overlap width data corresponding to each image processing operation when image data included in an overlap width area in which block areas overlap within the image of each frame is saved as overlap width data, and switches the overlap width data to be used when the image processing section performs each image processing operation. | 10-02-2014 |
20140365705 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA TRANFER CONTROL DEVICE - A data processing device includes: a processing block which is connected to a common bus and which processes a plurality of data, which is inputted simultaneously, in parallel; a memory which is consisted of address space which has a plurality of banks; and a common bus arbitration unit which arbitrates a request for access to the memory outputted from the processing block, and controls exchange of data via the common bus between the processing block whose access request has been accepted and the memory. The processing block includes a data transfer control device which changes an order of access to the bank of the memory corresponding to the respective data, unifies the respective data into an exchange data, and exchanges the exchange data with the memory when the processing block performs exchanging of the data to be processed in parallel with the memory via the common bus. | 12-11-2014 |
20140365706 | DATA-PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DATA TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE - A data-processing apparatus includes: a plurality of processing blocks which is connected to a common bus; a memory which includes an address space having a plurality of banks; and a common bus arbitrating section which arbitrates an access request to access the memory, and controls data delivery through the common bus that receives the access request and is provided between the plurality of processing blocks and the memory. At least one processing block among the plural processing blocks is an exchange-processing block that performs exchange of an access order to access the banks in the memory when the communication of the data is performed between the memory and the processing block through the common bus. The exchange-processing block includes a data transfer control device that performs the exchange of the access order to access the banks by controlling the order of the data. | 12-11-2014 |
20150070527 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device, a storage unit, an imaging-processing unit configured to process input image data output from the solid-state imaging device or image data stored in the storage unit, and a timing-generating unit configured to generate timings at which the solid-state imaging device and the imaging-processing unit operate. The timing-generating unit generates a first synchronization signal for driving the solid-state imaging device to output the first synchronization signal to the solid-state imaging device and output the first synchronization signal and a first clock signal input from the solid-state imaging device to the imaging-processing unit in a first operation based on the timing of the solid-state imaging device. The timing-generating unit outputs a generated second synchronization signal and second clock signal to the imaging-processing unit in a second operation based on an internal timing of the imaging-processing unit. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070530 | IMAGING APPARATUS - The imaging apparatus include a solid-state imaging device which has a plurality of pixels and outputs a pixel signal corresponding to a formed image of a subject as an image data; an image-capturing processing unit which outputs a pre-processed image data that is obtained by performing pre-processing on a part of the image data input from the solid-state imaging device, and an un-processed image data except the part of the image data from the image data input from the solid-state imaging device; and a storage unit which stores the pre-processed image data and the un-processed image data. | 03-12-2015 |
20150070535 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device includes a solid-state imaging device configured to include a plurality of pixels, the solid-state imaging device outputting subject data according to a pixel signal output by the pixel of an image region on which subject light is incident and optical black (OB) data according to the pixel signal output by the pixel of a constantly shielded OB region of a plurality of columns or rows located on an end of the image region as image data, and an imaging processing unit configured to output pre-processed image data obtained by performing black level correction on partial subject data included in the image data using the same OB data included in the image data output by the solid-state imaging device. | 03-12-2015 |