System for executing instructions having flag for indicating direct or indirect specification of a length of operand data
US6349379B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 18, 1998 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 18, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N19/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention discloses an image processor (224) for executing a computer instruction set (280, 290) in the form of an opcode (281), at least one operand (283-285) which is, or indicates the location of data to be processed. The data to be processed consists of a variable length stream of data and each instruction includes a length field (297) containing data specifying the number of items of data to be processed or, if that number exceeds the size of the length field, a predetermined location of a previously allocated storage area at which that number is stored.
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