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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2001
Hiroshi Segawa, Hyogo, JP;
Satoshi Kumaki, Hyogo, JP;
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An encoding device includes a processor unit controlling an overall operation and at the same time having a software for executing an audio encoding process, a video encoding unit to execute a video encoding process, a multiplex process unit to execute a system process and a timing control unit to generate a timing signal for activating an audio encoding process, a video encoding process and a system process, all of these elements are mountable on the same substrate. Each of a control process for controlling the audio encoding process, the video encoding process and system process is executed as an interrupt process. The processor unit includes an interrupt control circuit. The interrupt control circuit selects, based on a predetermined priority, one interrupt process corresponding to at least one generated timing signal.