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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Jeroen Anton Johan Leijten, Eindhoven, NL;
Marco Jan Gerrit Bekooij, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Josephus Bink, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Sebastiaan Henri Van Gageldonk, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Hoogerbrugge, Eindhoven, NL;
Bart Mesman, Eindhoven, NL;
Jeroen Anton Johan Leijten, Eindhoven, NL;
Marco Jan Gerrit Bekooij, Eindhoven, NL;
Adrianus Josephus Bink, Eindhoven, NL;
Johan Sebastiaan Henri Van Gageldonk, Eindhoven, NL;
Jan Hoogerbrugge, Eindhoven, NL;
Bart Mesman, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a digital signal processing apparatus comprising a plurality of available hardware resource means and a first instruction set means having access to said available hardware resource means, so that at least a part of said hardware resource means execute operations under control of said first instruction set means, and further comprising a second instruction set means having access to only a predetermined limited subset of said plurality of available hardware resource means, so that at least a part of said predetermined limited subset of said hardware resource means execute operations under control of said second instruction set means. Further, the present invention relates to a method for processing digital signals in a digital signal processing apparatus comprising a plurality of available hardware resource means, wherein at least a part of said hardware resource means execute operations under control of a first instruction set, and wherein at least a part of a predetermined limited subset of said plurality of available hardware resource means execute operations under control of a second instruction set having access to only said predetermined limited subset of said hardware resource means.