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Image rotation circuit

US4916746A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 22, 1989
Grant dateApr 10, 1990
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Expiry dateMay 22, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06T3/60
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image rotation circuit comprises a first-in-first-out memory (FIFO) for holding a block of data representing a portion of an image. Data is read out of the FIFO a word at a time, and written back into the FIFO with a displacement of one bit position. Thus, the data effectively travels around a spiral data path, producing a serial output stream. A shift register assembles the output data into words, representing the rotated image.

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