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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Takatsuna Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yanamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Takatsuna Sasaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Kaoru Yanamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corportion, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a stream control device. The device includes a plurality of data processors that sequentially implement processing for stream data. The unit data of processing in each of the data processors has a certain data amount. The stream control device also includes a memory that is provided at a previous stage or a subsequent stage of the data processor, and stores the stream data. Each of the data processors includes a monitoring unit that monitors an amount of data stored in the memories at a previous stage and a subsequent stage of the data processor, and a data retriever that retrieves data to be processed from the memory at the previous stage.