JP3482255B2 - Image data processing apparatus and information system using the same - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to image data assigned to a memory in the field of information terminals such as personal computers, workstations, facsimiles, printers, and graphics devices, and image data for calculating pixels of graphics data. More particularly, the present invention relates to a high-speed image data processing device that accesses a memory at high speed in synchronization with a clock and a technique effectively applied to an information system using the same.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a conventional image data processing apparatus used in a graphics workstation requiring high-speed processing is a PIXEL No. No. 129
As shown in "All of IRIS workstations" described in P26 to P34, a large amount of processors and VRAM (dynamic memory with serial port) are used as a large capacity memory.

[0003]

However, in the image data processing apparatus as described above, since a large amount of processing processors and VRAM are used as a large capacity memory, the apparatus is inexpensive while maintaining high performance. However, this is a big problem when integrated into an LSI.

Further, as means for calculating pixels of images, texts, and graphics data, there is no choice but to calculate pixels by software, and there is a need for means for calculating pixels at high speed and at low cost.

Therefore, the present inventor has paid attention to the processor configuration method, and has considered that it is necessary to make a trade-off between processing integration and decentralization in order to realize maximum throughput with minimum hardware. .

Since it is necessary to integrate a high-speed processing memory and a large-capacity memory as a used memory to realize a large-capacity and high-speed memory access at low cost, address, data and control signals are synchronized with a clock. It was examined to configure the system using SDRAM (synchronous DRAM) having a latching function.

By using this SDRAM, it is possible to specify, for example, a clock timing at which read data is output after issuing an address to access the memory. Therefore, the next address is issued before the read processing is completed. I have found that it is possible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the processor configuration system, to perform high-speed pixel calculation of the image data stored in the memory, and to read and display the image data at high speed. An object is to provide an image data processing device that can be realized at low cost and an information system using the same.

The above and other objects and novel features of the present invention will be apparent from the description of this specification and the accompanying drawings.

[0010]

Among the inventions disclosed in the present application, a brief description will be given to the outline of typical ones.
It is as follows.

That is, the image data processing apparatus of the present invention is provided with first, second and third memories which enable address input, data input / output and control signal input in synchronization with a clock signal, and these memories. In addition to the memory bus individually assigned to the bus, as a processor configuration method, bus control means individually assigned to this memory bus, and data and address for accessing these memories coupled to this bus control means A data processing module that generates a command, and an image processing command and original image data are stored in the first memory, and the original image data is read from the first memory and the original image data is unchanged or the brightness, hue, or transparency is changed. Perform pixel calculation and change data in either the second or third memory And it has a stage.

In this case, the processor may be an image processor or a data processing module,
Command fetch by DMA control, address calculation unit for generating address for accessing memory, writing result of pixel calculation in address of second or third memory in memory of second or third The shift register for delaying the address of either the second or the third memory and the pixel operation unit for performing the pixel operation are configured.

Further, as means for changing the data in the second or third memory, there is a write-only processing and a read-modify-write processing, and the means for performing this read-modify-write processing is pixel calculation. The unit reads the original image data from the first memory, simultaneously reads the image data already written from either the second or the third memory, and pixel calculation for synthesizing the original image data and the image data. In the application time and the writing time in the second or third memory, the operation is stopped while maintaining the state of the address operation unit.

Particularly, as the memory, a synchronous DR
By using multiple AMs, it is possible to achieve the maximum throughput by pipeline processing, in which processing is performed while reading commands and original picture data, and drawing data is written. Therefore, the arrangement of the memory bus that connects the processor and memory The method uses three independent memory buses, the first memory stores commands and input data, the second and third memories function as alternate buffers, and different memories are read by the display process during writing in the drawing process. It was done like this.

Further, the information system of the present invention uses the above-mentioned image data processing device to perform a pixel operation on an image, text or graphics data allocated on a memory, a personal computer, a workstation, a facsimile, a printer or a graphics device. It is applied to information terminal equipment such as.

