Patent ID: 6708236
Filing Date: 2004-03-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A bus control apparatus for transferring image data, comprising:an input unit adapted to input image data; a first data bus, which is connected to a memory, adapted to transfer the inputted image data to the memory in a burst transfer mode; a second data bus, which is connected to the memory, adapted to transfer the inputted image data to the memory in a single transfer mode; a determination unit adapted to determine whether or not a boundary of the image data to be transferred is coincident with a boundary of data that may be transferred in the burst mode; and a control unit adapted, if it is determined by said determination unit that the boundary of the image data to be transferred is coincident with the boundary of data that may be transferred in the burst mode, to transfer the image data by said first data bus in the burst mode, otherwise to transfer the image data by said second data bus in the single transfer mode.