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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Sep. 24, 1997
Applicants:
Paul Michael Embree, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeffrey Mark Claar, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Michael Embree, Irvine, CA (US);
Jeffrey Mark Claar, Aliso Viejo, CA (US);
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc., Culver City, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 12/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for allocating real-time audio data from a plurality of audio channels in a system having a first processor and a second processor. Memory banks are provided where each memory bank is accessible to the first and second processors. Subsets of the audio data are stored in the memory banks. These subsets correspond to different groups of audio channels.