[0016]

According to the above-mentioned image data processing device and the information system using the same, in addition to the first, second and third memories and the memory bus, the bus control means, the data processing module are provided as the processor configuration system. Further, since the data processing module is configured by the address calculation unit that generates the address, the shift register that delays the result of the address calculation unit, and the pixel calculation unit that performs the pixel calculation, the address calculation unit includes the first memory. Without waiting for the time from the issuance of the address for accessing the first memory until the original image data is read from the first memory, and the address for accessing the next or subsequent first memory, and either the second or the third memory. Since it is possible to perform an operation with an address for accessing, it is possible to realize a high-speed pixel operation.

As means for performing the read-modify-write process, the time for reading the original image data from the first memory, the time for reading the image data from either the second memory or the third memory, and the original image data and the image data. And the second or third time for performing pixel calculation for combining
In the time to write to the memory of, the address operation unit is configured to stop the operation while maintaining the state, so that the read-modify-write processing can be realized in the same circuit as the write-only processing, the amount of hardware is small, High-speed pixel calculation can be realized.

As a result, the image data stored in the memory can be pixel-calculated at high speed, and the graphics processing for reading and displaying the pixel can be realized at high speed and at low cost. In particular, personal computers, workstations, facsimiles, printers. , Can be well applied to information terminal devices such as graphics devices.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image data processing apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Explanatory diagram showing a memory map of a memory for storing image processing commands and original image data, FIG. 3 is a time chart for explaining a pipeline operation of the image processing processor, FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of data handled by the image processing processor,
FIG. 5 is a time chart for explaining the image calculation process, and FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing the pixel calculation unit.

First, the configuration of the image data processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

The image data processing apparatus of the present embodiment is an image data processing apparatus in the field of information terminal equipment such as personal computers, workstations, facsimiles, printers, and graphics devices, and images and texts allocated on the memory. In addition to the image processing processor 1 that performs pixel calculation processing on graphics data,
SDRAM2 (first memory), SDRAM3 (second memory) and SDRAM capable of address input, data input / output and control signal input in synchronization with a clock signal
4 (third memory) and the like, and the image processor 1 and SDRAM2 to SDRAM4 are address buses 5
12, 32, 42 (memory bus), data bus 522
31 and 41 (memory buses) are connected to each other.

The image processor 1 includes an SDRAM 2
~ Bus control units 5, 11, 12 (bus control means) individually assigned to the memory bus of the SDRAM 4, a DMA control unit 6 connected from the system controller 13 via the CPU bus 131, and an address calculation unit described later. 7, a data processing module 14 including a pixel calculation unit 8 and a shift register 81, a clock driver 9, and a display unit 1.
0 and the bus switches 112 for the SDRAMs 3 and 4 are provided respectively for the address bus 511 and the data bus 5.
21, the bus control unit 11 connects the background data bus 111 to the data processing module 14, and the bus control unit 12 connects the display data bus 101 to the outside.

The data processing module 14 is an SDRAM.
2 to 2 are modules for generating data and addresses for accessing the SDRAM 4, command fetch under DMA control, an address operation unit 7 for generating addresses for accessing the memory, and pixel operation for any address of the SDRAM 3 or SDRAM 4. It is composed of a shift register 81 for delaying until the result of writing and a pixel calculation unit 8 for performing pixel calculation.

In the data processing module 14, the address calculation unit 7 transfers the drawing coordinate bus 72 to the shift register 81, the pixel calculation unit 8 receives the hue data count-up signal bus 74, and the bus control unit 11 receives the base address bus 73. , A bus 83 for drawing coordinates from the shift register 81 to the bus controller 11, and a bus 84 for drawing data from the pixel calculator 8 to the bus controller 11.

Next, the operation and detailed configuration of the operation of this embodiment will be described based on the time charts of FIGS. First, the schematic operation of the image data processing apparatus will be described with reference to FIG.

First, from the system controller 13 to CP
The image processing command and the original image data are transferred to the SDRAM 2 via the U bus 131, the DMA control unit 6 and the bus control unit 5.
Transfer to. After that, the system controller 13 issues an execution start command to the image processor 1.

