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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Takeshi Terashima, Nagano, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image formation system ASIC control system and method capable of selectively clearing only registers and other storage units, requiring initialization in response to the internal state and external state of an image formation system ASIC are provided. A plurality of reset signals Reset,-Reset,for clearing predetermined modules,, and,are output from a reset signal selector,′. To the reset signal selector,′, an internal reset request signal is input from an internal main state machine, a first external reset request signal hw is input from a first external reset request generation source,formed of ASIC external hardware, and second external reset request signals sw1, sw,, and sw,are input from a second external reset request generation source,formed of ASIC external software. The reset signal selector,′ ANDs or ORs the input reset requests for outputting any of the reset signals Reset,-Reset,only to the module corresponding to the reset signal.