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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1995
Kunitaka Ozawa, Isehara, JP;
Tsuneaki Kadosawa, Ninomiyamachi, JP;
Takashi Nakamura, Hiratsuka, JP;
Eiji Koga, Hadano, JP;
Hitoshi Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing system having a memory for storing a plurality of programs executed in a parallel processing manner, an instruction interpretation section for interpreting instructions in the programs, and an instruction execution section for executing the interpreted instructions. Queues for registering the numbers of the steps of the programs to be executed, wherein the numbers of the steps to be executed next are registered in the queues, the number of each step registered in the queues is read out, the processing to be performed in accordance with the step corresponding to the step number read out is interpreted, and instructions are given to the instruction interpretation section according to the content of the step interpreted. The step numbers of other steps to be executed are registered in the queues, and the plurality of programs are executed in parallel based on the order of the queues.