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Line buffer unit for image processor

US9756268B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 2015
Grant dateSep 5, 2017
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N5/91
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus is described that include a line buffer unit composed of a plurality of a line buffer interface units. Each line buffer interface unit is to handle one or more requests by a respective producer to store a respective line group in a memory and handle one or more requests by a respective consumer to fetch and provide the respective line group from memory. The line buffer unit has programmable storage space whose information establishes line group size so that different line group sizes for different image sizes are storable in memory.

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