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Memory control unit

US4511962A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 1982
Grant dateApr 16, 1985
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T1/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A memory control unit for a computer has the function of extracting or synthesizing only a necessary portion from or to two-dimensional image scan data, in addition to a conventional main memory function. It comprises an address controller for calculating an address of data to be transferred based on source and destination start addresses A.sub.1 and A.sub.2 of the two-dimensional image scan data, a lateral length W.sub.1 and a longitudinal length of the necessary portion, and lengths I.sub.1 and I.sub.2 of unnecessary portion, and a controller for controlling memory read/write operation.

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