Appeal No. 1996-2197
Application 08/150,548
being drawn to non-elected subject matter.
BACKGROUND
The subject matter on appeal is directed to an image
processor having plural unit processors which are programmed
to be assigned image frame regions. Each of the unit
processors has a fetching unit and a processing unit wherein
each unit processor is assigned non-contiguous frame regions,
and wherein all of the unit processors simultaneously start
processing image signals after all of the assigned frame
regions have already been fetched (see representative claim 5
on appeal). As indicated by appellants (see specification,
page 2; Brief, page 3), it was conventional in the prior art
that the frame regions be assigned to the unit processors in a
contiguous fashion, and that the processing of input data
begin only after all assigned frame regions have been fetched.
Appellants recognized that such prior art image processors
suffer from the difficulty of not making the best use of the
processing capacity of the plural unit processors (see
specification, pages 3 to 5). To overcome this problem,
appellants provide for non-contiguous assignment of frame
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