Further, the DMA in the image processor 1
The control unit 6 fetches an image processing command from the SDRAM 2 from the execution start command, and sets a mode designation 2114, a table pointer 2115, an original image data pointer 2116, a drawing coordinate pointer 2117, which will be described later with reference to FIG. , The mode designation 2114 is transferred to the pixel calculation unit 8, and the address calculation unit 7 is activated.

The address calculator 7 calculates the address where the original image data is stored, the write address of the pixel-calculated data (hereinafter referred to as drawing coordinates), and the count-up signal of the hue data in 1-dot units. .

For example, in the case of write-only processing, the image processor 1 transfers the address of the original image data to the bus control unit 5 via the address bus 511, and SDRA
The original image data is extracted from M2 via the bus control unit 5, and the pixel calculation unit 8 performs pixel calculation.

Then, by using the drawing coordinate bus 72 and the shift register 81, the drawing coordinates shifted and adjusted to the reading time of the original image data are transferred to the bus control unit 11, and the SDRAM 3 or SDR is transferred via the bus switch 112.
Any data of AM4 is rewritten to the result obtained by the pixel calculation (hereinafter referred to as drawing).

Further, in the case of the read-modify-write process, the image processor 1 transfers the address of the original image data to the bus control unit 5 via the address bus 511,
The data obtained by extracting the original image data from the SDRAM 2 via the bus control unit 5 and the SDRAM 3 or SDRAM.
The address of the image data (hereinafter referred to as background data) already written from any one of 4 is used as the background data bus 7
3 is transferred to the bus control unit 11 via 3 and the image data read from either the SDRAM 3 or the SDRAM 4 is subjected to pixel calculation by the pixel calculation unit 8.

Then, by using the drawing coordinate bus 72 and the shift register 81, the drawing control coordinate shifted by the reading time of the original image data and the background data is added to the bus control unit 1.
1 to the SDRAM via the bus switch 112
3 or SDRAM4.

Further, the image processor 1 sends the display address generated by the display unit 10 to the SDRAM 3 or SD via the bus control unit 12 and the bus switch 112.
The data is read out from the RAM 4 which is not drawn and the data is read out and output as display data via the display data bus 101. In this case, which of the SDRAM 3 and the SDRAM 4 is used for drawing is determined by the state at the time of reset.

Next, an example of a memory map of the SDRAM 2 which is a memory for storing image processing commands and original image data will be described with reference to FIG.

The SDRAM 2 has a command area 2
1, an area for the original image data 22 and a color table 23 are provided, and the command area 21 includes a command list 211,
A plurality of commands such as 212 are stored. The contents of the respective command lists 211 and 212 are composed of a command code 2112, a link pointer 2113, a mode designation 2114, a table pointer 2115, an original image data pointer 2116, and a drawing coordinate pointer 2117.

For example, the command code 2112 represents the type of command, and the link pointer 2113 stores the command start address of which command is to be executed next when this command ends, and the mode designation 21
Reference numeral 14 denotes a pixel calculation unit 8, which describes attributes of what kind of pixel calculation is to be executed.

Further, the table pointer 2115 stores the start address of the color table 231 expressing the hue change and other attributes used in the pixel calculation, and is loaded from the SDRAM 2 to the internal processing table before starting the processing. Used to store the original image data pointer 2116
Indicates the address where the original image data 221 is stored, and the drawing coordinate pointer 2117 describes the coordinate value at which position the pixel-calculated data should be drawn.

Next, referring to FIG. 3, the image processor 1
A time chart of the pipeline operation of is explained.

First, the DMA controller 6 fetches a command and sets parameters in the address calculator 7 and the pixel calculator 8. After the setting is completed, the DMA control unit 6 sends an address calculation start signal to the address calculation unit 7, and the address calculation unit 7 uses the address calculation start signal to draw the drawing coordinates in dot units and the original image data of the data to be drawn at the drawing coordinates. The calculation of the storage address (hereinafter referred to as the original image address) is started.

