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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2017
Olympus Corporation, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Nakazono, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Ueno, Tokyo, JP;
OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an image processing device includes an image processing section including a pipeline in which a plurality of processing modules is connected in series, and a system control section performing setting the pipeline processing to be performed by the image processing section. Each of the processing modules includes a data buffer temporarily store the data, on arithmetic section configured to perform an arithmetic operation of the process according to a setting of processing content by the system control section, and a control section configured to select a data transfer path within the processing module and control an operation of the data buffer according to a setting of a data transfer path by the system control section. The image processing section further includes a connection switching section configured to switch a connection between the processing modules according to a setting of a pipeline configuration by the system control section.