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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2011
Hisashi Nishimaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kanemaru, Kanagawa, JP;
Hisashi Nishimaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Masanori Kanemaru, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A memory section provides an input buffer capable of holding image data being a processing target of each processing by an image processing unit, and an output buffer capable of holding image data being a processing result. Through an input section, a user selects a plurality of kinds of processing to be executed by the image processing unit, and an execution sequence of the plurality of kinds of processing. A controller section reserves, based on information selected by a user through the input section, an input buffer and an output buffer for each processing in the memory section, sets an input-output connection relation between the buffers, and notifies, based on the set connection relation, the image processing unit of address information of the input buffer in the memory section and the output buffer for each processing sequentially executed by the image processing unit.