For example, in the case of the replacement process, the address operation unit 7 sends a memory access start signal to the bus control unit 5 and the shift register 81 via the bus control unit 5 after the calculation of the drawing coordinates of the first drawing pixel and the original image address is completed. Part 11
Output to.

Then, the bus control unit 5 receives the memory access start signal and performs original image read access to the SDRAM 2, and the bus control unit 11 shifts by the shift register 81 after the shift register 81 receives the memory access start signal. Delayed by the time, SDRAM3 or S
A drawing write access is performed to any of the DRAMs 4.

In the case of the read-modify-write process, the address calculation unit 7 sends a memory access start signal after the calculation of the drawing coordinates of the first drawing pixel and the original image address is completed, the bus control unit 5, the bus control unit 11 and the shift register. 8
It is output to the bus control unit 11 via 1.

The bus control unit 5 receives the memory access start signal and performs original image read access to the SDRAM 2, and the bus control unit 11 receives the memory access start signal and performs base read access to either the SDRAM 3 or the SDRAM 4. Then, the bus control unit 11
After the shift register 81 receives the memory access start signal, the drawing write access is performed to either the SDRAM 3 or the SDRAM 4 with a delay of the shift time by the shift register 81.

Further, after processing the final pixel of the image processing command, the pixel computing section 8 sends a final pixel computation end signal to the DMA control section 6 to finish the processing of one image processing command. Then, the DMA control unit 6 starts fetching the next image processing command in response to the final pixel calculation end signal.

Next, details of the image calculation section 8 of the image processor 1 will be described. First, the data structure handled by the image processor 1 will be described with reference to FIG.

First, the original image data 22 stored in the SDRAM 2 has a 16-bit structure, and the highest (M
The SB) bit is assigned as an attribute bit indicating the attribute of the original image data 22. For example, the attribute bit is 0
If the attribute bit is 1, the lower 15 bits of the original image data 22 will be the color code.
5 bits are color data.

This color data includes bits 14 to 1
It is composed of a blue component indicated by 0, a green component indicated by bits 9 to 5, and a red component indicated by bits 4 to 0. Bit 15 is a sign bit of a blue component, bit 10 is a sign bit of a green component, bit 4 is the code bit of the red component.

Further, the color table 23 stored in the SDRAM 2 has a 16-bit structure, the most significant bit is 1, and the lower 15 bits are of the same structure as the original image data 22 selected by the color code. It is color data.

Further, the SDRAM 3 or SDRAM 4
The base data 39 or 49 stored in the sub-data has a 16-bit structure like the original image data 22, and the most significant bit is assigned as an attribute bit representing the attribute of the base data 39 or 49.

For example, when the attribute bit is 0, the lower 15 bits of the background data 39 or 49 is a color code, and when the attribute bit is 1, the lower 15 bits of the background data 39 or 49 is the original image data 22. The color data has the same configuration as.

Next, the types of pixel calculation of the image processor 1 will be described in order based on Table 1.

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[Table 1]

(1). Replace, which is one of the pixel operations,
The original image data 22 is directly stored in the SDRAM 3 or SDR
This is a pixel calculation that is the data to be written in AM4 (hereinafter referred to as drawing data).

(2) For the shadow, when the background data is a color code, the background data is used as it is as drawing data, and when the background data is color data, the value obtained by multiplying the blue component of the background data by 1/2 is newly added. Color data in which a value obtained by multiplying the blue component by the green component of the background data by 1/2 is a new green component and a value obtained by multiplying the red component of the background data by 1/2 is a new red component is the drawing data. Pixel calculation. This shadow is effective when adding a shadow to the background data.

(3). The half brightness is 1 for the blue component of the original image data.
The new blue component is multiplied by the value of / 2, the green component of the original image data is multiplied by 1/2, the new green component is multiplied, and the red component of the original image data is multiplied by 1/2. This is a pixel operation in which color data having component color data as drawing data is color data as drawing data. This half-brightness is effective when the original image data requires an effect of existing in the dark.

