Abstract:
The present invention is directed to a portable terminal having inputting means using an image sensor and its input method. The portable terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a transparent solid plate mounted in a keypad area; an image sensor having unit cells of lattice type outputting an electrical signal corresponding to the light irradiated through the transparent solid plate; and a key selection recognizer generating and outputting a key button selection signal corresponding to the location of a unit cell that outputted the least electrical signal value by making reference to the size of the value of the electrical signal inputted from the unit cells. The present invention enables compacting of portable terminals owing to eliminating the need to design key buttons to match the size of human fingers.
Abstract:
A chip having integrated multiple processor cores and a data processing method are disclosed. The processor chip includes an MP core (main processor core), an AP core (application processor core) which performs a processing function designated by a control of the MP core, a first SM controller which sets a path such that the MP core is coupled with a shared memory, and a second SM controller which sets a path such that the AP core is coupled with the shared memory. By virtue of the present invention, the number of chips installed can be minimized, to allow efficient utilization of PCB space and enable a compact size for a portable terminal.
Abstract:
A method for controlling multiple access to partitioned areas of a shared memory and a portable terminal having the shared memory are disclosed. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the storage area of a shared memory is partitioned to a plurality of storage areas, and each control unit accesses a storage area through each access port to store data and transfers an authority to access the pertinent storage area to the other control unit, thereby allowing access by the other control unit. With the present invention, the data communication time between the plurality of control units can be minimized, and the process efficiency of each control unit can be optimized.
Abstract:
An apparatus for and a method of simultaneously performing edge detection and enhancement without any additional memory storage include an image sensor sensing an image to output image data, a line buffer receiving the image data to output the image data, a register storing the image data transmitted from the line buffer, an interpolation unit performing an interpolation operation on the image data received from the register, an edge detection unit performing an edge detection operation on the image data received from the register to output an edge detection signal in parallel to the interpolation operation of the interpolation unit according to a selection signal representing a pattern of the image data stored in the register, and an edge enhancement unit enhancing an output of the interpolation unit according to the edge detection unit of the edge detection unit.
Abstract:
A method of processing data of a defect sector in a DVD-RAM (Digital Video Disk-Random Access Memory) system and the DVD-RAM system. In the method, a defect list is read from a lead-in area of a DVD-RAM disk during playback of the disk and stored in a predetermined area of a memory of a signal processing portion in the system. A sector having the title of a user-input file is searched, a physical sector address for the searched sector is designated, the defect list is read, and it is determined whether the physical sector address is in the defect list. Then, sector data corresponding to the physical sector address is stored in the memory of the signal processing portion if the physical sector address is not in the defect list, and otherwise, no sector data corresponding to the physical sector address is stored in the memory.
Abstract:
Disclosed is an inexpensive and miniaturized digital video disc playback device having a system decoder capable of error correcting and data buffering by means of a single memory without employing separate error correcting and data buffering memories. The inventive system decoder for demodulating, error correcting, deinterleaving and descrambling of data reproduced from a disc in the digital video disc playback device, includes a memory and a memory controller for generating memory control signals for accessing the memory to record and read data when demodulating, error correcting and descrambling the reproduced data.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a device having a shared memory and a code data transmitting method. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the digital processing device can include n processors, n being a natural number of 2 or greater; and a shared memory, coupled to each of the processors through independent buses and having a boot section allotted, the boot section being for writing a boot program code to be used for booting of at least one processor.
Abstract:
A method and device for varying the size of partitioned areas of a shared memory is disclosed. The present invention resets the size of partitioned areas by expanding the size of a shared area when data that is larger than the writable area of the shared area is to be written, after the storage area of a memory unit is partitioned to a plurality of partitioned areas by a main control unit. The memory unit is coupled with a main control unit and a supplementary control unit through independent ports. With the present invention, the data communication time between control units for processing data can be minimized, and the operation speed of each control unit can be optimized.
Abstract:
A method for controlling multiple access to partitioned areas of a shared memory and a digital processing apparatus having the shared memory are disclosed. According to embodiments of the present invention, the storage area of a shared memory is partitioned to a plurality of storage areas, and each processor accesses a storage area through each access port to store data and transfers an authority to access the pertinent storage area to the other processor, thereby allowing access by the other processor. With the present invention, the data communication time between the plurality of processors can be minimized, and the process efficiency of each processor can be optimized.
Abstract:
A system decoder for high-speed data transmission in an optical disc reproducing apparatus. The system decoder includes a track buffer memory; a first FIFO (first-in, first-out) memory for receiving data descrambled and error-detected and outputting the data by a unit of plural words; a second FIFO memory for receiving data from the track buffer memory and outputting the data by the unit of plural words; and a track buffer controller writing the data in the first FIFO memory into the track buffer memory in a page mode, and reading the data written in the track buffer memory in a page mode to output the read data to the second FIFO memory. The track buffer memory includes a data area into which main data is written; an error information area into which error information for the main data is written; and a microcomputer area into which a microcomputer of the optical disc reproducing apparatus writes data.