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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiko Kitagawa, Kusatsu, JP;
Hiroki Nakano, Shiga-ken, JP;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 ; G09G 5/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/20 ; G09G 5/36 ;
Abstract
An input image processing apparatus includes a FIFO memory (FIFO-S) in which region selection information for specifying a selected region in an input image frame, in order to consecutively store in an image memory pixel data within a selected region in an arbitrary shape defined on the image frame. The FIFO memory provides a signal for indicating write of pixel data included in the selected region into the image memory, based on the region selection information.