(4). Semi-transparent means that if the background data is a color code, the original image data is used as it is as drawing data, and if the background data is color data, 1/2 of the sum of the blue components of the original image data and the background data is used. As a new blue component, 1/2 of the sum of the green components of the original image data and the background data is set as a new green component,
This is a pixel calculation in which half of the sum of the red color components of the original image data and the background data is used as the new red color component and the drawing data is the color data. The semi-transparency is effective when the original image data is watermarked to show the background data.

(5). As for the hue change, the sum of the blue components of the original image data and the hue data is set as a new blue component, the sum of the green components of the original image data and the hue data is set as a new green component, and the original image data and the hue data are set. Is a pixel calculation in which color data having a new red component as the sum of the red components is used as drawing data. This hue change is effective when it is desired to smoothly change the hue of the drawing data for stereoscopic expression.

(6). Hue change half luminance is a new blue component obtained by multiplying the sum of the blue components of the original image data and the hue data by ½, and the sum of the green components of the original image data and the hue data is set to 1
In this pixel calculation, the value obtained by multiplying by / 2 is used as a new green component, and the value obtained by multiplying the sum of the red components of the original image data and the hue data by 1/2 is used as the new red component as drawing data.

(7). Hue change semi-transparency is the value obtained by multiplying the sum of the blue components of the original image data, the hue data and the background data by 1/2, to obtain a new blue component, and the new image data, the hue data and the background data of the original image data. Color data with a value obtained by multiplying the sum of green components by 1/2 as a new green component, and a value obtained by multiplying the sum of red components of original image data, hue data, and background data by 1/2 as a new red component This is a pixel calculation for drawing data.

Each color component of the original image data and the background data handled in the above pixel calculation is 5 bits without a sign, the range of data that can be taken is a decimal number from 0 to +31, and each color component of the hue data is a signed 5 bits. The range of data that can be taken is -16 to +15 in decimal.

When a hue change, which is one of the pixel operations, is performed and the drawing data of each color component falls outside the range of -1 or less or +32 or more, the drawing data of each color component becomes -1 or less. When the drawing data of each color component becomes 0, the drawing data of each color component becomes +32 or more, and the drawing data of each color component is corrected to 31.

Further, in the pixel calculation, replacement, half-brightness, hue change, and hue change half-brightness are processed by the write-only process because the background data is not used, and the shadow,
Translucency and hue change Translucency uses the background data, and is therefore processed by the read-modify-write process.

Next, referring to FIG. 5, the image processor 1
A time chart of the image calculation processing of is explained. Figure 5 (a)
Shows the case of write-only processing, and FIG. 5B shows the case of read-modify-write processing.

First, in the case of the write-only processing, the address operation unit 7 issues to the bus control unit 5 the RA1 of the address RDADR in which the original image data is stored and the WA1 of the drawing address WRADR at the time number T1. To do.

Further, the bus control section 5 issues RA11 of the address RDADR1 where the original image data is stored to the SDRAM 2 where the original image data is stored at T2. After that, the pixel calculation unit 8 reads RD1 of the original image data RDDAT at T7, and the pixel calculation unit 8 performs pixel calculation at T8.

Then, the bus control section 11 sets WD1 of the drawing data WRDAT to SDRAM3 or SDR at T9.
Write to AM4. WA1 of the drawing coordinate WRADR corresponding to WD1 of WRDAT is transferred to the shift register 81 from the address calculation unit 7 at T1, so T9
Are transferred from the shift register 81 to the bus control unit 11.

Further, after T2, the address calculation unit 7
RA2 to RA10 of addresses RDADR and drawing coordinates of the following original image data are stored without waiting for the end of the drawing process of the original image data of RA1 of the address RDADR where the original image data is stored for the pixel calculation unit. W
It is possible to perform the calculations of WA2 to WA10 of RADR.

In the case of the read-modify-write process, the address calculation unit 7 sends the bus control unit 5 RA1 of the address RDADR where the original image data is stored.
Then, WA1 of the drawing coordinate WRADR is issued at T1.

