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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2003
Atsushi Kunimatsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoji Ueno, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Yasukawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Kamei, Ssagamihara, JP;
Takanao Amatsubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Atsushi Kunimatsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Kiyoji Ueno, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Yasukawa, Yokohama, JP;
Yukio Watanabe, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Kamei, Ssagamihara, JP;
Takanao Amatsubo, Kawasaki, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides an image processing unit, an image processing system, and an image processing method capable of achieving a higher speed and a higher efficiency in a rendering and implementing a low cost of the system. The image processing unit according to the present invention comprises a main storing portion for storing information of three-dimensional objects, a plurality of calculating portions for processing images based on three-dimensional object information which are read from the main storing portion, and a hierarchical storing portion having a plurality of hierarchies and connected between the main storing portion and the plurality of calculating portions to store a part of information at a lower level into a higher level sequentially, wherein image processing by the plurality of calculating portions are performed in parallel.