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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1997
Masato Kosugi, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Date, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Hamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Fukui, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus in which continuous data of a plurality of series in which the contents of the data of each series are related to each other with respect to time is pipeline processed by a data processing system. The apparatus comprises a plurality of sync generation circuits which correspond to the plurality of series and each of which generate sync signals to instruct timings for the data transfer and data process of each series, and a sync control circuit for controlling generation situations of the sync signals from the plurality of sync generation circuits in accordance with a degree of progress of the data process of each series in the data processing system so that the data of each series can be processed in the data processing system without losing the time-dependent relation.