Further, the bus control section 5 causes RA2 of the address RDADR1 where the original image data is stored and RA2 of the address RDADR2 where the background data is stored to the SDRAM2 where the original image data is stored at T2.
Issue 1.

Thereafter, the pixel calculation section 8 determines the original image data RD.
RD11 of DAT1 and RD2 of background data RDDAT2
1 is read at T7, and the pixel calculation unit 8 performs pixel calculation at T8.

Then, the bus controller 11 writes WD1 of the drawing data WRDAT in the SDRAM 4 at T9. WA1 of the drawing coordinate WRADR corresponding to WD1 of this WRDAT has already been transferred to the shift register 81 from the address calculation unit 7 at T1, and therefore is transferred from the shift register 81 to the bus control unit 11 at T9.

RA21 at the address RDADR2 in which the background data is stored and WA at the drawing coordinate WRADR
The clock is stopped and the state is maintained from the transfer of 1 to the drawing (T2 to T8).

Next, the hardware configuration of the pixel calculation unit 8 will be described with reference to FIG. 6, and the state of the control signal of the hardware of the pixel calculation unit 8 in each pixel calculation will be described with reference to Table 2. In this example, one of the color components of blue, green, and red is shown. Actually, each color component has one circuit of FIG. 6, and each performs pixel calculation at the same time. Each element of the pixel calculation unit 8 will be described below.

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[Table 2]

5-bit up / down counter 821 (G
C) is a circuit that stores hue data and counts up or down according to an instruction from the address calculation unit 7. The initial value of this hue data is given in advance.

The original image data mask circuits 822 (SM1) and 826 (SM2) are circuits that output 0 when the original image data is not used and output the original image data when the original image data is used.

The hue data mask circuit 823 (GM) is
The circuit outputs 0 when the hue data is not used, and outputs the hue data when the hue data is used.

The 5-bit adder 824 (AU1) adds the hue data and the original image data, and adds the result 8242.
And carry 8241.

The saturation processing circuit 825 (GS) is a circuit which outputs +31 when the result of adding the hue data and the original image data by the 5-bit adder 824 is +32 or more, and outputs 0 when it is -1 or less. If the hue data 8232 is positive and the carry 8241 is 0, or if the hue data 8232 is negative and the carry 8241 is 1, the 5-bit adder 8
The addition result 8242 of 24 becomes 31 or less and 0 or more, and the saturation processing circuit 825 outputs the addition result 8242 as it is. When the hue data 8232 is positive and the carry 8241 is 1, the addition result 8242 of the 5-bit adder 824 is 3
The value becomes 2 or more, and the saturation processing circuit 825 outputs 31.
When the hue data 8232 is negative and the carry 8241 is 0, the addition result 8242 of the 5-bit adder 824 becomes -1 or less, and the saturation processing circuit 825 outputs 0.

The background data mask circuit 827 (DM) is
This circuit outputs 0 when the background data is not used and outputs the background data when the background data is used.

The 5-bit adder 828 (AU2) adds the background data and the original image data and outputs the addition result 8282.
And carry 8281.

The drawing data 1/2 circuit 829 (HF) is
When the data 1/2 enable 8291 is 0, the 6-bit data composed of the addition result 8282 and the carry 8281 is used as the drawing data 8292, and when the data 1/2 enable 8291 is 1, the addition result 8282 and the carry 8 are shown.
The drawing data 8292 is a circuit obtained by multiplying 6-bit data composed of 281 by 1/2.

With the configuration of the pixel calculation section 8 as described above,
Pixel calculation of replacement, shadow, semi-brightness, semi-transparency, hue change, hue change semi-brightness, hue change semi-transparent in Table 2
This can be performed simultaneously for each of the blue, green, and red color components.

