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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2000
Hiroaki Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sugitaka Oteki, Tokyo, JP;
Takako Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Takeharu Tone, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideto Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Fukuda, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Namizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinya Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Sugitaka Oteki, Tokyo, JP;
Takako Satoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Rie Ishii, Tokyo, JP;
Takeharu Tone, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Kawamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideto Miyazaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Fumio Yoshizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuji Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuyuki Nomizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A programmable image processor capable of realizing a plurality of image formation operations is comprised of an SIMD type data operation processing section, RAMs, memory controllers, and memory switches. The memory controller and the memory switches selectively connect the plurality of RAMs to the data operation processing section thereby changing the memory capacity allotted to each image formation operation among a plurality of image formation operations.