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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 29, 1995
Pasquale Scelza, Genova Sestri Ponente, IT;
Giovanni Borghero, Novi Ligure, IT;
Fabio Caccia, Genoa, IT;
Riccardo Cecinati, Albissola, IT;
Finmeccanica S.P.A., Rome, IT;
Abstract
A SLAVE coprocessor connectable to a MASTER processor and cooperating with at least one external memory. The coprocessor presents an internal memory communicating with an internal data line extending between a first and second interface circuit communicating respectively with the processor and the external memory; the internal memory contains a character composed of a rectangular matrix of pixels corresponding to a digitized alphanumeric character; and the coprocessor presents an electronic arithmetic unit for comparing a character from the internal memory with a reference matrix from the external memory.