Therefore, according to the image data processing apparatus of the present embodiment, as the data processing module 14 of the image processor 1, the address calculation unit 7 for generating an address, the shift register 81 for delaying the result of pixel calculation, and the pixel Since the address calculation unit 7 is configured by the pixel calculation unit 8 that performs calculation, the address calculation unit 7 does not wait for the time from the issuance of the address for accessing the SDRAM 2 until the original image data is read from the SDRAM 2, and the next or subsequent SDR.
Since it is possible to calculate the address for accessing AM2 and the address for accessing SDRAM3 or SDRAM4, high-speed pixel calculation can be realized.

In the read-modify-write process, the time for reading the original image data from the SDRAM 2
The time for reading the image data from the SDRAM 3 or SDRAM 4, the time for performing the pixel calculation for synthesizing the original image data and the image data, and the SDRAM 3 or SDR.
At the time of writing to AM4, the operation can be stopped while maintaining the state of the address operation unit 7, so that the read-modify-write processing can be realized by the same circuit as the write-only processing, the amount of hardware is small, and the high-speed pixel Arithmetic can be realized.

The invention made by the inventor of the present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiments. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

For example, the image data processing apparatus of the present embodiment is not limited to the hardware configuration shown in FIG. 1 and the pixel operation unit configuration shown in FIG. It goes without saying that the types are not limited to the types shown in 1 and Table 2 and various changes can be made.

The image data processing apparatus according to the present embodiment is required to have a high speed when calculating the pixels of images, texts and graphics data allocated on the memory, for example, a personal computer, a workstation, It can be successfully applied to information terminal devices such as facsimiles, printers, and graphics devices.

[0090]

The effects obtained by the typical ones of the inventions disclosed in the present application will be briefly described as follows.
It is as follows.

(1). In addition to the first, second, and third memories that can be input / output in synchronization with the clock signal, and the memory buses and bus control means individually assigned to these memories, A bus control unit that configures a processor, and a data processing module of the data processing modules includes an address calculation unit that generates an address, a shift register that delays the result of the address calculation unit, and a pixel calculation unit that performs pixel calculation. Therefore, the address calculation unit
Without waiting for the time from the issuance of the address for accessing the first memory until the original image data is read from the first memory, the next or subsequent address for accessing the first memory and the second or third address Since calculation can be performed with an address that accesses any of the memories, high-speed pixel calculation can be realized.

(2) In the above (1), in the case of the read-modify-write process, the time to read the original image data from the first memory and the time to read the image data from either the second or the third memory. The write operation can be stopped while keeping the state of the address operation unit during the time for performing the pixel operation for synthesizing the original image data and the image data and the time for writing in the second or third memory. The read-modify-write processing can be realized by the same circuit as the processing, so that the amount of hardware is small and high-speed pixel calculation can be realized.

(3) By the above (1) and (2), the image data stored in the memory can be pixel-calculated at high speed, and the graphics processing for reading and displaying this can be realized at high speed and at low cost. In particular, it can be favorably applied to an information terminal device such as a personal computer, a workstation, a facsimile machine, a printer, a graphics device, etc., in the case of performing a pixel operation on an image, text or graphics data allocated on a memory. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an image data processing apparatus which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a memory map of a memory that stores an image processing command and original image data in the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a time chart explaining the pipeline operation of the image processor in the present embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of data handled by an image processor in the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a time chart illustrating an image calculation process in the present embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a pixel calculation unit in the present embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Image processor 2 SDRAM (first memory) 3 SDRAM (second memory) 4 SDRAM (third memory) 5 Bus control unit (bus control means) 6 DMA controller 7 Address calculator 8 pixel calculator 9 clock driver 10 Display 11, 12 bus control unit (bus control means) 13 System controller 14 Data processing module 21 Command area 22 Original image data 23 color table 31,41 Data bus (memory bus) 32, 42 address bus (memory bus) 39,49 Base data 72-74 bus 81 shift register 83,84 bus 101,111 bus 112 bus switch 131 CPU bus 211,212 command list 221 Original image data 231 color table 511 address bus 512 address bus (memory bus) 521 data bus 522 data bus (memory bus) 821-bit up / down counter 822, 826 original image data mask circuit 823 Hue data mask circuit 824-bit adder 825 Saturation processing circuit 827 Background data mask circuit 828-bit adder 829 Drawing data 1/2 circuit 2112 command code 2113 Link pointer 2114 Mode designation 2115 table pointer 2116 Original image data pointer 2117 Drawing coordinate pointer 8232 hue data 8241 carry 8242 Addition result 8281 carry 828 2 addition result 8291 Data 1/2 enable 8292 Drawing data

