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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2000
Shunichi Kuromaru, Fukuoka, JP;
Mana Hamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Tomonori Yonezawa, Fukuoka, JP;
Masatoshi Matsuo, Fukuoka, JP;
Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahiro Oohashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image processing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a general arithmetic circuit comprising a program control circuit , a first address generator , a first data memory , a first pipeline operation circuit , a second address generator , a second data memory and a second pipeline operation circuit , and a dedicated arithmetic circuit comprising a control circuit , a first dedicated pipeline operation circuit , a second dedicated pipeline operation circuit , . . . , an N-th dedicated pipeline operation circuit , as shown in FIG. The arithmetic unit having the above-described structure, for example, can realize an arithmetic unit which can be applied to various applications. Further, considering the age of IP (Intellectual Property) which will come in the future, the arithmetic unit can exhibit the flexibility toward the applications.