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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2003
Applicant:
Atsushi Narita, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Atsushi Narita, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/60 (2006.01); H02H 3/05 (2006.01); H04N 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image processing apparatus enabling alpha blending or other image processing during bit block transfer (bitblt), wherein the selectorselects one of the primitive data S, the image data Sand the image data Sthat are used for the host-local transfer, and outputs the data to the alpha blend circuit. According to the control signal S, the alpha blend circuitturns on or turns off alpha blending. The selectorselects either the image data Sor the image data Sand writes the data to the DRAM