Front Page Continuation (72) Inventor Takashi Miyamoto 5-20-1 Kamimizumoto-cho, Kodaira-shi, Tokyo Inside Semiconductor Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (56) Reference JP-A-5-165714 (JP, A) JP-A 6-4635 (JP, A) JP 5-151346 (JP, A) Yunho Choi, 12 others, 16-Mb Synchronous DRA M with 125-Mbyte / s Data Rate, IEEE JOU RNAL OF SOLID-CUISTAT , USA, April 1994, VOL. 29, NO. 4, p. 529-533 Yashiro Takai, 8 others, 250 Mbyte / s Synchronous DRAM DRAM Using a 3-Stage-Pipel, IE EE JOURNAL OF SOLI D-STATE, CV, USA, April 1994. 29, NO. 4, p. 426-431 The appearance of synchronous DRAM, 100MHz operation product, was put on the market in 1993, Nikkei Electronics, Japan, Nikkei BP, May 11, 1992, no. 553, p. 143-147 (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G06T 1/00-1/60 G06F 3/153

Claims (6)

(57) [Claims] 1. An address input in synchronization with a clock signal,
First and second and third memories to which data input / output and control signal input are enabled, memory buses individually assigned to the first, second and third memories, and to the memory buses An individually assigned bus control means, a data processing module coupled to the bus control means for generating data and addresses for accessing the first and second and third memories, and an image in the first memory A command relating to processing and original image data are stored, and the original image data read from the first memory is subjected to a pixel operation for changing the original image data as it is or the luminance, the hue, or the transparency. of comprising an image processor having a means for changing the data in the memory, the image processor, before Data processing module
As the first memory and the second or third memory
At the same time, the address to access the memory
The address computing unit for computing and the address computing unit are
From the issue of the address for accessing the first memory,
The time it takes for the original image data to be read from the memory 1
Without waiting, access the first memory for the next or subsequent times.
In order to calculate the address to be set, the second or
The address for accessing any of the third memories is
Modify data in either the second or third memory
Shift register for delaying to time and said pixel
An image data processing device , further comprising a pixel calculation unit that performs calculation . 2. The image data processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the image processing processor reads data from the first memory as means for changing data in either the second memory or the third memory. Write-only processing for performing pixel calculation on the original image data and writing the same to either the second or third memory, and reading the original image data from the first memory, and at the same time either the second or the third memory. Read-modify-write processing for reading the already written image data from the memory, performing the pixel operation for synthesizing the original image data and the image data, and writing the pixel data in the second or third memory. An image data processing device characterized by: 3. The image data processing device according to claim 2 , wherein, in the image processing processor, as the means for performing the read-modify-write processing, the time for which the pixel calculation unit reads the original image data from the first memory. And at the same time, the time to read the image data already written from either the second or the third memory,
A process of stopping the calculation while maintaining the state of the address calculation unit during a time for performing the pixel calculation for combining the original image data and the image data and a time for writing in the second or third memory; Characteristic image data processing device. 4. The image data processing device according to claim 3 , wherein in the image processor, the address arithmetic unit is supplied to the address arithmetic unit as a means for performing a process of stopping the arithmetic operation while maintaining the state of the address arithmetic unit. An image data processing device having a process of stopping a clock. 5. The image data processing device according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4 , wherein the first, second and third image data processing devices are provided.
The image data processing device, wherein the memory is a synchronous DRAM. 6. An information system using the image data processing apparatus according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein said image data processing apparatus, an image or text assigned to the memory, a graphics An information system characterized by being used in an information terminal device such as a personal computer, a workstation, a facsimile, a printer, a graphics device, or the like, which performs pixel calculation on data.