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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
Kunihiro Hanaoka, Kobe, JP;
Shoji Akashita, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Osamu Tomioka, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Mitsukazu Kurose, Suwa, JP;
Other;
Abstract
Provided is a signal processing apparatus including upper, intermediate and lower layer processing sections. The lower layer processing section includes a first storage unit having a first memory capacity of a limited size for transfer data. The intermediate layer processing section includes a second storage unit having a second memory capacity larger than the limited size. The upper layer processing section transmits the transfer data of a size, larger than the first memory capacity and not larger than the second memory capacity, to the intermediate layer processing section. The intermediate layer processing section receives the transfer data, divides the data into plural divided data each having a size not larger than the limited size, and transmits the data to the lower layer processing section. Being untransmitted divided data, the intermediate layer processing section transmits this data to the lower layer processing section without transmitting any response signal.